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CATALOGUE
09
THE PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
Df
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
LOUDON :
OILBEBT ASD BIVINGTON,
ST. John's squaek, clebkenwell, e.o.
iTiai
^
CATALOGUE
OF
THE PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS
Dl
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
BT
CHARLES RIEU, Ph.D.
KEEPER OF THE ORIENTAL MSS.
VOLUME U.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
^.JiF^S^-
SOLD AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM;
AWD BT
LONGMANS A CO., 39, PATERNOSTER ROW; B. QUARITCH, 15, PICCADILLY;
ASHER & CO., 13, BEDFORD STREET, CO VENT GiUiDEN,
AKD TRiJBNER & CO., 57, LUDGATE HILL
1881.
NOTICE.
This Second Volume completes the description of the Persian Manuscripts which were in
the Museum at the end of the year 1870 (the date at which the printing of the cata-
logue began), and of such of the later acquisitions as came in time to be incorporated
into their respective classes.
The manuscripts which it comprises are 1128 in number, forming with the 947
manuscripts noticed in the first volume a total of 2075. They are arranged under the
headings of Sciences, Philology, Poetry, Fables and Tales, a few minor divisions, and,
lastly, the considerable class of manuscripts of mixed contents.
First and foremost in importance and extent is the poetical section, which occupies
nearly one half of the present volume and includes several early and valuable copies of the
clAMieal poets from Firdusl to J&mi, as well as a fair muster of their successors in
Persia and in India down to the most recent times. Among the many remarkable
works which it contains, the following may be pointed out as either unique or extremely
scarce: —
The Yusuf and ZulaikhA of Firdusl (p. 545). A fragment of the Shahry.ir Namah
of Mukhtftri, one of the episodic poems engrafted upon the Shuhnfimnh (p. 542). The
rare Divans of Abul-Faraj Euni and Mas'ud i Sa'd, poets of the Court of Ghaznin (pp. 547,
548), of Adib Sabir and 'Imadi Sbahryari, who lived under the Saljukis (pp. 552, 557), and
of Saif Isfarangi, who survived the invasion of Chingiz EJian (p. 581). A poetical version
of Kalilah and Damnah, composed about A.H. 658 by Kani'i,a panegyrist of the Saljuk
Sultans of Iconium (p. 682). The poems of Khwnju Kirmani, written by the celebrated
penman Mir 'All Tabrizi, A.H. 798 (p. 620). The Divans of two hitherto unnoticed poets.
( Ti )
Haidar Shirazi, a contemporary of Hafiz (p. 623), and Nazlri Tusi, who lived under the Bah-
maai sovereigns of the Decoan, ahout A,H. 860 (p. 611). Some poems in the Guran dialect,
which supply materials for the study of a yet unexplored province of Persian speech
(pp. 728—735).
In compiling the biographical notices of poets valuable assistance has been derived
•from the new and copious sources of information collected, and critically sifted, by Doctor
A. Sprenger in the first volume of his Catalogue of the Oude Libraries, a work the discon-
tinuance of which must be regretted as a grievous loss to Oriental studies.
Out of the rare and interesting manuscripts described under the remaining classes the
following may be noticed here as especially worthy of attention : — DuiTat ut-Trij, an
encyclopaedia of philosophical sciences, written about A.D. 1300, by Kutb ud-Din Shirazi, for
the Dubaj, or king of Gilan (p. 434). The Taf him, or manual of astronomy, by al-Blrunl : a copy
dated A.H. 685 (p. 451). The Zakhirah i Khwarazmshahi, a complete treatise of medicine,
so called from the founder of the dynasty of the Khvvarazm-Shahs, to whom it was dedi-
cated about A.H. 504 (p. 466). Ma'din ush-Shifa, a medical work, compiled from Sanskrit
sources for Sikandar Shah Lodi, A.H. 918 (p. 471). A treatise on the art of war, dedicated
to the Sultan of Dehli, Shams ud-Din Iltatmish, A.H. 607—633 (p. 487). Several of the
earliest Persian dictionaries, as Adat ul-Puzalfi, dated A.H. 822, Sharaf-Namah i Munyari,
written about A.H. 862, and others (pp. 491, 492). Kitab Sindbfid, the tale of the king's son
and the seven Vazirs, translated into Persian for Kilij Tamghaj, Khan of Turkistan, about
A.H. 556 (p. 748). An early, and yet unnoticed, translation of the memoirs of Baber,
dated A.H. 994 (p. 799). Simt ul-'Ula, an account of the Kara-Khita'is of Kirmiin, written
by a contemporary historian, A.H. 716 (p. 849). .
A third volume, now in a forward state of preparation, will comprise the description
of the Elliot MSS. purchased in the year 1878, and of some other recent acquisitions, as
well as indexes of names, titles, and subjects to the entire catalogue.
CHARLES BIEU.
February 24, 1881.
( vii )
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
FAOI
SCIENCES.
£nctclop.edias 433
Philosophy 438
Ethics 440
Politics 444
AIathematics 449
AflXBOHOMT 451
Natubal Histort 462
Medicine 466
Farriebt akd Falconry .... 480
Alcbkmt AMD Cabalistic .... 486
Abis AiTD Games 487
PHILOLOGY.
Lbxicogeapht : Persun DicnoNA-
BIES .... 491
Arabic-Persian Dio-
tio.v aries . . 606
Tubei-Pebsian Voca-
blxabies . .511
FAOE
LEXicoGRAPnT : Persun - Turkish
Dictionaries . , 513
Miscellaneous Dic-
tionaries .... 516
Grammar : Persian Grammar . . 519
Arabic Grammar . . 521
Prosody 525
Insua, or the Art of Composition . 527
Treatises on Calligraphy . . . 531
POETEY 533
Anthologies 734
Ornate Prose 740
Fables, Tales, and Anecdotes . . 745
Proverbs 773
Collectanea 774
Bibliography 776
Drawings and Specimens of Calu-
ORAPHY 778
Manuscripts of Mixed Contents . 759
( 433 )
SCIENCES.
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS.
Or. 16,830.
Foil. 283 ; 9 in. by 1% ; 11 and 15 lines,
3 in. long ; written by two different bands,
apparently in the 17th and 18th centuries.
[Wm. Yclb.]
A manual of philosophical sciences.
Author : Khwujah Ra'is Abu *Ali B. Sina,
Vift- ^J>^ ^ ^\ ^J^J *tr^^ , who died A.H.
428 (See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 221, b).
Beg. \j:i^ Ji^^} Sjj\.^ J* ^jijiljL. J ^jJ^
The author wrote this work, as he states
in the preface, for the prince in whose
service he had found safety, wealth, and
leisure, and by whom he had been desired
to compose in Piirsi Dari a compendious
manual of the five branches of the philosophy
of the ancients.
The prince, whose name and title are
written _\j j iU^ ji j i:JjjJ\ j^ j^jj^ j.^
jj}xj^ j\j^\ j>\ s^^ ^•. y)\ fcj^l, was
really called 'Ala ud-DauIah Abu Ja'far Mu-
hammad B. Dushmanziyfir, and sumamed
Ibn Kakavaih, or " uncle's son," because
VOL. II.
his father was the maternal uncle of Say-
yidah, a Buvaihide princess, who, in the
name of her son Majd ud-Daulah, exercised
sovereign power. From her he had obtained,
A.n. 398, possession of Isfahan, where, al-
though temporarily ejected by the Ghaznavis,
he maintained himself till his death, which
happened A.H. 433. See Kamil, vol. ix.
pp. 146, 897, 433, Jahfrnara, Add. 7649,
fol. 24 b. Compare De Slane, Ibn Khalli-
kan's translation, vol. i. p. 446.
Ibn Sinfl, who spent the last years of his
life at the court of 'Ala ud-Daulah, wrote
the present work in Isfahan. Such is the
statement of his disciple, 'Abd ul-Viihid Ibn
Muhammad Juzjani, who was his master's
constant companion for five-and-twenty years
previous to Ibn Sina's death, and wrote the
account of his life which has been preserved
by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah ; see Add. 7340, fol.
124 a, and fol. 127 a.
'Abd ul-Vahid, who edited the present
work after the author's death, and who
designates it by the title of Danish Namah i
•Ala'i, states, fol. 207 b, that the section treat-
ing of mathematics was lost, because " the
master" was not in the habit of keeping
copies of his writings, and that he had taken
upon himself to supply that deficiency with
a condensed translation in Pars! Dari of the
following treatises of Ibn Sina, which were
B
434
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS.
in his possession: an abridgment of Eu-
clid, a treatise on astronomical observations,
another on music, and the arithmetical
section of the " Shafa." It is therefore the
first three sections alone, that contain the
original work of Ibn Sina.
Contents : Logic, jiai* ^ fol. 3 a. Meta-
physics, j^^ Jkfr or ^\ ^ fol. 67 ft. Physics,
^^J>.j Jift or jjixfls ^ fol. 175 b. Geome'ry,
fol. 207 b. Astronomy, fol. 233 b. Arith-
metic, fol. 260 b. Music, fol. 273 b.
The work is commonly known, as stated
in the endorsement, under the name of
^_jJ^ C-u^ . It is mentioned by Haj.
Khal. under «-«U jjiJl^, vol. iii. p. 184, and
under ^j':^\ «-r'^> vol. v. p. 118. In the
Durrat ut-Taj, Add. 7694, fol. 18 a, it is
quoted under its proper title, Danish Namah
i 'Ala'i.
It is stated in a note written on the first
page by a former owner, Muhammad Nasir
ud-Din, that he had purchased the earlier
portion of the MS., and had had the rest
transcribed for him, in Lahore, A.H. 1127.
Add. 7694.
Foil. 428 ; 10^ in. by 6| ; 33 lines, 43 in.
long; written in close and fair Nestalik;
dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1020 (A.D. 1611).
[CI. J. EiCH.]
^ijJl iji ^\ i^i
An encyclopsedia of philosophical sciences.
Author : Kutb ud-Din Mahmud B. MasTid
ush-Shlrazi, i;fj);-i3^ Oy^.^ ^^ i^^ j^jJl u-aWS
Beg. t->\*^\^\i-j C^\/ <^\>j\ j^ J »*.yi
Kutb ud-Din Shirazi, the greatest of the
disciples of Nasir ud-Din Tusi, came of a
family of physicians in Shiraz, where he was
born A.H. 634, He spent most of his life at
the court of the Moghul sovereigns, and died
in Tabriz, A.H. 710, leaving numerous works,
mostly written in Arabic, and treating of
philosophy, medicine and astronomy. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 189,Tarikh Guzidah,
Add. 22,693, fol. 237, and Wustenfeld, Ges-
chichte der Arabischen Aertzte, p. 148.
The last word of the above title, which is
distinctly written " Dubaj " in various places,
and is unknown to Persian dictionaries,
points to Giliin. We are informed by 'Abd
ur-Razzak, Matla* us-Sa'dain, Add. 1291, fol.
3^0, and by Ghaffari, Jahanara, Add. 23,516,
fol. 484, that Amirah Dubaj _b.> »^\ was
the hereditary title of the Ishakavand or
Ishakiyyah princes of the Bayali Pas, or
Western Giliin, whose capital was Fuman,
and for one of whom, the Durrat ut-Taj
was composed. The same title, written s^\
_\jjj, is still foimd in use in the time of
Shah Ismail Safavi; see Pumeny's Geschichte
von Gilan, edited by Dr. B. Dorn, pp. v and *.
The present copy is defective at the begin-
ning. Although there is no apparent break
in the writing, the main portion of the pre-
face and the initial part of the introduction
are wanting. The preface probably included
a dedication to the prince of Gilan, and that
account of his genealogy which, according
to 'Abd ur-Razzak, 1. c, formed part of the
work.
The Durrat ut-Taj is divided into an intro-
duction (Fatiliah), six books (Jumlah), and
an Appendix (Khatimah), which are enu-
merated with all their numerous subdivisions,
foil. 11 b — 17 a. The main divisions are the
following : —
Fatihah, treating of science in general and
its branches, in three Fa.sls, fol. 1 b. Jum-
lah I. Logic, in seven Makalahs, fol. 17 a.
Jimilah II. Philosophy proper, Jj\ «.iJi, in
two Fanns, fol. 45 a. Jumlali III. Physics,
Ji-)^ jjp, in two Fanns, fol. 63 b. Jumlah IV.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS.
435
Mathematics, k-.^^ ^, in four Fanns, fol.
81 a. Jumlah V. Metaphysics, ^\ J*, in
two Fanns, fol. 2t2 h.
Khiltimah, divided into the following four
Kutbs: 1. The fundamental principles of
faith, ^^j J^^ fol- 264 b. 2. The secondary
points, ^ji tjy, fol. 333 a. 3. Ethics, fol.
373 a. 4. Rules of religious life, liJ^u-, fol.
410 6.
The contents are fully stated in the Jahr-
hiicher, vol. 88, Anzeigeblatt, pp. 17 — 21.
See also Haj. Khal., toI. iii. p. 201, the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 35, Dorn, Pre-
face to Sehir-Eddin's Geschichtc, p. 7, and
Melanges Asiatiques, vol. ii. p. 57.
Add. 7695.
Foil. 148 ; 94 in. by 5^ ; 19 lines, 2| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A portion of the same work, viz. the first
Fann of Jumlah IV., treating of geometry,
and corresponding to Add. 7694, folL 81 —
140.
Add. 16,827.
Foil. 693 ; 9J in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in small Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
16th century. [Wiluam Yole.]
An encyclopsedia of the sciences known
to the Muslims.
Author: Muhammad B. Mahmud ul-Amuli,
Beg. »,^U,^b y^j^ \^\ ^/L _, US J ^
The author was a Mudarris in Sultaniyyah
during the reign of Uljfiitu (A.H. 703—716),
and frequently engaged, as a decided Shi'ah,
in controversy with his famous Sunni con-
temporary, 'Azud ud-Din ul-Iji (who died
A.H. 756). He left, besides the present
work, commentaries upon the Kulliyyat of
the Kanun of Ibn Sina, upon the Kulliyyat
of the Kanun of Sharaf ud-Din Ilaki, and
upon the Mukhtasar fil-Usul of Ibn H.ijib.
See Majalis ul-Muminln, Add. 23,541, fol.
373, Haft Iklim, Add. 16,734, fol. 475. The
first of the works above mentioned was
written, according to Haj. Khal., vol. iv.
p. 500, A.H. 753. See the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 222 o, 774 a.
The author states in his preface that ho
had devoted his whole life to the pursuit of
science, and, having visited in his wander-
ings the leading scholars of the period, had
availed himself of their teaching in every
branch of knowledge, and written special
works on several sciences. After an eulogy
upon the reigning sovereign, "Jamfll ud-
Dln vad-Dunya Abu Ishak Mahmud Shah,"
he dedicates the present work to a Vazir
designated by the following titles: ^^si^
^^ ^))3 *^^^ '■^^^ <Ia<M^, u;^b> ^^^ whose
proper name does not appear. The preface
concludes with a statement of the plan and
divisions of the work, foil. 23 b — 25 b.
Amir Jamal ud-Din Shaikh Abu Ishak,
whose father. Amir Mahmiid Shah, had
governed Fars during the reign of Abu Sa'id,
made himself master of Shiraz, A.H. 742,
during the period of anarchy which followed
the death of that sovereign, and, having
added Isfahan to his dominions, remained
for twelve years the recognized ruler of Ffirs
and 'Irak. He succumbed at last to the rising
power of Amir Muhammad Muzaffar, who
wrested from him Shiraz, A.H. 754, and, after
seizing him in Isfahan, had him publicly
executed in the former city, A.H. 757, accord-
ing to IJafiz Abru, or A.H. 758, as stated by
'Abd iir-Razzak ; see Or. 1577, fol. 104, and
Add. 17,928, fol. 98.
B 2
436
ENCYCLOPAEDIAS.
The date of composition, which is in-
cidentally mentioned at the end of Muham-
mad's life, fol. 270 ft, is A.H. 735 ; but the
historical section is brought down to the
death of Abu Sa'id and proclamation of Arpa
Khan, which took place A.H. 736, and the
preface, which names Shaikh Abu Ishak as
•the reigning sovereign, cannot have been
written before A.H. 742.
The work consists of two parts (Kism),
treating respectively of the modem or Mus-
lim sciences, and of those of the ancients.
Kism I. treats of eighty-five arts or
sciences, in thirty-six Fanns, classed under
four categories (Makalah) as follows:
Makalah I. comprises the literary sciences
l-»\jljo1 in the following fifteen Fanns :
1, Writing, Vai- J*, fol. 25 b. 2. Language,
eJi Js-, fol. 30 o. 3. Flexion, i_ii;-»j Js^, fol.
39 b. 4. Derivation, jVaJLJi»\ J&, fol. 45 a.
5. Syntax, ^ As., fol. 48 b. 6. Rhetoric,
^U« *\S; fol. 53 a. 7. Eloquence, ^J^ Js-,
fol. 58 b. 8. Ornaments of speech, *^.jj As;
fol. 62 b. 9. Prosody, c>jj*^ J*> fol. 71 a.
10. Rhymes, J\^ ^, fol. 78 a. 11. Poeti-
cal composition, i^J^^ ^, fol. 82 a. 12.
Proverbs, J\i.^ ^, fol. 86 a. 13. Know-
ledge of the Divans, i^j^jO As., fol. 99 o.
14. Epistolary composition, \t^\ As-, fol.
108 b. 15. Collection of revenue and account-
keeping U-iJ< J*, fol. 117 b.
Makalah II. Legal sciences, c->L&^, in
nine Fanns : 1. Scholastic theology, *^ As.,
- fol. 125 o. 2. Exegesis of the J^Lur'an, J*
jffi^t fol. 136 a. 3. Traditional sayings,
vl*jj». As., fol, 149 o. 4. Fundamental prin-
ciples of the law, tsi ^yo\ As-, fol. 158 a.
5. Law, Afti As., fol. 168 a. 6. Various
readings of the KLur'an, O^l/ As, fol. 182 o.
7. Dialectic, Joo. ^ b wJi>^ As, fol. 194 a.
8. Forms of contracts and legal instruments,
\)jjL ^ft, fol. 200 o. 9. Forms of prayers,
and the proper time for their recitation. As
OljtJ, fol. 211 b.
Makalah III. Sufism, in five Fanns:
1. Religious life, dJjl-.. 2. True knowledge,
*ijL5» As. 3. Degrees of knowledge, ^ *
A-o\j», fol. 221 a. 4. Mystic meaning of the
letters, <-Ayf ^, fol. 228 a. 6. Moral per-
fection, ^j::jyi As, fol. 235 a.
Twenty-seven leaves having been lost after
fol. 220, the first two of the above Fanns are
wanting. They are found in the next copy,
Add. 23,555, foil. 96 a —108 b.
Makalah IV. Branches of conversational
knowledge, ijj^ ^^, in seven Fanns, as
foUows : 1. The art of conversation. As
O^jU?, fol. 242 b. 2 and 3. The science of
dates and lives, j^^ f^ 5 ^J*^ r^' (^'^
abridgment of vmiversal history), fol. 257 h.
4. Religious systems and sects, Jfc^ u>^lfl«
A\s, fol, 295 a. 5. Genealogy, ^\Ji\ ^\c,
fol. 303 b. 6. Battles and encounters {i.e.
the expeditions of Muhammad), i_m\jJ\ Jic
oUSy^j, fol. 309 b. 7. The science of
riddles, ^\^\ As, fol. 322 a.
Kism II. comprises the following five Ma-
kalahs : —
Makalah I. Practical philosophy, d^^
(J^, in three Fanns, viz.: 1. Etliics, i-*>.A^ As-
jj^\, fol. 331 a. 2. Government of the
family, JjU« j-j>x> As, fol. 344 b. 3. Govern-
ment of the city, ^^^ L-U*4 Jc, fol. 351 b-
Makalah II. Speculative philosophy, in
four Fanns, viz. : 1. Logic, jLjl* As, fol.
363 a. 2. The first philosophy, or introduc-
tion to metaphysics, Jjl eJiJii, fol. 373 b.
3. Metaphysics, ^\ As, fol. 383 b. Physics,
^jx-y\y jjp, fol. 393 a.
Makalah III. Mathematics, in four Fanns,
viz. : 1. Geometry, o'w-.5ia->\ As, fol. 403 a.
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437
2. Astronomy, \^yfjkt^\ Je, fol. 413 a. 3.
Arithmetic, lAt^^J, fol. 419 a. 4. Music,
^J^y*, fol. 429 o.
Makalah IV. Branches of physics, in nine
Fanns, viz. : 1. Medicine, (.J* J*, fol. 443 h.
(2. Alchemy, and 3. Magic, '--•--, are want-
ing; see Add. 23,555, foU. 225-234). 4.
Interpretation of dreams, ^,jljj«3 Jlc, fol. 462.
6. Physiognomy, c— .y ^J*, fol. 481 o. 6.
Astrology, ^^ ^\ ^, fol. 485 a. 7. Pro-
perties of natural object*, vj#w' Je, fol.
493 h. 8. Physical crafts, lu>*-^'^ ,^j^^ ^,
i.e. veterinary, falconry, agriculture, etc.,
fol. 509 b. 9. The art of holding the breath,
and other austerities, practised by the Jogis
of India, j^j J» ^ ^ Je-, fol. 614 a.
Makalah Y. Branches of mathematics, in
thirteen Fanns, as follows : 1. Spherology, Ji&
iJL», fol. 676 a. 2. Optics, jfcU- ^, fol. 526 b.
3. Knowledge of the "intermediates," ^_U
v^',^^^ t. e. of nineteen treatises, which are
taken up, in the mathematical course, ))etwecn
Euclid and Almagest, fol. 532 b. 4. Practical
arithmetic, «_.>U.»- Jp, fol. 533 b. 5. Algebra,
jJl>Uu j ji»- Jfr, foL 540 a. 6. Surveying,
Ca^L^ Jfi, foL 641 b. 7. Knowledge of
the constellations, t^\^\ jyo Jp, fol. 546 a.
8. The art of making almanacks, and using
the astrolabe, L^^^^k^t^j ^yL3 j ^j JUp^^ fy^ Je-
fol. 549 a. 9. Geography, ^U- ) i^'— ^^
fol. 554 b. 10. Numerical diagrams, ^
iW< j»,, foL 662 b. 11. Mechanics, J-^ jt,
fol. 676 6. 12. The art of divination, Jc
J-,, fol. 677 b. 13. Games, cj-*^ J*, fol.
684 6.
Detailed accounts of the Nafa'is ul-Funun
will be found in the Vienna Jahrbiicher,
vol. 01, Anzeigeblatt, pp. 2 — 10, and in the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. pp. 38—42. See
also Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 361, Uri, p. 282,
and Melanges Asiatiques, vol. iii. p. 734,
vol. V. p. 261.
A full table of contents is prefixed, foil.
1 — 16 ; but the numbers indicating the folios
do not apply to the present copy.
Add. 23,555.
Foil. 296; 14^ in. by 9^ ; 30 lines, 7 in.
long ; written by different hands, and in
various characters, with 'Unvan and gold-
ruled margins,apparently in the 14th century.
[ROBEUT TaYLOK.]
The same work.
Two leaves, which contained the greater
part of the preface (Add. 16,827, foU. 18 a—
22 b), and about two pages at the end, are
lost.
Contents : Kism I. Makalah I., fol. 5 b.
Makalah II., fol. 53 6. MakJah III., fol. 96 a.
Makalah IV., fol. 118 6.— Kism II. Ma-
kalah I., fol. 162 a. Makalah II., fol. 177 b.
MakrJah III., fol. 197 a. Makrdah IV., fol.
216 b. Makalah V., fol. 260 a.
The following inscription in ornamented
Kufi shows that this valuable copy, dating
probably from the author's time, was written
for a Vazir named Rukn ud-Dln Salam Ullah :
u\L ^J\j3 ilJl J» 4JJI (.^ t:;i>^^j- -A- diamond-
shaped ornament on the same page contains
what at first sight seems to be a geome-
trical design, but is in reality an inscrip-
tion in a fanciful square character. It
consists of honorific epithets applying to
the same VazIr, of which the following may
be deciphered ^5JJ\J V^^\ ^j,^iaL- f/»'i\ jj^U^ . . .
Add. 16,828.
Foil. 396 ; 121 in. by 8^ ; 26 lines, 5^ in.
long; written in Naskhi ; dated Shavval,
A.H. 1054 (A.D. 1644). [William Yule.]
The same work.
438
PHILOSOPHY.
This copy omits tliat part of the preface
which contains the mention of the reigning
sovereign and the dedication. It wants also
the twelfth Fann of Makalah V., Kism H.
Add. 7718.
Foil. 286; 9i in. by 6^; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The following detached sections of the
same work.
Kism I., Makalah I., Fanns 7 — 15 (the last
imperfect), fol. 2 a. Makalah II., Fann 9,
fol. 68 a. Makalah III., complete, with the
exception of the third Fann, fol. 71 b.
Kism II. Makalah II., Fann 1, fol. 116 a.
Makalah I., Fanns 1—3, fol. 126 b.
Kism I. Makfilah IV., Fanns 1—7, fol.
158 6.
Kism II. Makalah IV., Fann 4 (here num-
bered 6), fol. 241 b. Fann 5 (numbered 7),
fol. 261 b. Fann 9, fol. 264 b. Fann 10,
fol. 283 b. . The last is defective at the end.
PHILOSOPHY.
Add. 16,659.
Foil. 582; 9 in. by 6; 31 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in small Naskhi, with 'Unvans,
and ruled margins, dated (fol. 34 b) A.H.
1182 (A.D. 1768). [William Yule.]
Philosophical works of Abu 'Ali Ibn Sina.
The contents are mostly Arabic, and have
been described in the Arabic Catalogue,
pp. 447 — 451. The following are Persian :
I. Foil. 101 — 140. A Persian version of the
second, or metaphysical, part of the work
entitled cj'vj-.;l-.'.^j oy..i.^l which is, accord-
ing to Ibn Abi ITsaibi'ah, Add. 7340, fol.
127 ». the latest and most excellent of
Ibn Sina's philosophical writings.
Beg. iS^ ^J^ J^^yiJ^ ii ]j>}'^ J^ u-'-i-'
The translation is divided, like the original,
in ten sections called Llv^ The contents of
the work, and the numerous commentaries
written upon it, are stated by Haj. Khal.,
vol. i. p. 300. Compare Uri, pp. 118, 119,
Casiri, p. 195, the Petersburg Catalogue,
p. 60, and the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii.
p. 320.
II. Foil. 228—235, c:^^\ C^J»- " Philo-
sophy of death," a treatise attributed in the
subscription to Abu 'Ali Sina.
Beg. y^Jkij ji «^ c?Ji?- Jj^ " J^^^ '^y^
The author states that he wrote it at the
request of one of his disciples, whose mind
had been enlightened by true knowledge,
and warns readers against divulging it to
those who were still groping in the dark
ways of received belief.
This work, which is not mentioned by
Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, is distinct from the treatise
entitled c^jjl ^J^> J^\ ^>i^f noticed in the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iv. p. 312.
III. Foil. 258—352. Danish Namah i
'Ala'i, the work described vol. ii. p. 1.
IV. Foil. 373—381. ^y. _^, a tract
on the spiritual interpretation of Muham-
mad's ascension.
Beg. (jSj^ ])iin'j 3 u^"**^ oJj^J«>- ^_>-Uj»»
The author, who does not give his name,
states at the beginning, that he had written
this tract in answer to the repeated ques-
tions of a friend, and with the permission of
a spiritual guide designated as ^"^ jjb ^J-i^
and further on as »Jj^l »^ ^.j^ cjlj.
No work of the kind is mentioned amonsr
the writings of Ibn Sina, either by 'Abd ul-
Vahid Juzjani, or by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah. Its
attribution to the celebrated philosopher
rests on the doubtful authority of Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii. p. 443, on the heading in the present
PHILOSOPHY.
439
MS. : ^}\ ^ »i -.>- ji ^iu-?.^ JUj j>\
%Z*m\ <:l»>L< Ua^ ^}^ j>\, and on a similar title
in another copy, Add. 16,839, art. xxv. It
was probably suggested by the 'Alfi ud-
Daulah mentioned in the preface, who, how-
ever, as a religious teacher, has nothing but
the name in common with the prince to
whom the Danish Namah was dedicated. A
celebrated saint of that name, 'Ala ud-Dau-
lah Sininani, died A.H. 736 ; see Nafahat,
p. 624.
V. Foil. 381 — i02. A Persian version of
Ibn Sina's treatise on the immortality of the
■oul, (j>A^' >^^ •iWl aII^ **»-y
Beg. c*-»|3^ Ji^ •-»» vj*-* »^ ^y}^ j* t,>-U-»
The translator, whose name does not ap>
pear, states that, having been shown by a
friend a version which was found to be
much abridged and def(i«tive, he undertook
at his desire to write the present fuller and
more faithful translation. It is dinded into
sixteen chapters (Fa§l).
The original work j'jO' i— ''i-i^ "Ji* written,
according to Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah, Add. 7340,
fol. 27 o, in Kai for Majd ud-Daulah. See
Arabic Catalogue, p. 450, art. xxxii., and Haj.
Khal., vol. iii. p. 442.
VI. Foil. 403 — 410. A shorter version of
the same work, in sixteen chapters (Bab),
with the heading : ,^j^J^ ^xlU ,^jjji\ *)L^ •«»/
^- w'j'J* % W=«^ *^-^^J cr*^^' "^J •" -^^
VII. Foil. 411—413. A short metaphy-
•ical tract on the origin and end of existence,
with the heading : jUJi^ »\j^\ ilU^
Beg. yp y\ yji,^ j^ijj
It is divided into two parts (Kism) ; the
first, treating of the origin, comprises six
chapters (Fasl), the second, treating of the
end, four. This short tract is distinct from
the work entitled i'-J^j '\.>-JI u-*u/ which was
written, according to 'Abd ul-Vahid, in Jur-
^ U . . . U) s^^
3 '^-^f •^^;- ^J^'^
jan, for Abu Muhammad Shir.lzi. See Haj.
Khal., vol. iii. p. 442, and the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 450, art. xxiii.
VIII. Foil. 424—435. A Persian com-
mentary upon Ibn Sina's allegorical tract,
Risalat ut-Tair, V\mj> >\, W ij^^^ S3L*, ~J^
Beg. of the Comm. jG^^ct o-^' ^^A-^
The commentator, who is named in the
subscription j_^^U\ j^^l^-* fj> jfi J^'iJ^ iJ^\
was a metaphysician, of the time of Sultan
Sanjar (A.H. 512—548) ; see Haj. Khal., vol.
iii. p. 412. The allegory is intended to show,
according to 'Abd ul-Vahid, by what steps
the author had attained true insight. See
Haj. Khal, vol. iii. p. 418, and the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 329.
On fol. 4 is a note by Abu Talib ul-Hu-
saini, stating that he had bought this volume
in Murshidabad, A.H. 1208, on his way from
Calcutta to Lucknow.
Add. 16,829.
Foil. 249 ; 8i in. by \\ ; 17 lines, 2g in.
long ; written in small Ncstalik, apparently
in the 18th centurj'. [Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 1 — 42. J^ *-l> tr'b A treatise
on physics.
Author: Ghiya§ ud-Din 'All ul-Husaini
ul-Isfaliani, JV^i*'^^ J^r-^ J^ tr^.'^J' ^^
Beg. */ vi— ^Jr* u^V'j LT^.'^^ j\j!r*
Short extracts and tables of contents of the
same work are to be found in Or. 1839, fol.
267, and Or. 1947, fol. 37, where, to the au-
thor's name, as given above, the patronymic
e,Jr* J* u^^ '* added.
The author mentions occasionally pheno-
mena observed by himself in Badakhsliiin
(see foil. 28 *, 38 6), while he speaks of Tur-
kistin and Fars by hearsay. From the fact
440
PHILOSOPHY.
that he refers to Fakhr ud-Din Razi, fol. 29 h,
as one of the " moderns," it may be inferred
that he was not considerably later than that
philosopher, who died A.H. 606.
A short preface is devoted to considerations
on true immortality, which is shown to con-
sist of the good name or useful work which
man leares behind him. The work, which
is described as ^j^^ c.^ Jp J^ j^V' ^^°^'
prises ten sections called Fasl, twenty more
termed Asl, four entitled Natijah, and an ap-
pendix (Khiitimah), the headings of which
are given in the preface. The first series,
lieginning on fol. 4 A, contains elementary
notices on the spheres, the elements, and
bodies in general. The second, or Asls, fol.
13 a, treats of meteorological phenomena,
such as vapours, winds, rain, thunder, shoot-
ing stars, etc. The four Natijahs, beginning
fol. 40 a, treat severally of minerals, plants,
animals, and man, and the Khatimah of the
anatomy of the human body.
The present copy breaks off after the first
five pages of Natijah I.
II. Poll. 43—249, Arabic tracts. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 455.
Add. 25,869.
Poll. 87; 8i in. by 4^; 18 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century. [Wm. Cuheton.]
Commentary upon a short treatise on
logic, with the text.
The MS. is slightly defective at the begin-
ning, and contains neither title nor author's
name. The treatise is divided into several
short sections headed J^, but not num-
bered. It is found, without conamentary, in
another MS., Add. 7720, art. I., where it be-
gins as follows : «/ «^ii cu^w-joy )jt^^^ i^^Si
CJ^^.^ jyo ^ i5^ J-eU- imS jd
The first word of the text in the present
MS., fol. 1 a, is
which is explained
_^)kk.tf\ ji »y
as follows : »'j>a* *$ \s.
The commentator refers occasionally, foil.
12 i,62 ft, to glosses written by the author of the
treatise upon the Shamsiyyah, a well-known
manual of logic, written in the time of Hu-
laku ; see Arabic Catalogue, pp. 250 a, 775 h.
A former owner, Muhammad 'Ali, states at
the end that the MS. came into his possession
A.H. 1089.
Add. 26,288.
Poll. 180 ; 13 in. by 7^ ; 25 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century. [Wm. Erskine.]
A philosophical treatise, without preface,
title, or author's name, endorsed
(•r^r"
>^
5>\.±i ^jVm i_si^ 1^1 Cj>\^\s- Cj\i\j>
Beg. ji «_ili)jo o.»C i_a?^ t)^^ ^■^^j
It treats at considerable length of ques-
tions of metaphysics and physics, in a num-
ber of sections headed c*ijj , and contains
extensive extracts from the following works :
a commentary on the Akhlak i Nasiri, the
Hayat un-Nufus, and the Gauhar i Murad,
the last of which was written in the reign
of Shah 'Abbas II. ; see vol. 1. p. 32 a.
ETHICS.
Or. 457.
Poll. 120; 11 in. by 6|; 27 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Naskhi, with ruled margins,
apparently in the 18th century.
Moral precepts of the ancient sages of
ETHICS.
441
Persia, India, Arabia, and Greece, collected
by Ahmad B. Muhammad B. Miskavaih, who
died A.H. 421 (see Arabic Catalogue, p.
627 a), and, translated from the Arabic by
Takl ud-I)in Muhammad B. Shaikh Muham-
mad ul-ilrrajani ut-Tustari, j^ ^J>_^\ 13
Beg. OP|/j OPib ^\5 ^^p^*- *^ ^J^JJJ^J)i
Taki Shushtari, a scholar and poet of Per-
sian birth, repaired to the court of Akbar,
by whose command he turned the ShAh-
nranah into prose. lie was appoint^'d to the
office of Sadr by Jahangir, in whose reign he
died. See Badaoni, vol, iii. p. 256, Tabakat
i Shahjahflni, Or. 1673, fol. 290, and Riyriz
ush-Shu'ara, Add. 16,729, fol. 196. He de-
scribes himself in the preface as a servant
of Jahangir, and states that it was by that
emperor's order that he translated the above
work, which was written in an elegant, but
abstruse, language.
Contents : Preface of the translator, fol. 3 b.
Preface of Ibn Miskavaih, fol. 6 a. Precepts
of Ilushang, fol. 6 a. How the Javidiin
Khirad came to Mamun, fol. 15 b. Precepts
of Buzurjmihr, fol. 20 a, KisrS Kubad, fol.
27 b, NushJrvan, fol. 32 a, Babman B. Isfandi-
yar, fol, 38 a. Maxims of the sages of India,
fol. 59 a, of 'All, fol. 70 b, Lukman, fol, 79 a,
Hasan Basri, fol. 94 a, Aktham B. Saifi, fol.
99 a. Proverbs of the Arabs, fol. Ill b.
Hermes and Greek sages, fol, 119 a. The
present copy breaks off in a notice on Dio-
genes.
For accounts of the original work of Ibn
Miskavaih see Haj. Khal , vol, i, p. 213,
vol. ii, p, 581, the Bodleian Catalogue, vol, i,
p. 86, vol, ii, p. 576, S. de Sacy, Notices et
Extraits, vol, x. p. 96, and the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. iv. p. lyi.
Add. 5626.
Foil. 272; 9J in. by 5|; 12 lines, 3 in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, on gold-
VOL. 11.
sprinkled paper, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled
margins; dated A.H. 997 (A.D. 1589).
[Nath. Brassey Halhed.]
A treatise on ethics.
Author: Nasir ud-Din Muhammad B.
Muhammad B. ul-Hasan ut-Tusi, ^j^\^
Beg. ojP Oj-i* ji^ jjuj ^>i^ J ^ s^
This celebrated philosopher and astronomer
was born in Tus, A.H. 507, and died in
Baghdad, A.H. 692. Notices on his life are
to be found in the Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii.,
Juz 1,, p. 60, Haft Iklim, Add, 16,734, fol.
407, and Majalis ul-Muminin, Add. 23,541,
fol. 368. See also Jourdain, Memoire sur
I'observatoire de Mdraghah, and Audiffret,
Biographie Universelle, voce Nassir-eddyn.
He states in the preface that, having
been desired by the governor of Kuhistan,
Nasir ud-Din 'Abd ur-Rahim B. Abi Mansur,
to translate into Persian the Kitab ut-Ta-
harah of Abu 'Ali B. Muhammad Ibn Mis-
kavaih (see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 745 b),
he had complied with his wish by writing au
abridged version of that treatise, to which
he had added the ethics of civil and domestic
life, and had given to the work a title derived
from his patron's name.
Nasir ud-Din, surnamed Muhtasham, was
governor of Kuhistan under the Ismaili
prince 'Ala ud-Din Muhammad, who died
A.H. 653, and under his successor Rukn ud-
Din Khwurshah. On the approach of the
Moghul army in the same year, he came
out of his fortress, Sartakht, and made his
submission to HulAgu, by whom he was
graciously received, and appointed to a post
of honour ; but he was enfeebled by old age,
and died shortly after, A.H. 665. See Rashid
ud-Din, Jami' ut-Tavarikh, Add, 16,688, foL
0
442
ETHICS.
90. The author, who was then with Rukn
ud-D'm Khwurshah, in Maimundiz, urged
that prince to submit to the conqueror. He
was employed by him in his negotiations with
Hulagfi, and passed with him into the Mo-
ghul's camp on the first of Zulka'dah, A. 11.
654. The circumstances of his stay at the
Isma'ili court and of his reception by Hulagu
are told in the Jami' ut-Tavarikh, 1. c, in
Eauzat us-Safi», Bombay edition, vol, v. p. 70,
and in Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 80,
vol. iii., Juz 1, p. 54.
In a later preface, subsequently prefixed to
the work, Nasir ud-Din, alluding to his rescue
by a powerful prince from the hands of the
infidels (Malahidah),apologizes for the praises
he had been compelled by circumstances to
bestow upon those unbelievers, and requests
the owners of the first edition to substitute
the present preface for the former.
One only of the Museum copies, Add.
25,843, contains the eai'lier preface, which
contains eulogies upon 'Ala ud-Din Muham-
mad and Nasir ud-Din 'Abd ur-Rahim.
Several editions of the-Akhlak i Nasiri
have been published in India, Bombay, A.II.
1267, Calcutta, A.H. 1269, Lucknow, A.H.
1286, Lahore, A.D. 1865. A sketch of its
contents has been given by Lieut. E. Fris-
sell in the Bombay Transactions, vol. i.
pp. 17 — 40. See also Abul Faraj, Historia
Dynastiarum, p. 358, Fleischer, Dresden Cata-
logue, No. 343; Schier, specimen editionis
libri ^j.^^ j^\, Dresden, 1841, and Sprenger,
Zeitschrift, vol. xiii. pp. 539 — 41.
The last page of the MS. contains three
'Arz-Didah, the first two of which are dated
the 13th and the 37th year of the reign (of
Aurangzib).
Add. 7616.
Foil. 218 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 13 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Subah of
Orissa, Muharram, A.H. 103, probably for
1003 (A.D. 1594). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same work.
Add. 16,815.
Foil. 243; 9 in. by 5; 14 lines, 2f in.'
long; written in Indian Nestalik; dated
Ramazan, A.H. 1063 (A.D. 1653).
[Wm. Ytjle.]
The same work.
Add. 18,808.
Foil. 236; 9 in. by 5l; 14 and 15 lines,
3^ in. long, in a page, written in Indian
Nestalik, probably in the 17th century.
The same work.
Add. 26,290.
FoU. 151 ; 9i in. by 5f ; 16 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in a cursive Indian character,
in Alimadnagar, apparently in the 17th cen-
tury. . [Wm. Erskine.]
A treatise on ethics.
Author : Muhammad B. As'ad Daviini,
Beg. c>y» JUaL* ^^Uafr^l v_*=.lj Uj ^"i^ \ij:i\
Jalal ud-Din DavanT, who is also called
Siddiki, as claiming descent from Abu Bakr
Siddlk, was reputed the greatest philosopher
of his time. He was born, A.H. 830, in Da-
viin (spelt Dawan by Yakut), a village of the
district of Kazarun, in which his father, Sa'd
ud-Din As'ad, was Kazi, and spent the greater
part of his life in Shlraz, dividing his time
between his professorial duties in the Madra-
sah called Dar ul-Aitam, and his functions
as Kazi of the province of Fars. He died
A.H. 908 near Kazarun, and was buried in
ETHICS.
443
his native place. See Hablb us-Siyar, vol.
iii., Juz 4, p. Ill", Tuhfaii i Sami, Add. 7670,
fol. 4G, Minit iil-AdvPir, Add. 7G50, fol. 229,
and Majalis ul-Mununln, Add. 16,716, fol.
404.
After an eulogy on the reigning sovereign,
Hasan Beg Bahadur Khan, the author states
that he had ■written the present work at the
request of that prince's son, Sultan Khalil.
Hasan Beg, the founder of the Ak-Ku-
Tunlu dynasty, died A.H. 882, after a reign
of nine years and a half. His eldest son
Khalil, who during his father's life had been
governor of Fars, succeeded him on the
throne, from which he was soon deposed by
his brother Ya'kiib Beg. See Jahanura, Or.
141, fol. 190, and Mirftt ul-Advar, Add. 7650,
fol. 228.
The work, whicli is commonly known as
Akhlak i Jahili, is divided into an introduc-
tion and the following throe books, called
».jk^, and sulxlividcd into chapters, >_n,J :
I. Ethics proper, j^l s^i-V j*** ^ol- 19 *•
II. Government of the family, Jji^jgisi jA,
fol. 83 a. HI. Government of the city,jX3ji ji
,j^, fol. 100 a.
The author acknowledges, fol. 144 a, that
he bad drawn most of its contents from
Na^ir ud-Dm Tusi's work, Akhlak i Nasiri.
See Haj. Khal. vol. v. p. 341, and vol. i.
p. 202, Stewart's catalogue, p. 51, the Munich
catalogue, p. 62, the Copenhagen catalogue,
p. 6. The AkhLik i Jaliill has been printed
in Calcutta, A.D. 1810, and in the press of
Navalkishor, A. II. 1283. An English trans-
lation by W. F. Thompson has been published
under the title of " Practical Philosophy of
the Muhammedan people," London, 1839.
Add. 25,845.
Foil. 381 ; 7i in. by 4J ; 13 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in a cursive Indian Xestalik,
probably in the 18th centurj*. [ Wm.Cuketon.J
The same work.
long;
Add. 25,844.
FoU. 230; 8| in. by 6 ; 11 lines, 31 in.
written in large Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 18th cen-
tury. [Wm. Cxteeton.]
A work on ethics.
Author : Husain ul-Kashifi, iZ,\^\ j,^~
(died A.II. 910 ; see p. 9 b.)
Beg. •IJii' Oj-p j^^^ J* i\J^i\j cjj.iiP'
After mentioning, as the reigning sove-
reign, Abul-Ghazi Sultan Husain, the author
praises one of that Sultan's sons, Abul-Muh-
sin, for his noble qualities, of which, he says,
he had given a signal proof by his dutiful be-
haviour when, at the first beck of his father,
he left the seat of his government, Merv, to
come to Court. It was on that occasion that
the author, having paid his respects to the
Prince, wrote the present book as a suitable
offering for him, and graced it with his name.
It is stated in a versified chronogram at the
end that it was completed A.H. 900, a date
expressed by the above title.
Abul-Muhsin did not long continue to de-
serve the author's commendation, for in
A.H. 904 he combined with his brother, Mu-
hammad Muhsin, governor of Abivard, to
raise the standard of rebellion. He was,
however, defeated by his father, and subse-
quently repaired to the capital, where he re-
ceived his pardon, A.H. 900. See Habib us-
Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, pp. 280, 283, 260.
The Akhlak i Muhsini has been edited in
Hertford, 1823 and 1850, in Calcutta, in
the Selections for the use of students, 1809,
and in Lucknow, A.H. 1279. An English
translation by H. G. Keene has been pub-
lished in Hertford, 1851. See Garcin de
Tassy, Notice du trait(5 persan sur les vertus,
de Hussein Vaez, Paris, 1837, Kj-afft's cata-
c 2
44 J)
POLITICS.
logue, p. 183, the Copenhagen catalogue,
p. 6, the Munich catalogue, p. 63, and the
St. Petersburg catalogue, p. 257.
POLITICS.
Add. 23,516.
Foil. 153; 8i in. by 4|; 17 lines, 3 in.
long ; written inNestalik; dated Ahmadabad,
Rajab, A.H. 1032 (A.D. 1623).
[RoBEET Taylor.]
A treatise on the art of government.
Author : Nizam ul-Mulk, tiJU^ *Uju
Beg. j^jjVij^^T «/ Ja- J J-& yj>}^ (_y>V-
This celebrated Vazir, the first who bore
the title of Nizam ul-Mulk, and whose proper
name was Abu 'Ali ul-Hasan B. 'All, was
bom in Tus, A.H. 408. He carried on for
thirty years, under Alp Arslan and Malak
Shah, the government of the vast empire of
the Saljukis, until he fell under the dagger
of an assassin, near Nahavand, A.H. 485.
Accounts of his life will be found in Ibn
Khallikan, de Slane's translation, vol. i.
p. 413, Ksmil, vol, x., pp. 137 — 142, Eauzat
us-Safa, Bombay edition, vol. iv. pp. 85 — 90,
and Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, pp.
90-93.
The present work, wliich is designated by
the editor in his epilogue as c*-»Um. (-jUi",
is called in the subscription ^^^K.J^ic;Ji\ i*\ jt^
eiiL»5'i ^'^ s^r^y-- It is generally known by
the title of ti)jlj' jx^, which is found in the
heading of another copy, Or. 1930. The same
tijtle is assigned to it by Ilaj. Khal., vol. iii.,
]). 638, who adds that it was written for
]Malak Shfih, A.H. 469. The author of the
Guzldah, who mentions it among liis sources,
Add. 22,693, fol. 3 «, calls it ^l^ ^^\ ^-j
fj^^. See also Melanges Asiatiques, vol. v.
p. 236, vol. vi. p. 114, the Library of King's
College, Cambridge, No. 219, and Sir Wm.
Ouseley's Collection, No. 475.
The Siyar ul-Muluk was published some *
years after the author's death. The editor,
Muhammad, who describes himself as the
copyist of the Royal Library, jolji- ^/^\:^^ ^\j,
and further on, fol. 151 a, sji—^.y i-»U s^
*iijj- (j»l»- i^\^':i^, gives the following account
of its origin:— In A.H. 484, Malak Shah
ordered some of the great office-holders of
his court, such as Nizam ul-Mulk, Sharaf ul-
Mulk, Taj ul-Mulk, Majd ul-Mulk, and others,
to submit to him in writing their ideas for
the better government of the empire and the
management of secular and religious con-
cerns. The memoir of Nizam ul-Mulk met
with the Sultan's complete approval, and
was by his order transcribed for the royal
library.
The work in its present shape consists of
fifty chapters (Fasl). Nizani ul-Mulk, who
had, according to the editor's statement,
written in the first instance only thirty-nine,
added subsequently eleven more, suggested
by dangers he saw threatening from certain
enemies of the state, at the same time enlarg-
ing those he had previously written. When
he set out, A.H. 485, on his last journey to
Baghdad, he left his work for transcription
in the hands of the editor, who, after the
author's death, did not think it advisable to
publish it, until the time came when the
reign of justice and Islam Avas restored by
the " Master of the World." At the end is
a Kasldah in praise of the work of Nizam ul-
Mulk, addressed to that new sovereign, who
is there mentioned by name. It was Ghiyas
ud-Din Muhammad, son of Malak Shah, whose
accession in A.H. 498 restored for a time
peace to the distracted empire.
POLITICS.
445
The following are the headings of the
chapters : —
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1
^J\»3 ,>^\ Om»«j j^UijjJ^
^J;i/ LiiL, ^j3 J y,L^ J jj,\^ ^:^lojS>\ I.
il^ j) ai^ yU« J l^ly uH^^<> «i^ j<^^ f '
CF/^ J j:--^ W. c;^y i»'-*--^j«>'' ••
1,};-M^0 tJlliP (;;J^V) Ar^-Ut jJ3\ rr
y w!Pv J u^"^ u)-*^^^' •^*iv j"*^^ ""^
^ J <-*j^^ J iJ^"^ J^^ *^^V u'^y^j'^' '"'
Jj^y^UaiMj y^yy 0 ]ji:/ ^ ^ ji */^j,1jjjl i«i
V
440
POLITICS.
The work is written in plain and archaic
language. Ifc contains many historical nar-
ratives and anecdotes relating to former
dynasties, especially to the Ahhasides, Al i
Buvaih, Samanis and Ghaznavis. Sometimes
the author relates incidents of his own life,
as for instance, fol. 62 a, his sending a secret
emissary to watch and report upon the pri-
vate utterances of the envoy of Shams ul-
Mulk, Khan of Mavarsi un-Nahr. Chapters
44 — 47 have a special historical value ; they
treat of the rising of some subversive sects,
such as the followers of Mazdak, the Batinis,
Karmatis, and Khurramdinan.
On fol. 151 b, is found a subscription
transcribed from an earlier MS., which is
stated to have been written in the town of
Urmiyah, A.H. 564, by order of the Amir
Hiijib Alp Jamil ud-Din.
Or. 256.
Foil. 93; 74 in. by 4-]; 11 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated Sha'-
ban, A.H. 1127 (A.D. 1716).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Counsels of Nizam ul-Mulk to his son,
Fakhr ul-Mulk, respecting the responsibilities
of the Vazirate, illustrated by incidents of
his own life, and various historical anecdotes.
It appears from the preface, which is
slightly defective at the beginning, that the
work was dedicated to an Amir Fakhr ud-Din
Hasan, j.j^\ jS^\ j^o ^J.,^ j^.J\ j «JjJl^.i?^\
i\ j^..>Vj iA^\ _\j on his appointment as
Vazir (in whose reign is not stated). The
genealogy of that personage is traced up to
the great Nizam ul-Mulk,Avho was his ancestor
in the twelfth degree. It shows also that the
Vazir's great-grandsire, Amir Mu'izz, had
been Sahib Divan, or first Vazir, to Tugha-
timur, wlio reigned in Khorasan from A.H.
735 — 753. (See Jahanrira, and Hafiz Abrii, fol.
298.) From this it may be inferred that the
work was written in the ninth century of the
Hijrah. The compiler, whose name does
not appear, states that he had drawn the
contents partly from books, and partly from
traditions handed down in his family, which
was also descended from Nizam ul-Mulk.
Fakhr ul-Mulk (Abul-Muzaffar 'Ali), to
whom the counsels are addressed, was the
eldest son of Nizam ul-Mulk. Appointed
Vazir by Barkyaruk, A.H. 488, he afterwards
held the same office under Sanjar in Naisha-
pfir, until he was assassinated, like his father,
A.H. 500. See Kamil, vol. x., pp. 172, 287.
The work, which is designated in the pre-
face as " the Counsels," JU»J, is more gene-
rally known by the name of i^iiljl ijai ^sU^j.
by which it is referred to in the Eauzat us-
Safa (Notices et Extraits, vol. ix. p. 149, and
the Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 91).
Compare Hammer, History of the Assassins,
p. 45, and Melanges Asiatiques, vol. vi.,
p. 115. Several extracts, translated by a
Munshi, will be found, under the title of
Majma'i Wasayd, in Sir H. Elliot's History,
vol. ii. pp. 485 — 504.
Contents: Preface, fol. 4 a. Mukaddiraah.
Notice on the life of Nizam ul-Mulk, fol. 5 b.
Fasl I. "Warnings against the dangers of the
Vazirate, fol. 13 a. Fasl II. Rules and du-
ties of the Vazirate, fol. 42 b.
Another copy, Add. 26,267, begins as
follows :
fjlii j£ \i\^\ 0^ tl***], |_^U)iib Cj\s^ ^>}j^
A short notice on the /work is prefixed to
the present volume, foil. 2, 3. It is signed
ylli-j j^, and dated Dehli, April 17, 1866.
Nayyir i Eakhshan is the noni cle jplume of
Navvab Muhammad Ziya ud-Din Ahmad
Khan, son of Navvab Ahmad Bakhsh Khan,
a distinguished scholar and poet of Dehli, to
whom Sayyid Ahmad Khan has devoted
a notice in his Asjir us-Sanadid, vol. iv.
p. 152.
POLITICS.
447
Or. 254.
FolL 72; 6| in. by4i; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, apparently
in the 15th century. [Geo. "Wm. Hamilton.]
A work treating of the duties of kings and
the art of government.
Author: Isliira B. Ahmad B. Muhammad
uI-GhazzulT, [sic] Ji^Ji.\ .i^ ^J> .^.^\ ^J> ^"^^
Beg. c>^U« ^^ ^^y^ V^j^ s*-*-*^ *^ tf >.»»•
Tlie preface contains a wordy panegyric on
the reigning sovereign, Amir Sultan IJusain.
It includes a Kasldah in his praise by Sal-
man, the court poet of the Ilkfinls, which'
leaves no doubt as to his identity. SultTin
IjLusain was the son of Shaikh Uvais, the se-
cond prince of the Ilkani dynasty. He as-
cended the throne in Tabriz, after his father's
death, in A.H. 776, and was put to death,
after a short and chequered reign, A.U. 784,
by his brother, Sul^jn Ahmad. See Rauzat
u^-l^afa, vol. v., p. 172, and yabib us-Siyar,
vol. iii., Juz 1, p. 137.
It is stated in the preface that the work
had been originally written in Greek by Aris-
totle, and that the present version was made
from the Arabic by order of Sultan Husain.
A legendary account of Alexander and his
•* Vazir," the sage Ajristotle, ,^^^^\i^\ ^^,
foil. 15 a — 25 i, is prefixed to the treatise,
which purports to contain the precepts ad-
dressed by that philosopher to his sovereign.
The work is written in prolix and ornate
prose, interspersed with numerous verses.
The present copy is imperfect at the end.
The MS. is endorsed c«>liLJ^ U!3^, and on
the first page is written the following title :
The same page is covered with the notes
and seals of former owners. One of the
latter contains the name of an Amir of
Shabjahitn's reign with tlie date 1054, while
some of the more recent belong to the kings
of Oude.
Add. 7618.
Foil. 250; lOl in. by 9; 15 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins; dated A. II. 996
(A.D. 1588).
[Cl. J. Rich.]
d^^
A treatise on political ethics, and the rules
of good government.
Author : 'Ali B. ush-Shihab ul-Hamadani,
Beg. »i\ji^Jil* CjJt>-}ji ^ (^U3 3j^i^ "i"**-
Amir Sayyid 'All B. Shihab ud-Din B.
Mir Sayj'id Muhammad ul-Husaini, of Ha-
madan, a celebrated saint, and founder of
an order of Sufis, led the itinerant life of a
Darvish, and is said to have visited all parts
of the Muslim world. He is especially known
as the apostle of Kashmir, which he entered,
in A.H. 781, with a train of seven hundred
folk)wers, and where he acquired great in-
fluence on the Sultan Kutb ud-Din. He
spent in that country the last years of his life,
died shortly after setting out on his return to
Persia, on the 6th of Zulhijjah, A.H. 786, at
the age of seventy-three, and was buried in
Khuttilan. Notices on his life will be found
in Javahir ul-Asrar, Add. 7607, fol. 121,
MajAlis ul-Muminin, Add. 23,548, fol. 340,
Nafahut ul-Uns, Calcutta ed., p. 615, IJa-
bib lis-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 87, Vaki'at
i Kashmir, Add. 26,282, fol. 40, and New-
all. History of Cashmere, Journal of the
Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. xxiii., p. 414,
and vol. xxxiii., p. 278. Some of his works
are mentioned in the Arabic Catalogue, 406 «.
The Zakhirat ul-Muluk is divided into ten
books (Biib). Its contents have been stated
by Haj. Khal., vol. iii., p. '^29, Tomberg, Up-
saUi catalogue, p. 290, and Flugel, Vienna
catalogue, vol. iii., p. 284. Compare Stewart,
p. 50, Uri, p. 273, and the Leyden catalogue,
vol. iv., p. 220.
448
POLITICS.
Add. 16,818.
Foil. 218; 9i in. by 5; 17 lines, 3 in. long;
written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins,
apparently in the 16th century. [Wm. Yule.J
The same work.
Or. 253.
Foil. 173 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 21 lines, 3 in. long;
written in small Naskhi; dated Ramazan,
A.H. 1089 (A.D. 1678.)
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A treatise on the mode of governing in ac^
cordance with the Muslim law.
Author : Fazl B. Kuzbahan Isfahiinl, J^
Beg. (-j'-*j C-)i« j^T ^^ i_^ll J^ <-r'^^ p
The occasion on which the work was
written is tpld at great length in the preface.
After the death of Abu-1-Fath Muhammad
Shaibani KhSn, at Merv, A.H. 916," the Uz-
bak princes retired to Turkistan, and Mavara-
un-nahr, invaded by the Chaghatai forces
under Babar, became overspread with heresy
and perverse practices. Wlien, two years later,
Abu-1-Ghazi 'Ubaid-TJUah Khan resolved to
attempt the recovery of the lost kingdom, he
performed, in Muharram, A.H. 918, a pil-
grimage to the tomb of Khwajah Ahmad
Yasavi, and there took a solemn vow that, if
successful, he would conform in every act of
his rule with the behests of divine law. He
attacked Bukhara a few days later, and com-
pletely routed Bfibar, who had brought from
Samarkand superior forces against him.
After re-establishing Uzbak rule throughout
Mavarii-un-nahr and taking his residence in
» See Memoirs of Baber, translated by Wm. Erskine,
p. 239 Beqq.
Bukhara, he sent for the author, then living
in Samarkand, who by his desire wrote the
present work in order to assist the young
sovereign in the performance of his vow.
The author adds that he sets forth on every
point the teaching of the Hanafi and Shafi'i
schools.
'Ubaid Ullah Khan, more commonly known
as TJbaid Khan, was the son of Mahmud Sul-
tan, a brother of Shaibani Khan. He was the
most powerful Uzbak chief during the reign of
Kuchkunji Khan, A.H. 916—936, and a for-
midable foe to Shrdi Ismii' il and Tahmasp,
whose dominions he repeatedly invaded. He
was raised to the Khanship A.H. 940, and died
A.H. 946. See Erskine, History of India
under Baber, -vol. i. pp. 309, 322, and Eauzat
ut-Trdiirin, Or. 168, p. 365.
The work is divided into an Introduction
and fifteen chapters (Bab), as follows:
Miikaddimah. Legal meaning of the titles
Imam, Sultan, Amir, and VazTr, fol. 14 b.
Bab. I. Maintenance of the law; appoint-
ment of the Shaikh ul-Islam and Muftis, fol.
19 b. II. Appointment of Kazis and their
duties, fol. 31 6. II. Appointment of the
Muhtasibs and their functions, fol. 54 a.
TV. Appointment of Daroghahs, watchmen,
vali-mazalim, and frontier guards, fol. 65 a.
V. Public alms (Sadakat), fol. 78 b. VI.
Tithes and imposts, fol. 93 a. VII. Treasure-
trove and heirless estates, fol. 112 b. VIII.
Penal laws, fol, 120 b. IX. Observance of
pilgrimage, Friday-assemblies, festivals, etc.,
fol. 134 a. X. Repression of mutinies, fol.
144 a. XI. Religious war, fol. 148 a. XII.
Booty and its division, fol. 154 b. XIII. Laws
concerning renegades, fol. 160 b. XIV.
Treatment of Zimmis (Christians and Jews),
fol. 164 b. XV. Engagements contracted
with unbelievers, fol. 170 a.
The end of Bab XIV. and the beginning of
the next are wanting.
MATHEMATICS.
M9
MATHEMATICS.
Add. 23,570.
Foil. 136 ; 6J in. by 3i ; written in minute
Nestalik; dated Yazd, A.H. 1014—1018
(A.D. 1605—1609). [Robeet Taylor.]
A collection of mathematical tracts, mostly
Arabic (see Arabic Catalogue, p. 022). The
following is Persian.
FoU. 117—133 ; 17 lines, 1| in. long.
Jl^ July
A manual of geometry, translated from an
Arabic work entitled ^J-Jl«.U^ Jiul.\
Translator: 2k[ahmud 13. Muhammad B.
Muhammad B. Kivam ul-Kazi ul-Vabashta'l,
commonly called Mahmud uLHaravi ul-
Hai'avi, ^^'iJ' ^^y ^^ s^ ^^ x*^ ^Ji dy^
cf^' ^x-^^ ^r^j^i^^ [sic] ^\i^'y\
Beg- u^W* ^fJ o- V* 3 ^4**» o^ '^ .» -^ ^ •»-»►
The translator calls the author of the
work Shams ud-Din Sayyid ^akim Sa-
markand!. (According to Haj. Khal., rol. i.
p. 322, it was Muhammad B. Ashraf us-Sa-
markandi, who died about A. II. 600.) He
dedicates his translation to an Amir Jamal
ud-Din Sultan Ijusain, in whose honour he
gare it the above title.
That prince's name is preceded by the fol-
lowing titles : Aj,\ J>U< j^j^\ ^\ »jjyt«^ j jif\
J\ cJVj^j 0,U ti^^ j^ «^ > from which it
would appear that he was not a sovereign,
but a provincial governor.
The translation is divided, like the original,
into a Mukaddimah and thirty-five theorems
J^ , the last of which is imperfect at the
end.
The original work, Ashkiil ut-Ta'sis, was
written A.H. 593. See Casiri, vol i. p. 380.
A commentary upon it by Kazl Zadah is
mentioned in the St. Petersburg Catalogue,
p. 119.
VOL. II,
Add. 7693.
Foil. 72; 7 in. by 4| ; 13 Unes, 2\ in. long;
written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan, ap-
parently in the 17th century. [Ci-. J. Rich.]
r^
.u^i
A treatise on some ingenious arithmetical
operations invented by the author.
Author : KhalU B. Ibrahim, ,^y^ y? Js^
Beg. j\ o\J *5 o.^*ya>- j^j'>- u-V* J J^
The work is divided into a Mukaddimah,
ten chapters (Fasl), and a Khatimah. This
is the treatise which is apparently twice
mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 29, under
two different forms of the author's name;
it is attributed in the first instance to J^'il^
^^^^\ j^, and in the second to Klialil B.
Ibrahim, as in the present copy. As the
honorific title Khair ud-Din is commonly
coupled with the name of Khalil, it is very
probable that both belonged to one and
the same writer. The author states in the
preface that he wrote the treatise at the
request of some friends, and that it owed
its success to its appearance in the aus-
picious days of the great Sultan Muhammad
B. Murad B. Muhammad {i.e. Muhammad
II., A.H. 825—855).
Add. 5649.
FoU. 86 ; lOf in. by 7| ; 15 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Calcutta,
Zulhijjah, A.U. 1190 (A.D. 1777).
[Nath. Brassey Halhed.]
Lilavati, a treatise on algebra and geo-
metry, translated from the Sanskrit.
Translator : Faizl, ^joji
o
450
MATHEMATICS.
Beg.
Shaikh Abul-Faiz, with the poetical sur-
name of Faizi, which he subsequently altered
to Fayyazi, was the eldest son of Shaikh
Muhfirak Naguri, and the brother of Abul-
Fazl. He was born in Agra, A.H. 954, be-
came a great favourite of Akbar, who be-
stowed upon him the title of Malik ush-
Shu'ara, or poet laureate, and died on the
10th of Safar, A.H. 1001. The present work
is mentioned by Abul-Fazl, among various
translations made for Akbar, in the A'in i
Akbari, vol. i. p. 116. The same author
gives notices of Faizi's life, with copious ex-
tracts from his poetical compositions, in the
Akbar Namah, vol. iii. pp. 716 — 738, and in
the A'in i Akbari, vol. i. p. 235, while Ba-
daoni inveighs against him with the bitter
rancour of Muhammadan bigotry, in Mun-
takhab ut-Tavarikh, vol. iii. pp. 299—310,
a passage translated in Elliot's History,
vol. V. pp. 544 — 9. See also Mir'at ul-
'Alam, Add. 7657, fol. 452, and Blochmann,
translation of A'in i Akbari, vol. i. p. 490.
After a panegyric on Akbar, by whose order
the translation was written, Faizi states in
the preface that the Hindi {i.e. Sanskrit) ori-
ginal was due to Bhaskaracharya X-^Sf^X^ ,
of the city of Bedar, in the Deccan. The
time of composition, he adds, is not exactly
known ; but an astronomical treatise of the
same author, entitled J*^::^^ uj^ ' ^^ been
written in the year 1105 of Salivahan, i.e. 373
years before the " current year," namely the
32nd of the Ilahi era (A.H. 995—6). The pre-
face concludes with a legend on a daughter of
Bhaskara called Lilavati, and on the circum-
stance which led to the composition of the
book of the same name.
The Sanskrit text has been printed in Cal-
cutta, 1832, and English translations have
been published by John Taylor, Bombay, 1816,
and by H. Colcbrooke, London, 1817. Faizi's
version has been printed in Calcutta, 1828.
For accounts of Bhaskara' s mathematical
works see Edward Strachey, " Early History
of Algebra," Asiatic Researches, vol. xii.
pp. 159 — 185, and "Observations on the
mathematical science of the Hindoos, with
extracts from Persian translations of the '
Leelawuttee and Beej Gunnit," Calcutta,
1805, Colebrooke's Miscellaneous Essays,
vol. ii. pp. 419 — 450, and A. Weber, Vorle-
sungen, p. 231.
The present volume contains marginal
notes by N. B. Halhed, extracts from
which by J. H. Hindley are preserved in
Add. 7032.
Add. 16,869.
Foil. 156 ; 8| in. by 5 ; 13 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Indian Shikastah-amiz ;
dated Shahjahanabad, Jumada I., A.H. 1141
(A.D. 1728). " [Wm. Yule.]
A treatise on algebra, translated from the
Sanskrit Vijaganita of Bhaskaracharya.
Translator : *Ata Ullah Eashidi B. Ahmad
Nadir, j^li 6^ ^^ tj^^j '■^^ ■^^^
3^eg. ^..i-^ ^T ui^.Uk-*j Jj\
The translator states that he wrote this
work in A.H. 1044, the 8th year of Shahja-
han, to whom it is dedicated. It is divided
into a Mukaddimah and five Makalahs. The
same translation is noticed by Aumer, Munich
Catalogue, p. 136.
For editions and translations of the Vija-
ganita see Zenker, Bibl. Orient, vol. ii. p. 340.
Add. 16,744.
Foil. 113 ; 8.f in. by Q^ ; from 13 to 19
lines, 4 in. long ; written in cursive Indian
Nestalik, dated Sha'ban, the 7th year of
Farrukhsiyar, A.H. 1130 (A.D. 1718).
[Wm. Yule.]
MATHEMATICS.
451
I. Foil. 3—56.
A treatise on arithmetic, translated from
the Arahic treatise entitled i_,>L-^^ io^, hy
Baha ud-Din Muhammad B. Husain 'Amili
(d. 1031 ; see Arabic Catalogue, p. G22 b.)
Translator : Lutf Ullah Muhandis B. Us-
tad Ahmad Mi'mar Lahauri, (^^.^^ »ii\ ^_a^<
j^^y.'^ jU«* .i-^^ JU-»^ j^^
Beg. aUI uJVtl jiJii >^^^ J40 U^ . . . aU jl^'
The translator is known as the author of
a rhymed abridgment of Daulatshah's Taz-
kirah. He uses {_y»'i^ as his Takhallus.
See Oude Catalogue, pp. 116, 122.
He states that he wrote the present trans-
lation by desire of the noble Sayyid ^[ir Mu-
hammad Sa*id B. ^lir Muhammad Yahya, and
that the above title conveys the date of com-
position, viz. A.H. 1092.
n. FoU. 67—99.
A treatise in verse on arithmetic, mensura-
tion, and algebra, in ten sections (Bfib).
Author: *Ata Ullah B. Ustad Ahmad
Mi'mar ^Um x^\ li^t ^j> «U^ lla&, a brother of
the preceding, and probably identic with the
translator of Bijganit (p. 450 b).
Beg. Jji ^ijii^.^ J^\ ^\^ ^ p
The author begins with eulogies on Shah
Jahan and Prince Darft-Shikiih, to the latter
of which the work is dedicated.
III. FoU. 100—107.
A treatise on the properties of numbers
st^is^ u*'y-» ill four Makalahs, by Lu^f Ullah
Muhandis ; see Art. I.
Bog. ^^,i^ ^\ sS^ j^ ^..^ . . . iii ^
ASTRONOMY.
Add. 7697.
Foil, 157 ; 9i in. by 6^ ; 21 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in fair Naskhi ; dated Ramazan,
A.H. 685 (A.D. 1286). [CI. J. Rich. J
^^ J.V ^"^ ^^
A treatise on astronomy.
Author: Abu Eaihan Muhammad B. Ah-
mad vd-Blruni, ^_^JJi-pl J-^^ ^^ j^ ^^^J j>\
^S' uif^j c^-*-^ -iV ij^i^ J f^^ ^jy*> J^^
to which the following heading is prefixed :
J3jir^'^ "M-^ (ji j"^ l:,^J y^ '^'"^-'^ o^/ r^
Al-Biriini, the celebrated philosopher, and
contemporary of Ibn Sina, was born in the
city of Khwflrazm, A.H. 362, and was so
called, according to SamVmi, Add. 23,355,
fol. 98, from " Birun," the outskirts of the
town, m.^^ -.jW ^j\ lu-j . . . U3\ j-Jj {J}jh^^-
He lived at the courts of Kabus B. Vash-
magir, prince of Jurjan, who reigned A. II.
388 — 403, and of Abul-' Abbas Mamun B.
Mamun, the last of the independent rulers of
Khwarazm, who was put to death by rebels
A.H. 407. Having repaired, shortly after,
to Ghaznah, al- Birun i spent the rest of his life
under the patronage of the Ghaznavi Sultans,
Mahmud and Mas'fid, whom he accompanied
in their Indian campaigns. He died in
Ghaznah, A.H. 440. See Professor Sachau's
introduction to " Chronologic Orientalischer
Volker von Alberuni,'' pp. 1 — 38, Reinaud,
Introduction a la Gdographie dAboulfdda,
pp. 95 — 8, and Sir H. Elliot's notice, enlarged
by Professor Dowson, History of India,
vol. ii. pp. 1 — 8.
The author, after remarking that, before
entering upon the investigation of astro-
nomical problems, it was necessary to make
one's self acquainted with the configuration of
D 2
452
ASTRONOMY.
heaven and earth, and the technical terms
used by astronomers, states that he had
written the present elementary treatise at
the request of Raihanah, daughter of al-
Hasan, of Khwarazm, and had set forth in
it, by questions and answers, the principles
of geometry and arithmetic, the figure of the
world, and judicial astrology, j*^' ^^\.
The text is divided into short sections by
the questions, which are wi'itten in red, as
headings. A table of these sections (Bab),
530 in number, occupies foil. 1 — 7. The
work contains numerous diagrams, astrono-
mical tables, and drawings of the constella-
tions. These last fill twenty-seven pages,
foil. 41 — 54. Some leaves are wanting after
fol. 140 ; the lacune extends from Biib 475
to Bab 481.
The date of composition is fixed by a pas-
sage of the chronological section, fol. 98 a,
in which the author states the very day on
which he was writing ; this was the 25th of
Eamazan, AH. 420 (in another copy, Add.
23,566, A.-H. 425).
The Tafhlm is extant in a Persian and an
Arabic edition, neither of which purports to
have been translated from the other. Two
copies of the latter are preserved in the Bod-
leian library ; their contents, which perfectly
agree with those of the Persian edition, have
been fully stated by Nicoll, pp. 262—268.
The above title, which is found in the sub-
scription of the present copy, is nearly the
same as that by which the author designates
the work in his Fihrist (Sachau's introduc-
tion, p. 44), viz. ^^^ ftftlLe Jj^j^J f»i*^-J^l t_jlji/.
This last form is given by Haj. Khal., vol. ii.
p. 385, who adds that the work had been
written, A.H. 421, for Abul-Hasan 'All
B. Abil-Pazl ul-KhassI, a notice probably
applying to another recension of the same
work.
The present copy was written by Ibn ul-
Ghulam ul-KuniyavI ij^^' ^'^^ u^\ who
wrote also, as has been noticed by Professor
Sachau,p.xv.,the valuable Leyden MS. (Cata-
logue, vol. ii. p. 296), containing an account
of Rfizi's and Biruni's works, written by the
latter, and dated A.H. 692.
On the first page is a note by a former
owner, whose name has been erased, stating
that he had purchased the MS. in Sivas,
A.H. 732.
Add. 23,566.
FoU. 79 ; 11 in. by 7J ; 23 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
19th century. [Robert Taylor.]
The same work.
This copy has, instead of the preface, a
short doxology, which begins thus: ill a^'
Ol/sC^j 0^j-»-JJ sS>.j ^j^^ J** i_siJ\
There are two lacunes in the body of the
work, viz. one after fol. 72, extending from
Bab 478 to 489 (according to the numeration
found in the table of Add. 7697), and another
after fol. 76, extending from Bab 513 to 523.
The language is, to some extent, modernized.
Add. 7700.
Poll. 69 ; 8| in. by 5^ ; 27 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, apparently
in the 15th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A compendious manual on the computa-
tion of the almanack, by Nasir ud-Din Tusi
(see above, p. 441 b), with a commentary,
the author of which is not named.
Beg. of the manual : cjSjMjH <Zj^.j^s:ji^ ^^A
J-»* ij^ji J*:;^ (^^
The work is divided into thirty chapters
(Pasl), and, from that circumstance, it has
become generally known as Si Pasl, J-oi ^.
Its contents have been stated in the Vienna
Jahrbiicher, vOl. 67, Anzeigeblatt, p. 44,
ASTRONOMY.
453
Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 300, and
Vienna Catalogue, vol. iL p. 490. See also
Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 642, and the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 148. An Arabic ver-
sion is noticed in the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 188 a.
The work was written, as incidentally
stated by the author, Fasl 22, fol. 55, in
A.H. 658, that is to say, as the commen-
tator remarks, some time before the com-
mencement of the observations in Maraghah,
which extended from A.II. 860 to 872.
In the preface, which is somewhat de-
fective at the beginning, the commentator,
after describing the gradual steps by which
men were led to the observation of the
motions of the heavenly bodies, bewails the
sad neglect of astronomy in his day, and
complains that, in spite of his long and
distant travels, he had not succeeded in meet-
ing with a competent master of that science.
From a passage, fol. 56 a, in which the
commentator indicates the positions of the
planets for A.U. 821^, it appears that this
was the year in which he wrote.
Or. 1585.
Foil. 38; 7i in. by 4^; 11 lines, 2 in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Jumfidall.,^
A.H. 1079 (A.D. 1668).
[SiH Henrt C. Rawltnson.]
A treatise on the astrolabe, without author's
name. It is the well known manual of
Nasir ud- Din Tusi, which, from its division
into twenty chapters (Bab), is known under
the name of Bist Bab, t^b vr- r-^.'- See
Haj. Khal., vol. ii. p. 83, Uri, p. 287, the
St. Petersburg Catalogue, pp. 112, 306, and
the Copcnliagen Catalogue, p. 9.
Add. 22,752.
FoU. 136 ; 8i in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated A.H. 1221
(A.D. 1806).
iiJiX^\ Ca5^ .^
A commentary on Naslr ud-Din Tiisl's
treatise on the astrolabe, with the text.
Author: 'Abd ul-'Ali B. Muhammad ul-
Barjandi, ^fJJ*-^^ J^^ (^h J^^ v>j*
Beg. *^ jii J'i« wli- J «_.>b jfc;^ (_-»\lai- »^\i
Nizam ud-Din *Abd uI-'Ali ul-Barjandi was
a pupil of Mansur B. Mu'in ud-Din Kashl,
and of Saif ud-Din Taftazani, the Shaikh ul-
* Islam of Herat (who died A.H. 916). He
wrote commentaries upon the Tazkirah of
Nasir ud-Din Tusi, the Tahrir Majisti of the
same author, and upon the Zij of Ulugh Beg
(this last is dated A.H. 929; see p. 457 b).
He left also a treatise on the distances and
sizes of planets, dedicated to Habib UUah,
Vazirof Khorasan (see p. 98 o), and another
on the construction of almanacks, which was
completed in A.H. 883, and which has been
lithographed in Tabriz (?), A.H. 1276. The
author of Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 4,
p. 117, writing A.H. 930, speaks of him as
still living, and he is mentioned in Mir'at ul-
Advor among the great scholars of the reign
of Tahmiisp. See also Uri, p. 284, the St.
Petersburg Catalogue, p. Ill, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv. p. 471.
A short preface is followed by an introduc-
tion Mji*, foil. 7 h — 10 6, containing defini-
tions of technical terms. The commentator
mentions, fol. 129 a, some tables of the posi-
tions of stars calculated by himself for
the year 853 of Yazdajird (A.H. 889—890}.
He states at the end that the date of com-
position of the commentary is expressed by
the name of the month j>^\ ^:>*f>^ in wliicli it
was completed. That name, as written in the
MS., gives 899, but, if wc read ^j'.v»- accord-
ing to the usual spelling, the date would be
A.H. 890.
This copy was written, as stated in the sub-
454
ASTEONOMY.
scription, for Abu'1-Fath Sultan-Muhammad,
called Shah Khudabandah, a descendant of
tlie Safaris who fled to India A.H. 1205, and
settled in Lucknow ; see p. 133 b. Foil.
1 b — 5 a and 133 b — 136 a contain some
additional tables.
Add. 7698.
Foil. 162 ; 9i in. by 6^ ; 21 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in fair Naskhi, apparently in
the 14th century. [Cl. J. Rich.]
The astronomical tables constructed by
order of Ilkhiln, i.e. Hulagu, by Nasir ud-Din
TQsT, ^> e;i^^^
Beg. JU5 J\^ .... ^\^\ ^j ,]J\ ^\
After giving a short account of Cliingiz
Khan and his successors down to Hulagu,
the author states that the latter prince, after
rescuing him, NasIr of Tus, from the land of
the Mulhids (Isma'ilis), and appointing him
his chief astronomer, had called together
other adepts to assist him in the work, viz.
Fakhr ud-Din Maraghi from Mausil, Mu'ay-
yid ud-Din 'Urzi from Damascus, Fakhr ud-
Din Khalati from Tiflis, and Najm ud-Din
Dabiran from Kazvin. Having selected the
site of Maraghah, and provided the requisite
buildings and instruments, the astronomers
commenced a series of observations, which
were completed under Abakil Khan, and
Nasir ud-Din compiled their results in the
present tables, which he presented to the
reigning sovereign.
The author then proceeds to review the
earlier tables to which they had referred for
comparison, namely those of Hipparchus,
1400 and some years anterior to the begin-
ning of their observations, of Ptolemy, 285
years later than Hipparchus, of al-Mamun, 430
and some years before their own time,. of al-
Battani, somewhat later in Syria, of al-E[akim
in Egypt, and of Ibn al-Alam in Baghdad,
the latter two being 250 years earlier than
the present tables.
The work is divided into four books (Ma-
kalah), as follows : I. On eras, in a Mukad-
dimah and two Babs, fol. 3 b. It treats of the
Chinese era UJ ^J3, the eras of the Greeks, '
Arabs, and Persians, and that of Malakshah.
II. On the motions of the planets, and their
position in longitude and latitude, in thirteen
Fasls, fol. 21 b, with tables, foil. 30—82.
III. On the determination of the times and
of the horoscopes of each time, cjIS.\ ^s^m ..i
j_jjLj>j ji \)^^j in fourteen Fasls, fol. 83 b ;
tables, foil. 90—110. IV. On other astro-
nomical operations, in two Babs : Bab 1. on
horoscopes of nativity, in seven Fasls, fol.
Ill b, with tables, foil. 116—119. " Bab 2.
Prognostics connected with the ascendant of
the world, SiJ^ Jlp ^xJlkj ^ «/ J)>/j ^i,
foil. 120 a— 122 b.
Foil. 123 — 152 contain various additional
tables, with explanations in Arabic and Per-
sian, and foil. 153—160 an Arabic tract,
with the heading ^j^\ J^jJb J^| ^
The appointment of Nasir ud-Din by Hu-
lagii, A.H. 657, and the erection of the
observatory, are recorded in the Jami* ut-
Tavarikh. See Add. 16,688, fol. 105, Quatre-
mere, Eeshid eddin, p. 325, and Habib us-
Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 1, p. 59.
In the last work, p. 61, the Zij of Nasir
ud-Din is designated by the name of ja-Jj"
^^UJ^3 **u instead of its usual title ili^l j>\ .
See Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 561, Jourdain,
Magazin Encyclopc^dique, 1809, vol. vi. p. 97,
and the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii, p. 149.
A table of longitudes and latitudes, extracted
from it, has been edited by John Greaves,
who published in the same year, London,
1652, the introduction of a commentary
upon it by Mahmud Shah Khulji, under the
ASTRONOMY.
455
title of Astronomica qusedam ex traditione
Shah Cholgii Persae. An Arabic version of
the Zij i Ilk haul is mentioned by Uri, p. 195.
Add. 11,636.
FoU. 69 ; 8| in. by 5^ ; 27 lines, ^ in.
long; written in Naskhi; dated Baghdad,
Rabi' II., A.H. 795 (A.D. 1393).
An enlarged recension of the preceding
work.
Author: Al-Ijlasan B. ul-Qusain B. ul-
^asan Shahanshuh us-Simnani ul-Munajjim,
^^^ J\^\ x\L^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^<
This is the author's autograph, as shown by
the following subscription : J.**-; u^UiCll J
jKx^\ . . . ^Ji^^ j> ^j^^ jily. J iM^ ^_yff
His name appears again, in a more com-
plete form, in the signature of an Ijazah, or
licence, on the opposite page, dated in the
middle of Muharram, A.H, 790. This licence
was granted by the author to an astronomer
called Shihab ud-Din Abd Ullali, with whom
ho had read the Zij i Ilkhuni in Tabriz, A.II.
788. On the same page is written, by another
hand: ^^.;^\ JU uM^^ w^^»^ r^*^^ ^V ^
After praising the original work, which he
had tested by his own observations, the editor
states in the preface, the first page of which
is wanting, that a desire to facilitate its use
to beginners had induced him to prepare the
present Tauzih, or " lucid exposition," in
which, while eliminating some superfluous
portions, he had inserted useful explanations,
and some supplementary tables of his own
composition.
The Tauzih is divided, like the original
work, into four Makalahs. The MS., how-
ever, is very defective, and contains only the
following portions : Makalah I. The Mukad-
dimah and Fasls 1—4, fol. 2 ft. Makalah
III. Fasls 12—14, fol. 8 a. Makrdah' IV.,
fol. 8 h. Supplementary tables, to which a
statement of their contents is prefixed, foil.
16 a— 68.
Add. 7703.
Foil. 31; 8 in. by 5^ ; 19—23 lines, 3^
ya. long ; written by two hands, apparently
in the 18th century. [CI. J. Rich.J
A short manual on the use of the astro-
labe, divided into fifty short sections (Bab),
a table of which is given at the beginning.
Author: Nasir ud-Din Ahmad B. Muham-
mad Shirazi, <j'^^ >>-»«* yj) J««»-^ ^ji^\ yo<i
The titles cU^\ (^^V ^ yj^'^y* aie
prefixed, in the opening lines, to the name
of the author, who describes the work, in
a short preamble, as l^^^Lm*^ Jp ji t^j,a::j^-
From the repeated mention of Isfahan in
the examples, it appears to have been written
in that city. The year 697 of the Uijrah,
for which the position of some stars is indi-
cated, fol. 29 6, is probably the date of its
composition.
Add. 16,742.
Foil. 158; 9i in. by 6; 19 lines, 3| in.
long; written in small Nestalik, with'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, probably in the
IGth century. [Wm. Yule.]
The astronomical tables of Mirzii Ulugh
Beg.
Author : Ulugh Beg B. Shfihrukh B. TI-
mur Kurgan, y\^/'j^ ^^ rj*^ ^ai "-^ ^'
456
ASTRONOMY.
Beg. Vj;? ^U-J\ J >r us-ii\ iii3jU
Ulugh Beg, the eldest son of Shahrukh,
born in Sultaniyyah, A.H. 796, was appointed
by his father, A.H. 812, to the government
of Mavara un-Nahr, which enjoyed under his
rule a long period of prosperity, and estab-
lished his residence in Samarkand. After
his father's death, and a victorious en-
counter with his nephew and competitor,
'Ala ud-Daulah, he ascended the throne in
Herat, A.H. 852. His short and troubled
reign came to a tragic end in A.H. 863,
when he was put to death by his son Mirzii
'Abd us-Latif. See Matla us-Sa*dain, foil.
45, 119, 256, Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3,
p. 151, Price's Retrospect, vol. iii. pp. 566—75,
and Sedillot, Introduction aux Proldgomenes,
pp. 125—131.
The observations embodied in the tables
were commenced, as the author states in the
preface, by his master Salah ud-Din Musa,
called Kazl-Zadah Ruml, and by Ghiya§
ud-Din Jamshid. The latter, however, hav-
ing died in the early stage of the work,
and the former before its conclusion, it was
carried on and completed with the assistance
of a youthful astronomer, 'AH B. Muham-
mad Kushji, whom Ulugh Beg calls his be-
loved son. The date of composition is not
expressly stated. It was probably A.H.
841 ; for that year is taken as the starting
point of several of the tables.
The building of the observatory, N.E. of
Samarkand, is recorded by the contemporary
author* of the Matla' us-Sa'dain among the
occurrences of A.H. 823. The same his-
torian names four astronomers to whom the
observations were intrusted, viz. : Salah ud-
D'ln Musa Kazl Zadah Rumi, 'Ala ud-Dln
Kushji, both inhabitants of Samarkand, Ghi-
vas ud-Dln Jamshid, and Mu'in ud-Din, the
iast two from Kashau. He adds that the
new tables received the name of ^liaU ^
i^ /. The commentator, 'Abd ul-'Ali, de-
signates the work of riugh Beg by the title
of JVU-. ^.j* g j, while the Rauzat us-Safa,
vol. vi. p. 202, and the Habib us-Siyar, 1. c,
call it ^%^^ jj.^ gj
The above statement of Ulugh Beg, com- ^
bined with the date assigned in the Matla' '
us-Sa'dain to the building of the observatory,
shows that Kazi Zadah cannot have died so
early as A.H. 815, as asserted by Haj. Khal.,
vol. i. p. 322, or Ghiya§ ud-Din Jamshid so
late as A.H. 887, as stated in the St. Peters-
burg Catalogue, p. 118. Both died during
the course of the observations, which were
carried on from A.H. 823 to 841.
The author of the Haft Ikllm mentions,
under Kashan, Add. 16,734, fol. 387, both
Ghiyas ud-Din Jamshid and Mu'in ud-Din
as eminent astronomers. He adds that the
former was ignorant of the etiquette of courts,
but that Ulugh Beg was obliged to put up
with his boorish manners, because he could
not dispense with his assistance. Ghiyas
ud-Din wrote for Ulugh Beg, A.H. 818, a
treatise on astronomical instruments. See
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. v. p. 237.
'Ala ud-Din 'All B. Muhammad Kushji
became, as a youth, a great favourite of Ulugh
Beg, who called him his son, and used, while
hunting, to intrust him with his hawk;
hence his surname Kushji, "the falconer,"
which, however, according to the Shaka'ik,
was derived from his father's office. Hav-
ing left his master clandestinely, 'All pro-
ceeded to Kirman, where he prosecuted his
studies under the best masters, and wrote
his well known commentary upon the Taj-
rid of Nasir ud-Din Tusi. It was after his
return to Samarkand that Ulugh Beg em-
ployed him on the completion of his great
astronomical work.
Sometime after the death of that prince,
finding himself neglected by his successors,
*Ali Kushji repaired to Tabriz, then the resi-
dence of IJziin Hasan, the Ak Kuyunlu ruler,
ASTRONOMY.
457
who sent him on a friendly mission to
Muhammad II, Received with great honour
hy the hitter, he presented him with a
manual of arithmetic, called, in honour of
the Sultan, al-Muhammadiyyah.
A treatise on astronomy, subsequently
written by him for the same sovereign, was
entitled al-Fathiyyah in memory of the con-
quest of the Irak Ajam. 'Ali Kushji died in
Constantinople in the reign of Muhammad
II., and, according to Haj. Khal., vol. ii. p.
198, A.H. 879. See Ilabib us-Siyar, vol. iil,
Juz 3, p. 160, Shaka'ik, Add. 9583, fol. 57,
Scheref-Nameh, edited by Veliaminof, vol. ii.
p. 123, and the St. Petersburg Catalogue,
p. 303.
The Zij i Jadld follows the arrangement
of the Zij i Ilkhiini, and is divided, like the
latter work, into four Makalahs, with similar
headings. They begin respectively on foil.
2 6, 13 o, CO o, and 119 a. The contents
have been stated in full, from an Arabic
version, in the Bodleian Catalogue, vol. ii.
p. 239. The explanatory part of the work
has been edited, with an introduction, by
L. P. E. A. S&liUot, Paris, 1847, and a
French version by the same scholar was
published in 1863. Detached portions have
been edited under the titles of "Epochae
celebriores ex traditione Ulug Beigi," by
John Greaves, London, 1650, and "Tabula;
longitudinis et latitudinis stellarum ex ob-
servationo Ulugh Begi," by Thomas Hyde,
Oxford, 1665. See also Haj. Khal., vol. iii.
p. 239, Quatremere, Journal des Savants,
1847, pp. 562—76, Uri, p. 281, No. Ixv., etc.
Add. 11,637.
Foil. 212; 10 in. by 1{; 21 lines, 4J in.
long ; written in Ncstalik, apparently in the
16th century.
The same work.
This copy is more correct than the preced-
ing, but is slightly imperfect at the end; it
VOL. n.
breaks off at the second page of the con-
cluding table, fol. 200. An additional table
without any heading is appended, foil. 201
—212.
Add. 7699.
Foil. 1.39; 11 in. by 7^; 33 lines, 4| in.
long; written in small Naskhi; dated A.H.
1081 (A.D. 1670). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same work.
At the end are two additional tables. The
first is headed ,Juc*-» J^ J^vVo- ; the second
' shows the time of midday and midnight for
the latitude of Antioch, foil. 131—139.
CopjTst : j_/'Uai^\ ^sii\ ^jjU-, ^^ j.^
Add. 16,743.
Foil. 41; 9i in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 4| in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Wm. Yule.]
The explanatory text of the preceding
work, without the tables.
Add. 23,567.
Foil. 261 ; 10 in. by 7i ; 19 lines, 6 in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Mu-
harram, A.H. 1045 (A.D. 1635).
[Robert Taylor.]
A commentary on the preceding work.
Author : 'Abd ul-'Ali B. Muhammad B.
Husain Barjandi, ^^y..^ ^j> j-»^ ^;J ^J^i^ jj*
^x*-j) (see 453 b).
The entire text of the Zij, here designated
as ^^i»l— JJ..>*- #?J» with the exception of the
tables, is inserted in the commentary, and
distinguished by a red line drawn over it.
The four Makalalis begin respectively on
foil. 6 6, 48 6, 128 a and 235 h.
458
ASTHONOMY.
The commentfttor says in the preface that
he had selected the Zij of Ulugh Beg as
being the best known in the present time,
and that he had not only elucidated its
too concise diction, but often corrected its
errors.
It is stated at the end that the work was
composed in A.H. 929, corresponding to the
year 892 of Yazdajird, 1834 of the Greeks,
and 445 of the era of Malakshah (A.D. 1523).
The same commentary is mentioned in
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 103, and in Melanges
Asiatiqucs, vol. v. p. 252.
Copyist : ^^J'sJ-^ i^y» 0^ ^Ji rflll ^}^
Add. 23,440.
long;
Foil. 47; 6k in. by 5; 19 lines, 2i in.
written in Naskhi, apparently in the
16th century. [Robeet Taylob.]
I. Foil. 2—9. An Arabic treatise on
prosody (see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 644).
II. Foil. 10 — 47. A treatise on astronomy,
without title.
Besr. J^il* Ou-^jlli* j^.^ j*j U . . . jJl j^^
■'O"
ai'Jiic jii, s.>c,iSL/» ji
The author's name, which does not ap-
pear in the text, is found in the heading ^
> •
jJ (J^y. 'All Kushl, or Kushji, and his
works, have already been mentioned, p. 456 b.
The present treatise is, no doubt, the astro-
nomical manual which he composed for Mu-
hammad II. Some copies contain a dedica-
tion to that Sultan. See the Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. ii. p. 489. Haj. Khal. mentions
it under the title of aii^il ^ «JU„ vol. iii.
p. 458. The work noticed by him as «ui^,
vol. iv. p. 379, appears to be a more extended
Arabic recension of the same treatise.
Contents: Mukaddimah. Preliminary no-
tices of geometry and physics, in two Kisms,
fol. 10 b. Makalah I. The heavenly bodies,
in six Biibs, fol. 13 a. Makalah II. Figure
of the globe, its division into climates, and
the effects resulting from the various posi-
tions of the planets, in eleven Babs, fol.
31a. Khatimah. Distances and sizes of the
planets, fol. 46 b.
The contents are fully stated by Krafft,
p. 139. See also Uri, p. 284, No. Ixxv., the
St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 303, the Copen- '
hagen Catalogue, p. 9, and the Munich Cata-
logue, p. 137. A Turkish translation by
Katibi llumi is preserved in Add. 7891.
Or. 1560.
Foil. 109; 8 in. by 4|; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in small Naskhi; dated A.H.
1054 (A.D. 1644).
[Sir Hekry C. Rawlinson.]
Four astronomical treatises, three of which
are in Arabic, and one in Persian, viz. : —
Foil. 64 — 101. A manual of astronomy,
without author's name. It is the , i «3'.«j,
'iL^\ of *Ali Kushji, described under the
preceding number.
Add. 25,871.
Foil. 78 ; 10 in. by 6| ; 13 lines, 4 in. long ;
written in Shikastah-amiz, in the 19th cen-
tury. [Wm. Ccreton.]
I. Foil. 2 — 35. An Arabic commentary,
by Mir Sharif, on the Isagoge; see the
Arabic Catalogue , p. 243.
II. FoU. 36—78. The treatise on astro-
nomy above mentioned. Some spaces re-
served for diagrams have been left blank.
Add. 7702.
Foil. 32; 11 in. by 4^; 23 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in minute Nestalik, dated
A.H. 1112 (A.D. 1700—1). [CI. J. Rich.]
A treatise on the instruments used for
astronomical observations, especially in the
observatories of Alexandria, Maraghah, and
Samarkand.
ASTRONOMY.
459
Author : *Abd ul-Mun'im 'Amili, ^^\ sf^
>^
Beg. \JJLi ciiiil^ ^V ^ e.-fl \ * U Ujj
From the preface, which is incomplete, it
appears that the work was written in Isfahan
by order of the reigning Shah (Tahmasp),
and nearly three hundred years after the
completion of Nasir ud-Din's tables, i.e.
about A.H. 970. Tlie instruments are mi-
nutely described, and illustrated by diagrams.
The work bears no title, but is endorsed
Foil. 27 ft — 32 contain miscellaneous ex-
tracts.
Or. 1573.
FoU. 137; 8i in. by 5J; 21 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
19th century. [Sir Hrnrt C. Rawlinson.]
I. Foil. 1—111. .MiP J J-
A treatise on the computation of alma-
nacks and of nativities.
Author: Kutb ud-Dln [B.] 'Im ud-Din
[B.] 'Abd ul-yayy uz Zahidi ul-Kabri ul-
Hosaini ul-Lfiri, ^^ a^ i^ji^^}^ ,y4»vJ\ »_Ja5
Beg. u--»yj]>- 1;^^ Lri^^j^ jr» Lfi'=-
The author's object was, as stated in the
preface, to elucidate for beginners the direc-
tions given by Mirza Ulugh Beg B. Shah-
rukh.
A prrtyer for the continuation of the reign
of Sliiih 'Abbus, with which the work con-
cludes.rcfers approximatively the dateof com-
position to A.1I. 990—1038. The year 1027,
which is repeatedly used in the examples
of calculation, foil. 5 ft, -H ft, was probably
the current vear at the time of writing.
The author states incidentally, fol. 90 ft,
that he had left his native country, Lar, for
a short residence in Shiraz with the object
of perfecting himself in astrology, but was
anxious to return speedily to Lar, where
he had judicial functions, and was known as
the Mufti.
Contents : Preface and table of chapters,
fol. 1 b. Makalah I. Computation of al-
manacks, in five Babs, fol. 4 ft. Makalah II.
Nativities, in three Babs, fol. 74 a. Kha-
timah. Mode of writing horoscopes, fol. 101 a.
The date 1113, which appears in the sub-
scription, has probably been copied from an
earlier MS.
II. Foil. 113—131.
An Arabic treatise by Muhammad Sibt al-
Maridini (see Arabic Catalogue, p. 201 a) on
the method of reckoning degrees and minutes.
It is abridged from the j^Va^^ i_Ali' of Shi-
hiib ud-Din Ahmad Ibn ul-Majdi (Haj. Khal.,
vol. v., p. 205), and is entitled ^ Jj^ Jj^^
^ji\
J frj
jjf (_^L.».
Or. 372.
FoU. 419 ; 13* in. by 8^ ; 31 lines, 6 in.
long; written in fair Nestalik with gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 17th cen-
tury.
Astronomical tables of the reign of Shah-
jahan.
Author: Farld Ibrahim DihlavT, j^]j)\ jj^
Beg. 0,,i5 ;_,«jjy« »> ^ l^c^'-*" '^■' "^-^
Mullii Farid Dihlavi was the court-astro-
nomer of Shahjahan. The horoscope of that
emperor, calculated by him, is inserted at
length in the Padishah Namah, vol. i. p. 97.
Tlie author says in the preface that, after-
Shahjahan had ascended the throne, on the
8th of Jumada II., A.H. 1037, it occurred to
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460
ASTEONOMY.
the Vazir Asaf Khan to make that year the
starting point of a new era, similar to the
Tarikh i Jalali, and to be called Tarikh i Ilahl
Shahjahfini. The project having been sub-
mitted to Shiihjahan and approved, the
author received the royal commands to pre-
pare a new Zij in accordance with it, and, as
•there was not sufficient time for fresh obser-
vations, the work was based upon the tables
of Ulugh Beg, which, however, received
many corrections and improvements.
The year 1011 of the Hijrah, for which the
positions of the stars are calculated, was pro-
bably the current year at the time of writing.
If so, the statement of the Tabakati Shah-
jahani, Or. 1673, fol. 320, that MuUa Earid
Munajjim died A.H. 1039, must be incorrect.
Mulla Farld wrote, according to the same
authority, an historical work, ^J^t dedi-
cated to Shahjahan.
The work is divided, in agreement with the
Zij of Ulugh Beg, into a Mukaddimah and
four Makalahs, as follows .- — Mukaddimah, or
prolegomena, treating of Zijs in general, and
of the peculiar features of the present work,
in five Kisms, fol. 3 b. Makalah I., treating,
in nine Babs, of the following eras and their
reductions, viz. : 1. Ilahl Shahjahani, begin-
ning on the first day of Farvardin of the year
of Shiihjahan' s accession, 2. Hijrah. S.Greek
era. 4. Persian era. 5. MalakI, or Jalali,
era. 6. Sambat. 7. Chinese and TJighur
eras, fol. 6 b. Makalah II. Knowledsje of
times, and of the ascendant of each time,
in twenty-two Babs, fol. 13 b, with tables,
foil, 21—89. Makalah III. Motion of the
planets and stars, and their positions, in fif-
teen Babs, fol. 90 a, with tables, foil. 98 —
417.
Of Makalah IV. the present copy contains
only the last three Fasls, 5—7, foil. 418, 419.
They agree with the corresponding sections
of Bab I. in Ulugh Beg's fourth Makalah.
The MS. bears the stamps of the kings of
Oude.
Add. 14,373.
FoU. 222; 11^ in. by 7| ; 12 lines, 4| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century. [Francis Gladwin.]
Astronomical tables by Rajah Jai- Singh
Sawa'i, ^J^y tilLj (_5-s- &9-^
Beg. ^1^8 jiff- ^^LjJ.jy« j^) ti^ <3ji- t^ i^US
Jai Singh, a Rljput of the princely house
of Kachhwahah, originally called Bijai Singh,
succeeded to his father Bishan Singh, as
Riijah of Amber, in A.D. 1699, the 44th year
of Aurangzib's reign, and held high military
commands under that emperor and his suc-
cessors. Under Muhammad Shah he was
governor of the provinces of Agra and Mal-
vah. He founded in A.D. 1728 the new
capital of his estate, called after him Jaipur,
and died after a prosperous rule of 44 years,
in A.D. 1743, the 25th year of Muhammad
Sliah. See Skinner, Add. 27,254, fol. 75,
Ma'agir ul-Umara, fol. 221, Tazkirat ul-
Umara, Add. 16,703, fol. 137 b. Tod, Annals
of Rajasthan, vol. ii. p. 356, Ma'agir i 'Alam-
giri, p. 424, and Tarikh i Muzaflfari, Or, 466,
fol. 222.
The author, having observed, as he states
in the preface, that the current almanacks,
based upon the Tables of Ulugh Beg >w.j.9- ^j
^j^J^■, upon the Zij i Khakani, and upon the
explanations c^^U^^J written by Mulla Chand
in Akbar's reign, and by Mulla Farid in the
reign of Shahjahan, were all more or less
incorrect, represented the matter to Muham-
mad Shah, and received in consequence the
emperor's commands to call together skilled
astronomers, Muslim, Brahman, and Eu-
ropean, in order to institute new and
more accurate observations. He had, there-
fore, astronomical instruments made at Dehli,
ASTRONOMY.
461
first, some similar to those used at Samarkand,
and subsequently some others, larger and
truer, of his own invention. "With these he
caused concurrent observations to be made
in Dehli, Jaipur, Mathura, Benares, and Uj-
jain. When they had been carried on for
seven years, he sent some competent persons,
with Padre Manoel, to Europe, and, after their
return, compared the tables they had brought
back, namely those of de la Uire'^, with
his own. The results of those combined
observations were then embodied in the pre-
sent work, which was completed, according
to Tod, vol. ii, p. 360, in A.D. 1728 (A.H.
1140—1).
In its division and arrangement the pre-
sent work agrees in the main with the
Zij of Ulugh Beg. It contains the follow-
ing three Books (Makiilah) :
I. On the four current eras, viz. those of the
Uijrah, of Muhammad Shfih, of Christ, and
of Samvat, in four Babs, fol. 5 b. II. On the
determination of the ascendant of each time,
\Zj3j^ f^^ Ki^y^ji, in nineteen B.ibs, fol.
10 h. III. On the motions of the planets
and stars, and their positions in altitude and
longitude, in a Mukaddimah, four Bubs, and
a Khatimah, fol. 128 h.
See the " Account of the astronomical
labours of Jaya Sinha," by Dr. W. Hunter,
Asiatic Researches, vol. v. p. 177 — 211,
where Jai Singh's preface is given in the
original language with a translation.
The fly-leaf contains an English notice of
the work and contents, in which the date of
composition is wrongly given as A.D. 1696.
Add. 7714.
Foil. 46; 104 in. by 7 ; 17 lines 4^ in.
long; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
loth century. [CI. J. Rich.]
An astrological work, with the heading
■ De U Hire's Ephemeridet were published in 1700
and 1702.
LJ^\ ^\> ^ ^_*-.UU t-^Ui", " the Book of Ju-
masp, treating of the horoscopes of the pro-
phets."
Beg. ^\^ Jo^ J\ ^J^'^\ ^Ji\t> a)) ^^
The work is ascribed to the sage Jiimasp,
(_*-.U\*. ^,^, Vazir of Shah Gushtasp. It
treats of the conjunctions of the planets, and
their influence on the fate of mankind, as
illustrated by the horoscopes of the chief pro-
phets and kings.
The introduction consists of a Muham-
madan doxology, a chapter on the high place
of man in creation, and a detailed description
of the planets in their human shapes, show-
ing the number of their hands and the
various emblems which they hold.
In the early part of the work the history
of the prophets of the Muslim tradition is
curiously blended with that of the early
kings of Persia. From the time of Gush-
tuap, fol. 11 a, the narrative assumes the
form of prophecy. The principal dynasties
of the East are foreshadowed in more or
less transparent language, the advent of
each being heralded by some particular
conjunction of the planets shown in a dia-
gram. The Saljukis, fol. 28 6, the Ayyubis,
fol. 31 a, Atsiz j^^\ the Khwarazmshahi,
fol. 31 A, lastly Chingiz Khan, fol. 33 b, are
distinctly mentioned. Further on the vati-
cinations become vague and confused. They
conclude with the end of the world, preceded
by its traditional forerunners.
It will be seen from the above that the
contents are mainly of Muhammadan origin.
The work has probably little more than the
name in common with the Jamasp Namah
of the Parsis. See "Wilson, Parsi Religion,
p. 415, and Spiegel, Einleitung in die tradi-
tionelle Literatur der Parsen, p. 182.
Add. 8897.
A single sheet, 34 in. by 48, containing a
462
ASTEONOMY.
Planisphere, or pictorial representation of
the cosmic system of the Hindus, with the
symbolical figures of the signs of the zodiac,
of the mansions of the moon, constellations,
presiding divinities, etc. The names are
written in both the Devanagari and Nestalik
characters, with short explanations in Per-
sian ; 18th century.
Add. 16,874.
Foil. 59; 8| in. by 4|; 15 linos, 3| in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Lucknow, Sha'ban, A.H. 1217 (A.D. 1802).
[Wm. Yule.]
Translation of a treatise on the virtues and
influences of the eight and twenty lunar
mansions, j^ JjU* (j«'y«- J'^, apparently
from the Arabic.
Translator: Muhammad B. Muhammad
Sadik 'Alam (sic) ^ jiiU> ^s^ ^j^ x^
Beg. JA^\Jj\j^ o»\--» y s^ J^ ^J/^\fr
The translator says that the original work
had been extracted by Aristotle from the
books of Hermes. The text is accompanied
by figures representing the lunar mansions.
The translation was completed, as stated at
the end, fol. 47 J, in A.H. 1216.
The latter part of the volume contains : —
1. An appendix, by the translator, on the
" seals," or symbols of the planets, i— *^_>^ i^^j*
s.U*., with drawings, completed in Jumada II.,
A.H. 1217, foil. 48 ft— 56 b. 2. A short tract
on precious stones, foil. 56 b — 59 S, apparently
by the same writer.
A note on the first page shows that the
MS. came, A.H. 1217, into the possession of
the Safavi Prince, Abul-Fath Sultan-Muham-
mad (see p. 133 b).
Or. 1120.
Foil. 14; 12| by 8^; written in fair
Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins, A.D.
1777. [Wareen Hastings.]
An almanack for the 18th Iliihi year of the
reign (of Shah 'Alam), which began on the ^
10th of Safar, A.H. 1191 (March, A.D. 1777),
calculated for Dehli.
Add. 16,861.
Foil. 16; 11 J in. by 7 ; written in Nesta-
Hk, A.D. 1801. [Wm. Yule.]
An almanack for the 85th Iliihi year of
the era of Muhammad Shah, beginning on
the 5th of Zulhijjah, A.H. 1215 (March 21,
A.D. 1801), calculated for Dehli.
Add. 18,421.
Foil. 30 ; 9 in. by 7i ; written in Nestalik,
A.D. 1803. [Wm. Yule.]
Two almanacks for the 87th Ilahi year
of the era of Muhammad Shah, beginning on
the 27th of Zulka'dah, A.H. 1217 (March 21,
1803), calculated for Lucknow and Dehli.
NATURAL HISTORY.
Add. 16,739.
Foil. 416; 8| in. by 5f ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated A.H.
965 (A.D. 1558). [Wm. Yule.]
O V^^ c^jy^j ^^^"^ c-V"
The "Wonders of Creation," translated
from the Arabic of al-KazvIni.
Beg. ^\ i^^ *V^^j ^ "^^^
The Arabic text has been edited by
F. Wiistenfeld, Gottingen, 1848, and a Ger-
man translation has been published by Dr.
H. Ethd, Leipzig, 1868. See also S. de Sacy's
NATURAL HISTORY.
463
Chrestomathie, vol. iii. pp. 427 — 450, New-
bold, Journal of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal,
vol. xiiL pp. 632 — 66, NicoU, Bodleian Cata-
logue, p. 234, Reinaud, Geographic d'Aboul-
f6da, Introduction, pp. 427 — 450, etc. The
work has also been printed in Tehran, A.H.
1264. Another Persian version, entitled
cjjyj< IaJ, is fully described in the Vienna
Jahrbiicher, vol. Ixvi., Anzeigeblatt, pp.
48—50.
In the present version no translator's name
is given, nor is there any mention made of
the work being a translation. The doxology
has been preserved in the original language.
The author's preface includes a dedication,
not found in the printed Arabic text, to a man
of rank called 'Izz ud-Din ShahpurB. 'U$man,
who appears to have held the i>ost of Sadr,
j«k« jj^ Jo\p jj\p L_*^'-D jjjUi- J\p (j-L^
The author's name differs in various copies.
It is written here ^jy>^^ ^y^ i^ s^ yj b^
,Jj;jj£li in agreement with the statement of
a nearly contemporary writer, ^amd Ullah
Mustaufi, of Kazvin, who, in the Nuzhat ul-
]K[ulub, ascril)cs the present work, as well as
the A^ar ul-Bilud, to the same author.
This copy contains drawings in Persian
style, both plain and coloured, representing
the planets and constellations, foil. 14 — 39,
250—253.
A set of coloured drawings in Indian style,
representing constellations, animals, and
plants, with Arabic names, is appended at
the end, foil. 328—416.
Foil. 108—153, 170—180, 292—300, have
been supplied by later hands.
Add. 7706.
FoU. 286; 11^ in. by 7; 21 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'UnviJn
and gold-ruled margins, probably in the 10th
century. [CL J. Bicu.]
The same work.
In spite of some verbal differences, this
version agrees in the main with the preceding.
The first two leaves, supplied by a later hand,
contain a preface beginning thus : il^ s*>-
s^\ ftj jjkb' fj^ j\)ir*' J^^J^ J > which con-
tains neither the author's name, nor the dedi-
cation above mentioned. The final lines,
which are wanting, have been replaced, in
the same handwriting, by a spurious con-
clusion, dated A.H. 1051 (A.D. 1641).
This copy contains neat astronomical dia-
grams, foil. 10 — 16, a map of the world, fol.
59 b, and a great number of fair drawings
in Indian style, mostly in gold, representing
constellations, foil. 19 — 29, the wonders of
the islands and seas, foil. 60 — 83, plants,
foil. 128—148, demons, foil. 222—225, ani-
mals and monsters, foil. 233 — 285.
Or. 1371.
Foil. 405 ; 11 J in. by 7^ ; 15 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with TJnvan
and gold -ruled margins, apparently in the
16th century ; bound in richly painted covers.
[Sir C. Alex. Mureat.]
The same version.
This copy contains numerous drawings,
in Indian style, carefully executed in gold
and colours.
Add. 16,738.
FoU. 248; Hi in. by 7i; 27 Unes, 4| in.
long ; written in plain Nestalik, about the
close of the 17th century. [Wm. Yule.]
The same work, with rather coarse draw-
ings.
Add. 5603.
FoU. 380; 10| in. by Gj; 17 lines, 3* in.
long; written in plain Nestalik; dated Mu-
harram, A.H. 1097 (A.D. 1685).
4G4.
NATURAL HISTORY.
The same work, with coloured drawings
of constellations, plants, and animals.
On the first page is a seal containing an
European name in the Persian character
u-jj cy*'(_5^ u-^^^; apparently Johannes
Matthseus Reuss.
Add. 16,740.
Foil. 404 ; 10 in. by GJ ; 17 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century. [Wm. Yule,]
The same work.
The blank spaces reserved for drawings
have been left empty.
The first page bears the stamp of General
Claud Martin (see p. 2 a).
Add. 23,564.
Foil. 342 ; 10| in. by 6| ; 21 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in fair Naskhi, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins ; dated A. H. 845
(A.D. 1441). [Robert Taylor.]
Another translation of the same work.
The first page is lost ; the second contains
the latter part of the untranslated doxology
of the original.
This version differs materially from the
preceding ; it is shorter, more archaic in lan-
guage, and follows the Arabic much closer.
The author's name is written Muhammad
B. Muhammad B. Muhammad ul-KazvIni.
The same form of name is found in an addi-
tion to Haj. Khal., vol. iv. p. 189, in the
Bodleian MS., and in other copies ; see de
Sacy's Chrestomathie, vol. iii. p. 444.
This copy contains coloured drawings of
constellations, animals, and plants, some of
which have been purposely defaced.
Or. 373.
Foil. 581 ; 13| in. by 8| ; 15 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in large Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and ruled margins ; dated A.H. 125 (probably
for 1205, A.D. 1790).
[Geo. Wm. Hamiltok.]
Another version of the same work.
The translator, whose name does not appear,
states in a short preamble, which follows the
Arabic doxology of the original, and begins **
that this version was written in the reign of
Abul-Muzaffar Ibrahim 'Adil Shah B. 'Adil
Shah B. 'Adil Shah, and for His Majesty's
library. He adds, at the end of al-Kazvini's
preface, that it was completed in the begin-
ning of Sha'ban, A.H. 954.
Ibrahim, the third of the 'Adilshahis of
Bijapur, reigned, according to the Futuhat i
'Adilshahi, Add. 27,251, foil. 55, 77, 297,
from A.H. 941 to 963, or, according to
Firishtah, vol. ii. p. 64, till A.H. 965.
The present version, which differs from
the preceding by its modernized and prolix
diction, has been lithographed in the press
of Naval Kishor, A.H. 1283.
The MS. contains numerous coloured
drawings in Indian style, representing planets
and constellations, foil. 31 — 84, angels, foil.
87 — 103, the wonders of the seas and islands,
foil. 165—223, plants, foil. 336—394, and
animals, foil. 470—581.
Add. 23,565.
Foil. 79 ; 8^ in. by 5| ; 14 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated A.H. 1206
(A.D. 1791). [Robert Taylor.]
A treatise on precious stones and metals.
Author: Muhammad B. Mangiir, ^Ji j^
Beg. o-U' J i)^<^^ 4^ u-^-^*- J ij'i!^^
A detailed abstract of the contents by
Hammer will be found in the Mines de
rOrient, vol. vi. p. 126—142. See also the
Vienna Jahrbiicher, vol. 66, Anzeigeblatt,
NATURAL HISTORY.
465
p. 52, Stewart's Catalogue, p. 95, and Flugel,
Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 516.
The work was written, as stated in the
preface, by desire of a prince called Abul-
Path Khalil Bahadur Khiin, son of the Sul-
tan Abu Nasr Hasan Bahadur Khan, who
appears from the following pompous titles,
i^ ^^\ J».^\ ^JJ^^ ^p\ ^•i\ ^ILU^
^\ ftiUj ^~»^\ 4^A« t^\ Ji- ^J,'i- , to have been the
reigning sovereign, but whose time and
country have not been ascertained. The
only clue to the period in which he lived is
found in the following epithet, "the pro-
mised one of the seventh hundred," which
seems to imply that he reigned about A.H.
700, and which is apparently the sole autho-
rity for the date given by Stewart, l.c., viz.
A.D. 1300. The work must, however, have
been written at a somewhat later period,
for Ghuzan Khan, who died A.H. 703, is
spoken of, fol. 77 a, as a king of the past.
It is divided into an introduction (Mu-
kaddimah) on minerals and their origin,
fol. 7 (I, and two books (Makalah). Maka-
lah I., fol. 9 a, comprises twenty chapters
(Bab), treating of as many species of precious
stones. Alakalah II., fol. 66 a, contains
seven chapters on metals.
The authorities most frequently quoted
are the philosopher Abu Raihan (al-Biruni),
and Taifiishi, the author of an Arabic treatise
on precious stones, who died A.H. 651 (Uaj.
Khal., voL iii. p. 582).
Add. 25,870.
FoU. 88; 8 in. by 5^; 11 lines, 3J in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently about
the beginning of the 19th century.
[Wm. ClBETON.]
VOL. II.
Another copy of the preceding work, in
which the dedicatory portion of the preface
has been omitted.
Or. 30.
FoU. 221 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 11 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, dated Rajab,
A.H. 951 (A.D. 1644). [G. C. Renouabd.]
JW &*^ ^
A work treating of the properties and uses
'of natural substances, also of divination and
astrology.
Author: Abu Bakr ul-Mutahhar B. Mu-
hammad B. Abil-Kasim B. Abi Said ul-
Jamal, called al-Yazdi, ^j> ^^ ^ j^\ ^_ ^\
The author, who in his verses uses the
Takhallus Jamali, dc8cril)es himself as an
inhabitant of the village of Mayakh, in the
district of Tun, ^^y 'a^U y* ^U 'tjjb L-5*
[mc] • W«^ 'l./'^yP, He states in the preface,
which is slightly defective at the beginning,
that he was addicted to poetry, and was pre-
paring a fair copy of his poem Tarik u Jauza
^jyf 3 Jj^' ^^^^^ some friends, assembled in
his house on the occasion of the birth of his
son Abul-Kjisim, praised the Nuzhat Namah
i 'Ala'i as a book replete with useful know-
ledge, and urged liim to write one of the
same description. Yielding to their en-
treaties he composed the present work, and
dedicated it to the Vazir Majd ud-Din Ahmad
B. Masud, \j;^\ dJO- j>.^\^ »Ij^^ s^ Jj\pjJ-o
^■n„^ » s^\ , who M as his father's bene-
factor, as well as his own. He adds that he
completed it in the month of Ramazan,
A.H. 580, and chums indulgence on tlio
score of his youth, as he was then in his
eighteenth year.
The title is written a-U ^JJi; but the
466
NATURAL HISTOllY.
reading of Haj. Khal., vol. iv. p. 412, mU ^/,
is, on account of its parallelism witli *«U c^j>i
more likely to be correct. The same writer
gives A.H. 560 as the date of composition,
and, in his notice on the Nuzhat Namah,
vol. vi. p. 336, which he knew only from the
above preface, takes 'Alal to designate the
author. Jamali, however, gives him another
name, but one which cannot be read with cer-
tainty in the present copy ; for the passage is
incorrectly written, as f oIIoavs : ^"^ »*li C*J^p
The Farah Namah comprises the following
sixteen books (Makalat), subdivided into
chapters (Fasl) : 1. Useful properties of
various parts of the body in men and qua-
drupeds, fol. 8 b. 2. Useful properties of
birds, reptiles, and insects, fol. 53 a, 3. Pro-
perties of trees, vegetables, and seeds, fol.
84 b. 4 — 6. Properties of herbs and leaves,
fol. lit) i, of gums, fol. 122 b, of stones and
metals, fol. 125 a. 7. Drugs and perfumes,
fol. 135 a. 8. Oils, and Pirasat, fol. 144 a.
9. Divination by shoulder-blades, and astro-
logy, fol. 150 a. 10. Auguries derived from
throbbings of the muscles ; divination of the
death or recovery of the sick ; vocabulary of
Pehlevi words, fol. 181 a. 11. Poisons and
antidotes, fol. 198 b. 12. Mode of dissolving
gold, pearls, etc., fol. 207 b. 13. Conjuring
tricks, magic inks, etc., fol. 210 b. 14. Klia-
vatlm, or symbols, of the planets, fol. 217 a.
The latter part of the fourteenth book, the
fifteenth, and all but the concluding lines of
the sixteenth, are wanting.
Copyist: j/j^ ^^j>^\ ^\j>\ ^^ s^
A copy of a similar work is described in
the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 517. The
same volume contains the second Makfilah of
the Nuzhat Xamah i 'Ala'i,
I^I E D I C I N E .
Add. 23,556.
Poll. 492 ; 18 in. by 11 ; 27 lines, 6^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Rob. Taylor.] ^
I. Poll. 2—477.
An encyclopedia of medical science.
Author : Zain ud-Din Abu Ibrahim Isma il
B. Hasan B. Ahmad B. Muhammad ul-
Husainl ul-JurjanT, J-«v-»^ r^!;^^ 3^^ t:^?-^^ i^j
Beg. ^ ^,is\\ ^^j J^l J.U ,v- • • • *^ ^^
The author calls himself, in the opening
lines, the devoted servant of the just and
wise Padishah, Kutb ud-Dunya wad-DTn
Khwarazm Shah Abul-Path Muhammad B.
Yamin ud-Din, Mu^in Amir ul-Muminin.
He states that, having been brought by the
divine decree to Khwarazm in A.H. 504, he
had been induced by the fair climate of that
country, and the able and righteous rule of
its sovereign, to fix there his abode. He
dedicates the present work to His Majesty,
as a grateful return for the favours showered
upon him. His object in compiling it was
to supph^ a want which he had felt himself
while studying, that of a comprehensive
work wdiich would offer the required in-
formation on every branch of the medical
science, and save a physician the trouble
and loss of time involved in consulting other
books.
Muhammad, son of Niishtigin, the founder
of the Khwarazmshnhi dynasty, was a vassal
of the Saljukis. He was appointed governor
of Khwarazm by Sanjar, in the reign of
Barkyfiruk, and received the titles of Kutb
MEDICINE.
467
ud-Din and Khwarazm Shah in A.H.
491. His son Atsiz, who succeeded to him
A.H. 522, and assumed independence A.H.
535, died A.H. 551. See Jami'ut-Tavarikh,
Add.7G28,Guzldah, and Kamil,vol. xi. p. 490.
Yakut, who mentions our author, Abu
Ibrahim B. ul-Hasan B. Muhammad ul-Hu-
saini, among the illustrious natives of Jurjan,
says that, after staying a long time in Khwa-
razm, he repaired to Marv, where he died
A.H. 531; see Mujam, vol. ii. p. 55. Ibn
Abi Usaibi'ah, who calls him Sharif Sharaf
ud-Din Ismail, Add. 7340. fol. 132, speaks
of the great regard in which he stood at the
court of 'Alii ud-Din [»ir] Muhammad Khwa-
razm Shah, and mentions the four following
works as composed by him in Persian for
that prince — the present work, in twelve
volumes, the Khafi 'Alal in two small
Yolumes, the Aghrfiz in two, and the Yadgiir
in one. All four are noticed by llaj. Khal.
vol. i. p. 308, vol. iii. pp. 102, 330, and vol.
vi. p. 507. who calls the author Isma'd B. ul-
Ijlosain, and gives in one place A.H. 535,
and in another A.H. 530, as the date of his
death. Khwand Amir, who gives him the
■une name, Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz. 4,
p. 176, is manifestly wrong in stating that
he lived under Tukush, who reigned All.
608—596. The appendix to the Sivan ul-
I;;likmah contains a notice on the author,
who is there called Zain ud-Din Ismfi'il B.
ul-Hasan ul-JurjAni; see the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. ii. p. 295. Compare Stewart's
Catalogue, pp. 106 and 108, Kralft's Cata-
logue, p. 147, and Ete Jong, t'atalogus Codd.
Orr. Bibl. Acad, llegiaj, p. 228, note 2.
The Zakhirah consists often books (Kitab),
which are enumerated in the preface, and to
each of which is prefixed a full table of
numerous suMivisions termed Ouftars and
Babs. They are as follows: I. Definition
and utility of medicine ; composition, struc-
ture, and powers of the human body, fol. 4 a.
II. Health and disease; causes and symp-
toms of disease ; accidents of the body, fol.
42 b. III. Preservation of health, fol. 79 b.
IV. Diagnosis of diseases ; crisis and prog-
nosis; fol. 151 b. V. Fevers, their various
kinds, their symptoms and treatment, fol.
108 b. VI. Local diseases and their treat-
ment, fol. 205 6. VII. Tumours, ulcers, etc.,
fol. 388 b. VIII. Care to be taken of the ex-
ternal parts of the body, hair, skin, nails, etc.,
fol. 411 b. IX. Poisons and antidotes, fol.
417 b. X. Simple and compound medica-
ments, fol. 431 b.
. Some leaves of book ix., viz., foil. 418,
420 — 8, which are partly in another hand-
writing, contain a portion of a different re-
cension, in which that book is divided into
five Guftars, instead of six Makalahs.
At the end is a note, written by the same
hand as the text, and stating that the tran-
scriber, Muhammad Bakir B. Tnayat UUah
ul-Husaini, had completed the collation
of the present copy on the 17th of Rajah,
A.H. 1095.
II. Fol. 478—492. A treatise on the
anatomy of the human body.
Author: Mansur B. Muhammad B. Ah-
mad, s^ ^^ ^^ ^^ jyoj^
Beg. fc^U5 J <>.«»• j ijta \j |_^Uii'j o"^ J J^
The preface contains a dedication to an
Amir-z.idah Pir Muhammad, who is addressed
as the reigning sovereign with the following
titles, JU^\ f/'i\ ^^'i\ ^^^ ^^^UJi\
Ji- j.>V j-^ jx) » jl; j^\ j^ Jlj
That prince, whose age and country are not
indicated, is called in Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 109, perhaps on the authority of the copy
there described, " Pir Muhammad Jahanglr,
grandson of Timur."
Mirzu Pir Muhammad, second son of Mirza
Jahanglr, the eldest son of Timur, was pro-
claimed Vali 'Ahd, or heir apparent, on the
F 2
468
MEDICINE.
death of his elder brother, Sultan Muham-
mad, in A.H. 805. Having been appointed
some years previously to the government of
Kiihul, he was the first of the Timiiride
princes who invaded India, and held an
important command in the Indian campaign,
undertaken at his instigation by Timur. At
■ the latter's death he was left in possession
of the Indian provinces and Zabulistan, but
did not enjoy it long, being murdered on
the 14th of Bamazan, A.H. 809, by one
of his Amirs. Another grandson of Timur
who bore the same name, viz. Mirza Pir
Muhammad B. 'Umar Shaikh, ruled in the
province of Ears from A.H. 796 to 812.
See Matla' us-Sa'dain, Or. 1291, fol. 25, and
Jahanara, foil. 174, 177.
The work is divided as follows : Mukaddi-
mah. Component parts of the human body,
fol. 479 a. Makalah I. Bones, fol. 480 a.
II. Nerves, fol. 483 a. III. Muscles, fol.
485 h. IV. Veins, fol. 486 b. V. Arteries,
fol. 489 «. Khfitimah. Complex organs;
development of the embryo, fol. 490 a. It
is illustrated by five anatomical drawings,
occupying a whole page each.
It has been edited under the title of ^,jt3
^Sjyt^ by Mansilr 'Ali, Dehli, A.H, 1264.
Another work of the same author, w.laSa
JO ^'j(?, will be mentioned further on, p. 470 h.
Add. 26,307.
Poll. 41; 15 in. by 9 ; 23 lines, 5 in.
long; written in large Naskhl, apparently
in the 18th century. [Wm. Erskine.]
A treatise on the anatomy of the human
body, designated as £jtii Jk&ji^is?
Author: Abul-Majd ut-Tabib ul-Baizavi,
Beg. J*IS. J .x-^ jj,yl5 ^^ ^ j_yU3 j j>.»a.
Abul-Majd ul-Baizavi is mentioned as the
author of a commentary on the Miijiz ul-
Kanun of 'Ala ud-Din 'All Ibn un-Nafis ul-
Kurashl, a work jjublislied in Calcutta,
1828. See the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii.
p. 266. In the present work he quotes
several times that celebrated physician, and
it appears from the formula which he adds
to his name, aJ* ^\ ILt^j ^j ^■>^S^\ ^^U^ -Ul ,
that he was writing after his death, which
took place A.H. 687. See Haj. Khal., vol.
vi. p. 251, and Wiistenfeld, Geschichte der
Arabischen Aertzte, p. 146.
After some considerations on the high
importance of a knowledge of anatomy,
the author sets forth at length the divi-
sions of his treatise. It consists of an in-
troduction on the parts of the body in
general, and of two books (Kitab). The first
treats of the simple parts of the body, and
comprises six chapters (Bab), as follows : —
I. Bones, in fifteen sections (Easl). II. Nerves,
in five sections. HI. Veins, in five sections.
IV. Arteries, in four sections. V. Muscles, in
thirty sections. VI. Skin. The second book
treats, in seventeen Babs, of as many com-
plex organs.
The present copy, which appears to have
been transcribed from a defective MS., con-
tains only the following disjointed portions
of the work : Mukaddimah, fol. 4 a. Book
I., Bab I., Easl 1. Bones in general, fol.
5 h. Easl. 2. Bones of the head, fol. 6 b.
Easl 3. Bones of the upper jaw, fol. 8 a.
Easl 4. Bones of the nose, fol. 9 b. Bab V.
Muscles, in thirty Easls, complete, fol. 10 a.
Book II. Bab I. The brain, fol. 31 a. Bab
II. The eye, fol. 33 a. Bab III. The ear, fol.
36 o. Bab IV. The nose, fol. 36 h. Bab V.
The tongue, fol. 37 «. Bab VI. The throat
and gullet, fol. 37 b. Bab VII. The dia-
phragm and chest, fol. 38 a. Bab VIII. The
heart, fol. 38 6. Bab IX. The gullet and
stomach, fol. 39 b. Bab X. The liver,
fol. 40 b.
Qi the last Bab the beginning only is
extant. Eol. 41 contains the latter part of
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the fourth Bab of Book I., which treats of
the arteries.
Add. 16,748.
FoU. 347 ; 9'i in. by 6^ ; 19 lines, 4 in.
long; written in fair Nestalik; dated Ju-
miida I, the 5th year of Bahadur Shah,
(A.II. 1123, A.D. 1711). [VVji. Yule.]
A work on materia medica.
Author: 'Ali B. ul-Husain ul-AnsarT,
known as Haji Zain ul-'AtWr, ^.a-U ^J> ^
Beg. ^jj (_>-'*-» :)\^ 3 -^ ^ •*-»* ^^'^^
Zain ud-Din 'Ali, who traced his |)edigree
to *Abd UlUih AnsAri, was born A.II. 730,
in Shiraz, where his father, Jararil ud-Din
Husain, a physician of Isfahan, had settled
AH. 715. He stood higli in the favour of
Shilh Shuja' (who reigned A.H. 700—786),
and was during sixteen years in constant
attendance upon him. IJe died A.H. 806,
leaving, besides the present work, the fol-
lowing medical treatises : Miftdl^ ul-Kha-
zA'in, Tuhfat ul-Muluk, and UisTdah dar
^ifat i Mardiin u Zanan. See a notice on
his life written by his son in Or. 165, fol.
108.
The Ikhtiyunit i Badi*! is so called from
Badi* ul-JamftL, the name of the princess to
whom it is dedicated. The date of compo-
sition, which is found in some copies, as
Add. 6001 and 17,950, and in Uaj. Khal.,
vol. i. p. 197, is A.H. 770.
The work is divided into two books (Ma-
kalat). The first contains the simple medi-
caments in alphabetical order, fol. 3 b. The
second, which treats of compound medi-
caments, fol. 298 by comprises sixteen chap-
ters (Bab), treating of as many diflFerent
kinds of preparations, as follows : C>W;4^ •
0"ibp3\ ir 0>\iUiJ1 \r oWjb^l ii ^je\Jii\ I.
See R. Seligmann, Ueber droi selteno
Persische Handschriften, p. 24, Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 109, Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii.
p. 277, De Jong, Catal. Bibl. Acad. Reg.,
p. 227, and Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 13.
Add. 7711.
• Foil. 253 ; 10 in. by 6.^ ; 22 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Jiuuada 11.,
A.H. 832 (A.D. 1429). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same work.
Copyist : «:,— J\ j^'iaU ^J..^ ^ ^Jl-* y\
Foil. 251 — 53 contain Ibn Sina's poem on
the soul (see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 402,
xiii.), with a version in Persian verse, and
an Arabic commentary.
Add. 17,950.
FoU. 286; 11^ in. by 7 ; 21 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Sha'ban
in the 26th year of the reign (of Aurangzib),
A.H. 94 {i.e. 109 A, A.D. 1083).
The first Makalat of the same work, witli
copious marginal corrections.
Add. 6001.
Foil. 151; 12i in. by 8^^ ; 26 lines, 5g in.
written in Nestalik ; dated A.H. 1109
(A.D. 1697-8).
The first Makalat of the same work.
long;
Add. 23,559.
Foil. 270; 9i in. by 6; 17 lines, 8| in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, in the 17th century.
[Robebt Taylok.]
470
MEDICINE.
The first Makalat of the same work.
Toll. 266 — 270 contain a fragment on
various kinds of soil and of water, designated
by their Hindu names.
Copyist : J* ,y^ JJj ^Hi--* •y*^ ^^
Add. 17,957.
FoU. 77; 9 in. by 6; 11 lines, 3| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik ; dated La-
hore, Rabi' I., in the fourth year of the
reign, without designation of the sovereign ;
probably of the 17th century.
[Edward Galley.]
The second Makalat of Ikhtiyfirat i Badl'I,
treating of compound medicaments. At the
end is added a chapter on some Hindu
preparations called Pak, c^l^j ^^ajs ^--^^
foU. 76 6—79.
Copyist : J>»as^ V
. Add. 17,948.
Foil. 136 ; 12i in. by 9| ; 11 lines, 4f in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Surat,
A H. 1222 (AD. 1807).
c5j~--vc- h\a}\ J^W
A dictionary of drugs, written in four
columns, comprising the names found in
the Ikhtiyarat 1 Badi'T, with their Arabic,
Persian, and Hindustani equivalents.
It was compiled, as stated at the end, in
Surat, A.H. 1222, for a Doctor Pudget (?)
c*^^ Jia-\ii. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 459 b.
Egerton 1010.
Foil. 422 ; 7^ in. by 4^ ; 11 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, apparently
in the 18th century.
iO
JJb\s^ ■'ioUS'
A manual of medicine.
Aiithor : Mansur B. Muhammad B. Ahmad
B. Yusuf B. Ilyas, ^^ i-i-'y. ^^ ■i-*^^ t^ jr^^
Beg. Ll»Hli- jii w ^i_^^ j" o^^*" J J^
The work has been lithographed, with the
title of L$jy^^ '^.'•2j> ill Lucknow, A.H.
1290. The author is evidently the same as
that of the treatise of anatomy already
described, p. 467 b, who there calls himself
Mansur B. Muhammad B, Ahmad. In a
portion of the preface, which is omitted in
the present copy, but is found in the next,
as well as in the Lucknow edition, he dedi-
cates the present manual to a sovereign to
whose court he had been attracted by the
wide-spread fame of his justice and liberality,
and whose titulature bears a close resem-
blance to that which precedes the name of
Pir Mvihammad in the author's other work.
The proper name of that prince, which is
wanting in Add. 19,003, is supplied by the
lithographed edition, in which it reads
^^.JoUll i^j ^JUaL> i^.oJIj AJJaLJl SSb\j^ .
The king thus designated is probably Sultan
Zain ul-'Abidin of Kashmir, who lived at
about the same time as Mirza Pir Muhammad,
having reigned from A.H. 826 to 877, and is
described as a generous patron of arts and
science. His conquest of Tibet and Panjab
is amply sufficient to justify, in Oriental
parlance, the epithet of " second Alexander,"
^\j .jvife**-! , bestowed upon him by the
author. That epithet has been mistaken for
a proper name by A. Stewart, who describes
the work, p. 107, as " dedicated to Sekunder
Shah the Second, of Dhely, A.D. 1300." It
has led the authors of the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iii. p. 276, to the equally unfounded
conclusion, that the prince to whom it is
MEDICINE.
471
applied could be no other than 'Ala ud-Din
Muhammad Shah Khilji, who reigned A.H.
C95— 716.
The work is divided into two Fanns, the
first of which treats in two parts (Kism) of
theoretical and practical medicine, and the
second, of ailments and medicaments. They
are subdivided as follows: — Fann I. Kism
1. Theoretical medicine, comprising four
Makfilahs, viz., 1. substantial elements of
health, o-^ ^JJi^ s-'V-'» *•*• constituent
parts of the body and its organs, fol. 9 a.
2. Apparent conditions of health, »--»L-»^
C-^ ijjyc, I, e. temperaments and faculties,
fol. 27 o. 3. Efficient causes of health, »_^U-i
•"=-^vJ*'J. sufli OS air, motion, sleep, food
and drink, evacuation, age, habits, etc., fol.
32 a. 4. Various conditions and accidents
of the body, and their symptoms, fol. 50 a.
Kism II, Practical medicine, in five Maka-
lahs, viz., 1. Preservation of health and
general treatment, fol. 70 b. 2. Local
diseases, in twenty Babs, fol. 100 6. 3.
Fevers, foL 258 b. 4. Diseases of the ex-
ternal {Murts, fol. 280 b. 5. Animal poisons,
fol. 310 b. Fann II., comprising two Ma-
kalahs, viz. 1. Simple aliments and drugs,
fol. 332 a. 2. Compound aliments and me-
dicaments, ful. 349 a.
Add. 19,003.
Foil. 187; 7i in. by ^; 13 lines, 2* in.
long ; written in Ncstalik, apparently in
the 18th century.
The first portion of the same work, ending
with Bub 4 of Makrdah 2, Kism II., and cor-
responding to foil. 1 — 140 of the preceding
copy.
Egertoii 1011.
Foil. 103; 9 in. by OJ; 17 Unes, 5^ in.
long; written in a cursive and rude cha-
racter, apparently in the 18th century.
iU3\ J^ Sj^\ J i\^J ^\.^j
A translation of the Arabic work which
bears the above title, and which treats of the
means of increasing, or i-ftstoring, the virile
powers.
Translator : Muhammad Sa'id ut-Tabib B.
Muhammad Sadik id-Isfahani, jj««. j-»i*
Beg. ^ y-«- *l. j^ j^LJ^^ jli- i^iJ\ *D jji
The translator says that, the above Arabic
work, which he ascribes to Ahmad B. Yusuf
ush-Sharif, being the best treatise written
on the subject, he had translated it at the
request of Sayyid Jabir. The version is
divided, like the original, into two parts
(Juz'), each of which comprises thirty
chapters. The present copy breaks oS in
the twenty-second chapter of Part II.
yrgi Khalifah, who mentions the work
without author's name, vol. iii. p. 319, says
that it had been translated into Turkish for
Sultan Salim in A.ll. 9i0.
Add. 17,951.
FoU. 372 ; 12 in. by 7 ; 29 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
10th century.
A treatise on Indian medicine.
Author : Bhuvah B. Kliaviis Khan, ^J) j^
Beg. »l*\i IjMj *iJ'j l1a«5u! »^\jl\s^ J,,>.
Miyan Bhuvah, or Bhuvah, son of Khavas
Khan, is mentioned by Nizam ud-Dln Ahmad
in the Tabakat i Akbarshahi, Add. G5 J<3, foil.
124, 132, 135, and, after him, by Firishtali,
vol. i. pp. 330, 345, 350, as one of the greatest
Amirs of the reign of Sikandar Shah Lodi
(A.H. 894 — 923). lie is designated, like his
father, by the title of Khavas Khfin, and is
472
MEDICINE.
described in one place as Lord of the Chamber
j^\i- i_jUr, and in another as Chief Justice
Jj*^. Having incurred the displeasure of
Sultan Ibrahim, the successor of Sikandar
Shah, he was cast into prison, soon after that
king's accession in A.H. 923, and was put
to death.two years later. His name, which is
written Jj^ in the best MSS. of the above
quoted works, has been changed to »j^ in
the Bombay edition of Eirishtah, and to
Bhoory in Briggs' translation, vol. i. pp. 566,
594, 597. Compare the extracts from Mush-
takl in Sir H. Elliot's History of India, vol. iv.
p. 451, notes, and p. 544.
It appears from the preface that the author,
having represented to Sikandar Shah that
Greek medicine was not suitable to the con-
stitution of the natives of India, obtained
His Majesty's assent to the composition of
the present treatise, which was compiled
and translated from Indian, i. e. Sanscrit,
works enumerated in the text, A.H. 918.
The preface, and an extract from the work,
have been published, with a German transla-
tion, by Dr. Haas, Zeitschrift der D. Morg.
Gesellschaft, vol. xxx. pp. 630 — 642, and an
account of the work, from a Hamburg MS.,
which contained neither title nor author's
name, will be found in Dietz's Analecta
Medica, p. 171. See also Stewart's Cata-
logue, p. 108, and Mehren, Copenhagen
Catalogue, p. 10.
Contents ; Mukaddimah. Definition of
medicine, its value, and its origin, fol. 6 a.
Bab I. Introduction to therapeutics, Ll^Uj.iU .d
_^kt, or, in Sanscrit, Sutra Sthan, in thirty-
two chapters (Easl), fol. 7 b. Bab II. Struc-
ture of the human body, and anatomy of its
several parts, Sarlrak Sthan, in nine chapters,
fol. 68 b. Bab HI. Diagnosis and treatment
of diseases, Nidan u Chikitsa Sthan, in eighty-
seven chapters, fol. 90 a.
The work is stated in the endorsement,
fol. 5 a, to be commonly known as ^..i>il« «,^,
A full table of contents is prefixed, foil. 2—4.
The latter part of the MS., foil. 364—372,
is in a late handwriting, although the sub-
scription is dated Shahjahanubad, Safar,
A.H. 1089.
The name of Miyan Bhuvah seems to
point to a Hindu extraction, and, if he was, "•
as he pretends in the preface, the real author
of the Ma'dan ush-Shifa, he must have been
well versed in the Sanscrit treatises from
which that work is compiled. His identity,
however, with the Hindu Misra Bhava, author
of the Bhava Prakasa (see Aufrecht, Bodleian
Catalogue, p. 309), which Dr. Haas, Lc.
p. 641, considers possible, is more than
doubtful. The title of Khan, w^hich belonged
to him, and to his father before him, suffices
to show that both were Muslims. It is,
moreover, quite impossible to suppose that
a fierce Muhammadan zealot and ruthless
persecutor of the Hindus, as Sikandar Shah
is known to have been, could have conferred
the highest ofiices of state upon men of
Hindu faith.
Add. 16,745.
Foil. 646 ; 11 in. by 6^ ; 20 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Zulhijjah,
A.H. 1079 (A.D. 1669). [Wm. Yule.]
The same work, slightly imperfect at
the beginning, wath a table of contents,
foil. 1—4.
Copyist : iiij\ ^U ^^ -^ j.!j <-Jj^ s.^
Add. 18,680.
EoU. 877 ; lOf in. by 6J ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with Unvan and
ruled margins, probably in the 17th century.
[J. Haddon Hindley.]
The same work, with a table of contents,
foU. 1—7.
In identical notes written on the first and
last pages it is stated by Muhammad Yajih
MEDICINE.
473
ud-Din, that he had purchased the MS. from
the Masjid Akbaralwdl on the 6th of Zul-
hijjah, A.H. 1171.
Add. 16,746.
Foil. 371 ; lOi in. by 6| ; 21 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century. [Wm. Yulk.]
The same work, slightly imperfect at the
end, and wanting the rubrics.
Add. 17,947.
Foil. 230 ; 9| in. by 6J ; 21 lines. ^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Muharram,
A.H. lOGO (A.D. 1050).
A treatise on therapeutics.
Author: Sul^iin *Ali Tabib Khur.lsiJni,
B^. •*-* t^ l),J^ O^ ^JJS^^ J L^^
The author states in the preface that he
composed this work in A. 11. 933, and that
he had previously spent forty years in the
study and practice of the medical art in
Khorasan and Muvara un-Nahr, and espe-
cially at Samarkand, in the serrioe of
Abu H-Mansfir Kuchkunji Khan (the Uzbak
Kbiin, commonly called Kuchum Khan, who
reigned from A.H. 916 to 936; see p. 104 a).
It was written at the request of another
prince, Abu 1-Muzaffar Mahmud Shah, who
had called the author to the seat of his
government,
^j, and had been cured
by him of a dangerous illness.
It is divided into the following two books
(Makalah) : I. Local diseases, in twenty-
five chapters (Bab), fol. 0 b. ii. General
diseases, in eight Babs, fol. 170 ft. A table
of contents is prefixed, foil. 1 — 4.
The same work is mentioned in Stewart's
VOL. II.
Catalogue, p. 107, where it is stated to have
been dedicated to "Abu Said Bahadur Khan,
Emperor of the Moghuls, A.D. 1334 " {i.e.
A.H. 734 — 5), and in the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. iii. p. 277, where the same erroneous
statement is repeated. The Dastur ul-*Ilaj
has been lately lithographed, together with
the introduction described under the next
number, in the Hindu Press, Dehli, without
date.
Add. 17,946.
Foil. 143; Hi in. by 6^; 15 lines, 4 in.
long; written in large Indian Nestalik;
apparently in the 18th century.
.•U\
O &i«JkA«
An introduction to the preceding work,
by the same author.
Beg. jju ^ ^J^jjft^ji- U5 J .u*^^^
This work is dedicated to Abu 'l-Gha?!
Sultan Abu Sa'id, whom the author had
attended for twenty years. It is stated to
have been written subsequently to the
Dastfir ul-llaj, and as a complement to it.
It is divided into sixteen chapters (Bab),
treating of hygiene, of the definition of medi-
cine, health and disease, pulse, crisis, etc.
It is described, with the preceding work, in
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 277.
Abu Sa'id, son of Kuchkunji, was raised
to the Khanship after his father's death,
A.H. 936, and reigned till A.H. 939; see
p. 104 a, and Erskine, History of India under
Baber, vol. ii. p. 99.
Add. 26,310.
Foil. 129 ; 9i in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3| in.
long; written in cursive Indian Nestalik,
apparently in the 18th century.
[Wm. Ebskine.]
A pharmacopoDa ^^sb'y, in wliich com-
pound medicaments are described in alpha-
betical order.
o
4,14,
MEDICINE.
Author : Muzaffar B. Muhammad ul-Hu-
sainl ush-Shifa'i, ^jj\iiJ\ tji^'^ J^^ i^ J^
Beg. ^j^ ^ J* »jU)\j ^^ ^\ M ^'
The author, who was a poet as well as a
physician, is mentioned by his townsman and
contemporary, TakI ud-Din, of Kashan, in his
Tazkirah, where he is stated to have died
A.H. 963. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 22.
A Latin translation has been published by
Father Ange de St. Joseph, of Toulouse,
Carmelite monk and missionary, under the
title of" Pharmacopoea Persica," Paris, 1681.
The work is mentioned in Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 110, No. xxiii., Munich Catalogue, p. 135,
Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 15, and by De
Jong, Catal. Codd. Orr. Acad. Regise, p. 232.
Add. 23,560.
Foil. 311; 114 in. by 7i; 23 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in fair Shikastah-amiz ; dated
Zulhijjah, A.H. 1099 (A.D. 1688).
[RoBEUT Taylor.]
I. Foil. 2 — 98. A manual of medicine,
ascribed in the heading i>l^ ^a<1. c^. ^Lj,
iy^ ^^.oJ\ to Hakim 'Imad ud-Din Mahmud.
Beg.
>r ^^
The author, who in some of his works calls
himself Mahmud B. Mas'ud, was a native of
Shiraz, and a near kinsman of a celebrated
physician of the same city, Kamal ud-Din
Husain, who died A.H. 953 (Tuhfah i Sami,
fol. 49). The author of the 'Alam Arai
mentions him, Add. 16,684, fol. 43, among
the great scholars who lived about the close
of the reign of Shah Tahmasp, i.e. A.H. 984.
He says that he was an eminent medical
writer as well as a skilled physician, and
tliat, after being attached for some time to
the service of 'Abd Ullah Khan Istajlu,
governor of Shirvan, he had been transferred
by order of Shah Tahmasp to Mashhad.
Kazi Nur Ullah had in his youth studied
under him the medical works of Mir Ghiyag
ud-Din Mansur, a renowned philosopher of
Shiraz, who died A.H. 948 ; see Maj.ilis ul-
Muminin, Add. 23,541, fol. 381.
The work, which has no preface, is divided
into nineteen chapters (Fasl) of very unequal
length, as follows : i. Preliminary notices,
fol. 2 b. II. — XVI. Anatomy and diseases
of the following parts of the body: — head,
eye, ear, nose, mouth, throat, breast, heart,
stomach, liver, gall-bladder and milt, kidneys
and bladder, bowels, genital parts, and joints,
fol. 5 a. XVII. Tumours, ulcers, etc., fol. 13 b.
XVIII. Fevers, fol. 14 b.
Fasl XIX., which forms the main portion of
the work, is subdivided into two sections
(Kism), viz. 1. Aliments and drinks, fol.
20 a. 2. Simple and compound medica-
ments, classed according to their effect and
the diseases for which they are used, fol. 46 a.
II. Foil. 98 S— 214. An Arabic treatise
on compound medicaments, entitled i^Vi^^
ajjtll!^, and ascribed in the heading (^.lib^yJ
^^sf ^^,J>i\ :>[)>s- ^jkS^ to the same writer (see
Arabic Catalogue, p. 633 a).
In the preface the author states that he
bad applied himself from his childhood to
the study of the standard medical works
under his father and other physicians, and
had carried on for nearly twenty years the
practice of the healing art, when he repaired
to the court of Shah Tahmasp, to whom he
offered the present work. He adds that he
was engaged upon the composition of a
manual of medicine (probably the preceding
treatise), which he had then brought down
to the chapter treating of the anatomy of
the tongue.
FoU. 215 — 218 a contain various medical
recipes.
III. Foil. 218—262.
MEDICINE.
475
A manual of medicine.
Author : Amir Sayyid Ismail B. ul-Hasan
B. ul-^usain ul-Jurjani, ^J> Ji*»-»^ >>ju- j^\
Beg. Aif jii»\ jj/ ^j^ .>jo U^ . . . jJJ sj^
The author states in the preface that,
after he had completed the Zakhirah i Khwa-
razmshahi (see p. 4C6 b), he had been told by
a prince whose name will be given further
on, that a handy compendium of that volu-
minous work would be very desirable, and
that he had, in compliance with that wish,
written the present abridgment. He had
given to it the name of Khafi, or " hidden,"
because it was written in two volumes of
oblong shape, which could be conveniently
carrictl by the owner in his boots. The
second jKirt of the title, 'Alru, is apparently
derived from 'Aia ud-Daukh, one of the
titles of the prince above mentioned. The
author's patron is styled s^^ J»< jf^-^^jtA
^' ^"^ Ji u'W Jy J'-J' f^ ... *U1
^y-i*^< ji^\ (,L-» »\jL»^\^ ^J>yJ)^Jiilk^], and in
an earlier copy. Add. 27,201, written A.II.
814, ,^ ^'^'i\ . »j-»P ^^,^\ A^ jil-r^ j^\
u^j^ Jj» J^^ f,^... *.N^ 'U-i yijfl J Jj J1
If ^J'^J^ J/ may be taken as an honorific
epithet, and yji\ as the prince's real name,
it would follow that the work was written in
the reign of Muhammad Khwurazmshah,
A.H. 491 — 522, and for his successor, Atsiz,
who was then commander of the army and
heir apparent, a conclusion confirmed by the
date wliich is assigned to the Khafi 'Alal in
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 100, viz. A.D. 1113,
t. e. A.n. 600 — 7. It is also stated in the
preface of the Aghrfiz, as quoted by Ilaj.
Khal., vol. i. p. 368, that the present com-
pendium was dedicated to Atsiz B. Kliwa-
razmshah.
The Khafi 'Alfi'i consists of two parts,
treating severally of theoretical and prac-
tical medicine. They are subdivided as
follows. Part i., in two Makiilahs, viz.,
1. Preservation of health, in sixteen Babs,
fol. 219 a. 2. Diagnosis of disease, in seven
Babs, fol. 232 b.
Fart II., comprising the following seven
Makalahs : — 1. Advice to physicians, fol.
238 o. 2. Treatment of local diseases, in
eighteen Biibs, fol. 238 6. 3. Fever, measles,
and smallpox, fol. 257 a. 4. Tumours,
sores, and wounds, fol. 260 o. 5. Frac-
tures, bruises, and dislocations, fol. 261 b.
6. Treatment of the hair and of the skin
diseases, fol. 201 b. 7. Antidotes, fol. 262 a.
IV. Foil. 202—204. Extract from the
Jami' ul-Fava'id i Yusufi, *«l». t-»lii' (_j'^\
Yusufi is the Takhallus of Yusuf B.
Muhammad, a physician of Herat, who lived
under Babar and Ilumayun. Uis medical
works are the following : Favii'id i Akhyar,
written A.H. 913, Kasldah fi Hifz Sihhat,
I. e. a poem on hygiene, dedicated to Babar,
A.n. 937, Riyaz ul-Adviyah, written for
Ilumayiln, A.H. 946, *Ilaj ul-Amraz, a
versified treatise of therapeutics, and the
above work, Jami' ul-Fava'id, Avhich is a com-
mentary on the preceding. See Fleischer,
Leipzig Catalogue, p. 511, Krafllt's Cata-
logue, p. 148, Stewart's Catalogue, p. 112,
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii. pp. 279, 280, Haj.
Khal., vol. ii. p. 564, and Melanges Asia-
tiques, vol. v. p. 201. It is doubtful whether
he may be identified with the author of the
well known manual of epistolary composition
called Bada'i' ul-Insha, or Insli.i i Yusufi,
which in the Khulasat ul-Insha, Or. 1750,
fol. 158, is ascribed to Hakim Yusufi, Mun-
shi of Ilumayun.
G 2
476
MEDICINE.
V. FoU. 264 6—311.
A manual of medicine, without author's
name.
Beg. c^^, i^^ i^ j.c:^ ^\ ^V ^J ^j^
The author states, in a short preamble,
that, feeling his memory weakened by age,
he had compiled this short compendium from
the most esteemed Arabic and Persian works,
and had given it the name of Mujiz Kummi
because its small size would allow of its being
carried in the sleeve (Kumm). The foUow-
ini? Persian works are mentioned as sources :
Ali*jjl^ tj^h J -.ji ^^ ib\i^ J (^^^^ io^J*
^\ jS- ^ J"^ Ji- J v>y>^l '-r'^j- The last
three were written by Sayyid Ismil'il Jur-
jani in the early part of the sixth century of
the Hijrah (see p. 467 a).
The work is divided into thirty-eight
chapters (Bab), subdivided into sections
(Fasl), all of which are enumerated at the
beginning. The chapters are as follows:
I. Treatment of infants, fol. 266 h. ii. Signs
of the temperament, fol. 268 a. in. Seasons,
ib. IV. Properties of various articles of
food, fol. 268 b. v. Perfumes, fol. 270 a.
VI. Garments, ib. vii. Bathing, ib. viii.
— XXX. Local diseases and their treatment,
in the customary order, fol. 270 J. xxxi.
Fevers, fol. 296 b. xxxii. Tumours, fol.
302 a. xxxiii. Sores, fol. 803 a. xxxiv.
Skin diseases, fol. 303 b. xxxv. Treat-
ment of the hair and skin, fol. 305 b.
XXXVI. Bleeding and cupping, fol. 308 a.
xxxvii. Pulse, fol. 309 a. xxxvui. Uriua,
fol. 310 a.
Add. 18,543.
Foil. 385 ; lOj in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with *Unvan
and gold-ruled margins; dated Eabi' I.,
A.n. 1002 (A.D. 1593).
[J. H, Steenschuss.]
A treatise on materia medica.
Author: Afzal B. Yahya Jilani, ^ J^\
Beg. «.£=> \j f^iSxyiJl j^bU ^> (_jUS J >x*9-
The author's name is found, as above, in
the preface, fol. 2 b ; but it is written by a
second hand, and over an erasure. In
the following subscription, which is in the
same handwriting as the text, the transcriber,
Muhammad Husain B. Ziya ud-Din ul-Jur-
janT, calls the author Kamfd ud-Dln Afzal :
^Ufi ^^ i^jif-^ li-^ J^' cr^-'^^ JUfe» J?-^ '^^
The work is dedicated to Abul-Muzaffar
Shah 'Abbas {i.e. 'Abbfls I., who reigned
A.H. 996—1038).
Contents : Introduction (Mukaddimah),
treating, in fourteen sections (Fa'idah), of
medicaments, their degrees, preparation, and
use, in general, fol. 3 b. Makalah i. Simple
drugs, arranged according to the Abjad, fol.
20 a. Makalah ii. Various kinds of com-
pound medicaments, in twenty-four sections
(Bab), fol. 279 a. Makalah iv. Diseases of
the skin and their treatment, in twenty-four
chapters (Fasl), fol. 356 b.
Add. 23,557.
Foil. 304; llf in. by 7f ; 25 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Shamakhi,
Shirvan, Ramazan, A.H. 1121 (A.D. 1709).
[Robert Taylor.]
I. Foil. 2—274.
A work on materia medica.
Author: Muhammad Mumin Ilusaim,.^.^
MEDICINE.
477
Beg. i_>-^\ t-^AAV> 'jj u-j-*^ '-i (^' viJj^:^
The author says in the preface that,
having inherited the experience gathered hy
his father Mir Muhammad Zaman Tanakfi-
buni Dailami, and his ancestors, and having
himself practised the medical art according
to their method, he had been induced to
compile the present work by the inaccu-
racies which he had noticed in the then
current pharmacopcea, Ikhtiy&rit i Badi'i
(p. 4G9 a). He had based it on the most trust-
worthy authority on the subject, viz. the book
entitled *l4>- t_>j.V»M a^. ')i'^ (see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 632), and commonly called
Jami' Baghdad!, to which he had made
copious additions, gathered from the Jami'
of Ibn Baitiir, the Tazkirat lJli-1-Albiib of
Da'ud ul-Ant.tki, the Mughni, the Shamil,
the Kamil ul-Adviyah, the Jami' ul-Ad-
viyah of Amin ud-Daulah, etc., and, lastly,
from several works of Indian physicians,
such as Bahar, Charak, Sat Jog, Firuzshahi,
Bhojdcv, Susrut, and others, lie adds, in con-
clusion, tiiat, as his father and grandfather
had been court-physicians to the Safavi
sovereigns, and as he had himself at-
tended the present ruler, Shah Sulaiman
(A.n. 1077 — 1105), he had adorned his page
with the exalted name of the last-named
sovereign.
The work comprises two main divisions,
the first of which contains five chapters
called Tashkhi^, and the second, which is
termed Dastfimt, consists of three parts
(Kism), as follows : —
Tashkbi^ 1. On the reason of the diver-
gence of the opinions of physicians respect-
ing the nature, properties, and doses, of
drugs, foL 3d. Tashkhis 2. On the qualities
of 8im|)le drugs and aliments in general,
and their preparation, fol. 5 b. Tashkhis 3.
Nature and properties of simple drugs and
aliments, in alphabetical order, fol. 06.
Tashkhis 4. On the treatment of poisons,
fol. 192 ft. Tashkhis 5. On weights, fol.
197 a.
Dasturat. Kism i. Manipulation of simple
drugs, in five sections (Tarik), fol. 198 b.
Kism II. Manipulation of compound medi-
caments, in twenty-four chapters (Bab), fol.
208 b. Kism iii. Treatment of diseases.
As the last-named part is wanting in the
present and other known copies, it appears
probable that it never was written. The
fifth section (Tank) of Kism i. has been
transposed in the present copy ; it is found
at the end of Kism ii., foil. 2(32—274.
The author's Nisbah Tanakabunl is derived
from Tanakabun, a Buluk of the district of
Amul, which is sometimes joined to Giliin
(see the Zcitschrift der D. Morg. Gesell-
schaft, vol. xxi., pp. 242, 245), and which
appears to have been his birth-place. He
quotes occasionally some local names of
animals or plants as current in the dialect
of Tanaktll)un. On the other hand, his
acquaintance with the medical works and
the simples of India shows that he had been
living a considerable time in that country.
The Tuhfat ul-Muminin has been printed
in Dehli, A.H. 1266, and in Isfahan, AH.
1274. It is mentioned in Stewart's Cata-
logue, p. 108, the Copenhagen Catalogue,
p. 13, the ilunich Catalogue, p. 134, and the
Ouseley Collection, No. 402.
II. Foil. 276 — 304. A treatise on thera-
peutics, with the heading : »^ ^aS^ «JUj
Author : Muhammad 'Ala ud-Din B. Uibat
TJllah Sabzavari, called Ghiya§ ut-Tablb,
cL^Li) ^^^\ ijj^jji^ «1!^ if» yi i^JjJl >^ >i-^
Beg. ,^jJL\ Ao- J jyL-i^l jlv ^^S31 aJJ j^^
The work, which was compiled, as stated
in the preface, at the request of some friends,
from the standard works on the subject,
478
MEDICINE.
is divided into fourteen chapters (Bab), ac-
cording to the organs affected. The author
gives his name, as above, at the end, stating
that the treatise was completed in Rabi' I.,
A.H. 871.
Copyist : ^^])\ J3 j^^ U, ,x^ ^^\
On the first page of the MS. is a note,
stating that it was purchased by Mir Mu-
liammad Hadi ul-Husaini, of Kazvin, in the
town of Shamakhi.
Add. 17,953.
FoU. 433 ; 9| in. by 5^ ; 22 Unes, 3f in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century.
Another copy of the ^jt^y^\ &a^
Foil. 360—433, comprising the latter por-
tion of the work, from the beginning of
Tashkhls 4 to the end of Kism ii., are in a
later hand.
■ Add. 16,747.
Foil. 382 ; 12 in. by 8^ ; 27 lines, 5f in.
long ; written by several hands, in Indian
Nestalik; dated Eajab, the third year of
'Alamgir II. (A.H. 1170, Ad. 1757).
[William Yule.]
The same work.
Add. 6642.
Foil. 531; 10 in. by 6|; 17 lines, 4 in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently early
in the 18th century. [J. E. Hull.]
The preface and the first three chapters
(Tashkhis) of the same work.
Add. 26,308.
Foil. 103 ; 121 in. by 7 ; 23 lines, 5.^ in.
long; written in cursive Indian Nestalik,
apparently in the 18th century.
[Wu. Erskine.]
A portion of the same work. It contains
Kism I. of the Dasturat, with the exception
of its last section, Tank 5, and the whole of
Kism II. The 21th chapter of the latter,
which treats of the diseases of birds of chase
and their treatment, has a separate heading,
g*6 jl>, and a preface not found in other
copies.
Add. 26,311.
Foil. 187 ; 84 in. by 6^ ; 15 lines, 4| in.
long ; written on European paper, about the
close of the 17th century. [Wm. Ekskine.J
A dictionary of simple drugs, extracted
from the Tuhfat ul-Muminin, Tashkhls 3, and
written in tabulated form, with the addition
of the Latin, and, in a few cases, of the
French, equivalents.
On the first page is impressed a seal with
the name c^^ J\l>j (Vital Guyonnet r*).
Egerton 1006 and 1007.
Two uniform volumes, containing respec-
tively 256 and 257 foil. ; 10^ in. by 6 ; 20
lines, 4^ in. long; written in Nestalik;
dated Jumada I., A.H. 125 (for 1125=:A.D.
1713).
A treatise on the symptoms of diseases and
their treatment, translated from the Arabic
work entitled oU^)* j ^W^^ r-j^ (written
for Mirza Ulugh Beg by Nafis B. 'Ivaz Kir-
mani; see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 224).
Translator : Muhammad Akbar, called Mu-
hammad Arzani, B. Mir Haji Mukim, s.^
Beg. \j^jJ] jjijb esLh\3 AL<- «/ ^j''^ ^J ^^
Mir Muhammad Akbar, better known as
Shah Arzani, lived in India, where his medi-
cal works are in high repute. It is stated
MEDICINE.
479
in the Yadgar Bahaduri, Or. 1652, foL 96,
that he first applied for instruction to Sayyid
'Alavi Khan, a well known Shiraz physician,
who had come to the court of Aurangzib
A.H. 1115 (see the Mir'at Afitabnuma, fol.
132, and the Oude Catalogue, p. 157), and
that, on his refusal, he betook himself to
Shiraz in order to study medicine there.
The dates of his works, however, range, as
far as they can be ascertained, from AH.
1112 to 1130. In the latest of them, Karaba-
din i Kadiri, the author gives the following
list of his previous compositions : Tibb un-
Nabi, translated from Jal&l ud-Dln Suvuti,
Tibb ul-Akbar, Mufarrih ul-Kulub, Mizan
ut-Tibb, TaVirif uI-Amraz, and Mujarrabdt
i Akbari.
Muhammad Akbar says in his preface
that, after completing the usual course of
studies, and making himself acquainted
with medicine, he had selected the " Sharh
Asbab va 'Alamat " (whose author he does not
name) for translation, as the best treatise on
that science. lie had omitted, however, in
his version some superfluous arguments of
the original work, and had made useful addi-
tions to it from the following b<x)ks : Kanun,
Hdvi, Aksaru'i, Sadidi, Mujiz, Zakhirah (see
p. 406), Kifayah i Mujuliidiyyah (see p. 470),
and others. The work was completed, he
adds, in the year expressed by the above
title, with deduction of the weak letters (<
and j), i.e. 1122— 10 = A.H. 1112, and at
the time when 'Alamgir, after subjugating
the Deccan, " had washed the blood-stained
spears of his victorious armies in the waters
of the Kishnah."
After the capture of Sattarah and of the
fortress of Parli, Aurangzib crossed the
swollen stream of the Kislmah, or Kistnah,
with great difficulty and considerable loss, in
the month of Safar, A.H. 1112. See Ma'a§ir
'Alamgiri, p. 429. The same event is placed
by KhAn Khan, vol. ii. p. 473, in A.H. 1111.
The Tibb ul-Akbar comprises seven-and-
twenty chapters (Bab) on local and general
diseases, and an appendix (Khatimah) on
compound medicaments and technical terms.
It has been repeatedly printed in the East,
Calcutta, 1830; DehU, A.H. 1265; Bombay,
A.H. 1264, 1275, and 1279 ; Teheran, A.H.
1275; and Lucknow, A.H. 1289. See
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 110, and Fleischer,
Dresden Catalogue, No. 345.
Add. 17,949.
Foil. 45; 12 in. by 8J; 25 lines, 6^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Sha'ban,
A.H. 1155 (A.D. 1742).
A manual of medicine by the same Mu-
hammad Akbar.
Beg. J\jj\ s^ j\4\ s^\ ^ l*\ . . . iii sj^
The author states at the beginning that
he had written this short manual for the
use of his own children and other students.
It comprises the following three Makalahs :
I. On symptoms, and the four qualities of
heat, cold, moisture, and dryness, fol. 2 b.
II. On simple and compound medicaments, ib.
III. On diseases and their treatment, fol.
10 «.
The work has been printed in Calcutta,
A.D. 1836, Cawnpore, 1874, and Lucknow,
without date. See Stewart's Catalogue,
p. Ill, and Ouseley's Collection, No. 400.
A leaf appended to the present volume
contains a short notice on the Parsi work,
entitled ^^J^ J^ ^iL-jU., written by the
Bihdin Bahram Farhad in the time of
Akbar.
Add. 17,954.
Foil. 113 ; 9J in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Sha'ban,
A.H. 1221 (A.D. 1800).
480
MEDICINE.
A treatise on compound medicaments by
the same author.
Beg. ^>o:>-....M \>\j^\ J\ Ulj* ^'^\ aJJ ^
Tlie author, having written down on loose
•slips such recipes as he had obtained from
experienced physicians, found it necessary
to reduce them to order for his own con-
venience. Hence grew the present work.
It is divided into a number of chapters
(Bab), in which the medicaments are
aiTanged under the various diseases for
which they are used.
A table of contents is prefixed to the
present copy, and another is appended to it.
The latter is said to have been transcribed
from the author's autograph.
Copyist : _j^U al>^ ^y Ab<i
The Mujarrabat i Akbari has been printed
in Lucknow, A.H. 1280, and in Bombay,
A.H. 1276. See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 110,
and the Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 11.
Add. 17,952.
Foil. 880 ; 9^ in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik ; dated A.
1159 of Yardajii-d, Jumada I., A.H. 1204
(A.D. 1789).
A treatise on compound medicaments, by
the same author.
Beg. j_^l Cjj.a>- i^'^su.^ "-r*^ lijV.^ ti (j\i
The author states in the preface, after
enumerating his previous works, that he had
commenced the present in A.H. 1126, and
that he had given it the name of Karabadin
i Kadiri, because he was a disciple of the
most holy Sayyid 'Abd ul-Kiidir Jilani {i. e.
a member of the KSdirl order). In the
chapter on China root, fol. 832, A.H. 1130
is mentioned as the current year.
The work is divided into three-and-twenty
Babs, in which medical preparations are
described under the diseases for which they
are intended. In each Bab they are arranged
in alphabetical order.
The Karabadin i Kadiri has been printed
in Bombay, A.H. 1277, and in Dehli, A.H,
1286. See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 110, xx.
Add. 26,309.
Poll. 9; 7 in. by 4^; 11 lines, 2| in. long;
Avritten in small Shikastah-amlz in the early
part of the present century. [Wm. Erskine.]
Author : Flruz B. MuUa Ka'us, ^^ jjjj
Beg. J^ L-.'la:^! J «-»jJu»» (^lfci\) ^.^ (^\>j\j>
A short tract in defence of the inoculation
of the smallpox.
The tract was written, shortly after the
introduction of inoculation in Surat, with
the object of refuting the religious objections
which DastQr Barzfuji, a Parsi of Kustam-
purah, had raised against the practice. It
contains some Zend and Pehlevi texts in
the original character.
MuUa Plruz is known as the editor of the
Desatir, published in Bombay, 1818, and the
author of a treatise on the intercalary year
of the Parsis, Bombay, 1828; see Zenker,
vol. i. p. 108.
FAREIERY AND FALCONRY.
Add. 14,057.
Poll. 90 ; 81 in. by 5| ; 13 lines, 4| in.
long; written in a rude Indian Shikastah-
amiz, apparently in the 19th century.
I. Poll. 3-60.
A treatise on farriery, translated from the
Sanscrit work known as Srdihotra.
FARRIERY.
481
Translator : 'Abd UUah B. SafT, J3\ .^
Beg. Oj^< ^j^\ > i^\p\ jli^ ^^^1 *1J ^
*Abd Ullah states, in a sliort preamble,
tliat he had, in the reign of Sultan Ahmad
Vali ul-Bahmani, and by his order, translated
into Persian the Salihotra from the original
of Durganisi, son of Sargarasi,
is*>
A^ji *U^ **-** ^Jl^ ^^/r' ^-^ ^^J "^J^ J^
He adds that the work was written in the
city of Kulbargah. The date of composition
which follows is, in the present copy, defec-
tirely written " A. H. . . . hundred and ten,"
The same work
'-
is dated in Stewart's Catalogue, p. 96,
A.D. 1 107 (AD. 810). As, however, Ahmad
Shah Vali Bahmani reigned from A.H. 825
to 838, that date cannot bo correct.
Contents : Preface and table of chapters,
fol. 3 b. Legendary account of the creation
of the horse, which is said to have been
originally endowed with wings, fol. 4 6.
Defects of the horse, in fifty-two chapters,
(Fasl) fol. 5 a. Good points of the horse, in
thirteen chapters, fol. 22 «. Signs of the
age of horses, fol. 26 a. Diseases of the
horse, with their treatment, and management
of the horse, fol. 29 b.
The treatise is illustrated with a great
numlicr of coloured drawings of a rather
rude style of execution.
Salihotra is the traditional inventor of the
veterinary art. He is stated in the introduc-
tory chapter to have been instructed by his
fa'her, Aspasti j:,.*^', in the knowledge and
management of horses, while in the next
following work he appears as a Brahman, the
master of Susruta. The same name, how-
ever, is defined by Abul-Fazl, in the A'in i
Akbarl, vol. ii. p. 144, as applying to the
art itself, and it has conic to be used as a
common designation of the works in whicli
vou II.
it is set forth. See "Weber, Verzeichniss der
Sanskrit Handschriften, p. 291, Elliot, Biblio-
graphical Index, p. 2G3, and History of
India, vol. v. p. 674.
n. Foil. 61 — 73. A treatise, without title,
on the same subject.
Beg. tijVj* u^^*'^ • • • ur^^^ Vj '^ ^
In the opening lines the Sultan Ghiyag ud-
Din Muhammad Shah B. Mahmud Shah Khiljl
is mentioned as the reigning sovereign, and
the 21st of Muharram, A.H. 9S3, dJS sl-
f»\^-,.7^< i\\/>j,a3 the date of composition. As
Ghiya^ ud-Din B. Mahmud, king of Malvah,
who is here meant, reigned from A.H. 873
to 906, the above date is obviously wrong ;
it is probably a clerical error for A.H. 883.
The work is divided into twelve chapters
(Bab), subdivided in sections (Fasl), and
enumerated at the beginning, as follows:
1. Breeds of various countries, fol. 62 a.
2. Mode of choosing horses, fol. 62 6. 3.
Omens derived from the motions of horses,
' fol. 63 a. 4. Colours of horses, ib. 5. Their
blemishes, fol. 63 b. 6. Theur limbs, fol.
I 06 A. 7. Diseases and remedies, fol. 666.
' 8. Bleeding, fol. 69 a. 9. Diet and food,
fol. 09 b. 10. Fattening, and treatment of
sores, fol. 71 b. 11. How to know the ago
of horses by their teeth.
In the body of the work, however, the
last chapter is replaced by the two following :
11. On various remedies, fol. 73 a. 12. On
lucky and unlucky marks in horses, fol. 73 h.
A fuller copy of the same work, with the
title of Kurrat ul-Mulk, will be found among
the Elliot MSS., Or. 1697, art. ii. See also
Elliot, Bibliographical Index, p. 263.
III. Foil. 74—89. Treatise on the diseases
of horses and their treatment, imperfect at
the beginning and end.
Prefixed to the volume is an English letter
written by "Tirnial llao, son of Rao Bahadoor
482
FARRIERY.
Venkut Rao, principal Suclr Amecn of Dliar-
war," on sending the work to the Rev. John
Wilson, D.D., president of the Bombay branch
of the Royal Asiatic Society. It is dated
Dhai'war, 20th August, 1840.
Add. 16,854.
Foil. 122 ; 8 in. by 5. [William Yule.]
I. Foil. 3—74 ; 15 lines, ^ in. long ;
written in neat Nestalik on gold-sprinkled
paper, with gold-ruled margins, in the 17th
century.
A treatise on farriery, translated from the
Sanscrit, with a preface by Kwajah 'Abd
Ullah, entitled 'Abd Ullah Khan Bahadur
Firuz Jang, i.)i\ jjjo i_.Ai»lis*^ *JJ1 J-Ji* *^^^
•^^ Jjii^ A^ u^
Beg. \3b sJ^ ^^.j ^ Cjfi V""^
'Abd Ullah Khiin says that the sages of
India had written of old, on the knowledge
of the horses and their maladies, a treatise
in the Sanscrit tongue, consisting of 16,000
Slokas. Most people being ignorant of that
language, he called together, in the reign of
His exalted Majesty, Shahjahan, some Pan-
dits well versed in Sanscrit, and had that
work, there designated as ^^jL-.^ y^JUj , trans-
lated into Persian. He adds that the
original copy in his possession had been
found, with other Hindu books, in some
chests captured by him after defeating the
rebel Amar Singh, Rana of Chitor.
'Abd Ullah Khan had been sent against
the Rana by Jahangir in the fourth year of
the reign (A.H. 1018) ; but Amar Singh did
not make his submission until A.H. 1023.
'Abd Ullah Khan died A.H. 1054, at the
age of seventy years. See Ma'asir ul-Umara,
Tazkirat ul-Umai-a, and Elliot's History,
vol. vi. pp. 335 — 9.
Contents : Introduction, treating of the
creation of the horse and of its colours, partly
abridged from a Persian Faras Namah,
written in the time of Mahmud Gliaznavi,
fol. 6 h. Knowledge of horses, and of
their good and bad signs, in twelve Babs,
fol. 13 a. Diseases of the horse, and their
treatment, in thirty-eight Babs, fol. 33 h.
This copy contains three coloured drawings
of horses.
An English translation of 'Abd Ullah
Khan's version has been published by Joseph
Earles, Calcutta, 1788. See also Sir H.
Elliot, Bibliographical Index, p. 264, note,
and Mehren, Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 16,
no. xxxix.
II. Foil. 75—121; 16 lines, 2f in. long;
written in fair Nestalik ; dated Ramazan,
A.H. 1098 (A.D. 1687).
The same work.
Beg. «-»-—ii i^. X^>^\^ !i^^\ «^x> j.'jii-!i)\
This copy wants the preface and introduc-
tion; it begins with a short statement that
the work had been translated from the
Indian into the Persian language in A.H.
926. But in spite of this, and other minor
discrepancies, the substantial identity of the
two versions is fully established by their
general verbal agreement, especially in the
Persian verses frequently inserted in the text.
Add. 7716.
Foil. 47 ; 6 in. by 3| ; 18 lines, ^ in. long ;
written in Naskhi, apparently in the 18 th
century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A treatise on farriery.
Author : Nizam ud-Din Ahmad, ^Uai
Beg. ^\ oi' \j ^^^ jjj^^i- ijA'^t!' u^V*
The author is called in the heading of
another copy. Add. 23,562, Mirza Nizam,
son of Mulla Sadra.
FARRIERY.
483
It appears from the preface that this
treatise was compiled from earlier works by
order of Shah 'Ablws II. (AH. 1052—1077).
Reference is made, fol. 45 o, to a census of
the Shah's horses taken A.H. 1067, and, as
it is stated further on that four years had
elapsed since then, it follows that the date
of composition is A. II. 1071.
Contents : Mukaddimah. Creation and
domestication of the horse, fol. Sb. Mar-
halah I. Its good and had qualities, and
other things relating to the knowledge of
horses, in nine Bubs, fol. 6 b. Marhalah II.
Rules concerning the rearing of horses and
the running of races, in nine Babs, fol. 21 b.
^farhalah II. Treatment of the diseases of
the horse, in nine Babs, ful. 31 a. KluUimah,
on the horses of the Shiih, and on amulets,
(oL^ib.
Add. 8989.
Foil. 87; 74 in. by 4|; 12 lines, 3 in
long; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
17th century.
Another copy of the same work, wanting
a few lines at the beginning.
Add. 23,562.
Foil. 92 ; 8i in. by 6| ; 21 lines, 3J in.
long ; written in Naskhi ; dated Sha'ban,
A.K. 1213 (A.D. 1799). [Robert Taylor.]
I. Foil. 1 — 18. The same work.
II. Foil. 49 — 67. Another treatise on
farriery, with the heading i-'o-y »)'--,
Author : Hazln, ^Jf^
The author, who has been already men-
tioned, p. 372 i, says that he had composed in
his youth, and in his native place, an exten-
■ire work on farriery, and that, unable to
procure a copy of it in India, where he was
residing, he bad now written what be calls a
mere sample of his former work.
The earlier Faras Namah here referred to
is mentioned by Hazin in his memoirs,
Balfour's edition, p. 97. It was written in
Isfahan about A.H. 1127.
The present treatise comprises nine sections
termed Hulyah, on the knowledge of horses
and their diet, and ten chapters (Fasl) on
the diseases of horses and their treatment.
III. Foil. 67 — 90. A treatise oh zoolosrv,
with the heading jj'»s» w^y^ j'^ »^^j> by the
same Shaikh Hazin, who here calls himself
Muhammad B. Abi Talib uz-Zahidl Jilani,
sumamed 'All, J^Ur cf>^lP^ ^^^ j^^ t^^
Beg. J*j\ lij^Ji-. »5 (.j-lw |_jj o-V"
This tract is called in another copy, Or.
207, II., Tagkirah i Saidiyyah.
Contents: Mukaddimah. Legal precepts
concerning hunting and the slaying of
animals, fol. 67 b. Bub i. Account of some
animals of land and sea, arranged in alpha-
betical order, fol. 72 b. Bab 11. Origin of
animal life and its nature, fol. 88 a. Biib iii.
Senses and faculties of animals, fol. 89 b.
IV. Foil. 90—92. A short tract on the
weight of coins and on legal measures in
Khorasan, with the heading: J^j^\ jO «Jl-.j
Author: the same Hazin, who here calls
himself 'All B. Abi Talib ul-JilSni, ^» ^^ >
Beg. ill^ «--»'j 'J^EJjSJ^ .jjOj . . . »111 xJ^
Add. 23,563.
Foil. 169; 8i in. by 5?; 17 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Maskbi, datal Slia'ban,
A.H. 1246 (A.D. 1830). [Robeut Taylor.]
A transcript of the preceding MS.
Add. 23,561.
Foil. 100; 8.^ in. by G^; 12 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
19th century. [Robert Taylor.]
n 2
484
FALCONRY.
A treatise on farriery, without author's
name.
Beg.
l^ *i^ CJj^a9-
4iJUjLj _>y<l y ^
It is divided into two books (Kittlb), the
first of which treats of the knowledge of
horses and of their training, in forty chapters,
and the second, of the diseases of the horse
and their treatment, in sixty chapters.
The work is noticed by Fluegel in the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 553, where the
contents are fully stated.
Add. 7715.
Foil. 80 ; 7^ in. by 5 ; 12 lines, 3| in. long ;
written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins ;
dated Baghdad, Ramazan, A.H. 1204 (A.D.
1790). [Cl. J. Ricu.J
The same work.
Add. 19,528.
Foil. 63 ; 8J in. by 5^ ; 14 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
19th century. [Sir Tho. Phillips.]
A portion of the same work, extending
from the second chapter of book i. to the
twenty-ninth of book ii.
Or. 374.
Foil. 77; 6f in. by 5; 16 lines, 3| in.
long, written in cursive Persian Naskhi,
probably in the 13th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A treatise on falconry, without author's
name.
It is imperfect at beginning and end.
What is now the first leaf of the original
MS., fol. 6, contains the end of a table of con-
tents, showing that the w^ork comprised 135
chapters (Bab), and the beginning of Bab 1,
which is as follows :
Oo^jjj ^ Uo jj,^ ijJ^ i^\ ^^jiliUj Jj^ L-^b
fti' L^\JiJ jC> jy tiij Ji J tiJy till* ^\ ^^IjU
This first chapter contains a legendary
account of an ancient work from which the
present treatise purports to be derived.
"Written by the sages of the town of Balnas
(_^ljl) j^, it passed, in the time of Alexander
and Aristotle, to Alexandria, and subse-
quently to Antioch. When the empress
Helen and her son Constantine, wishing to
force a new religion on their people, resolved
to bum the contents of the royal library, it
was rescued with some other books, and
conveyed to Baghdad (sic), where it was
translated into Syriac. Hearing of its exist-
ence, the Khakan of the Turks, who was
passionately fond of falconry, sent for it, and
had it translated by a learned Turk of Pariyab
i Marv, ^y> '-r'^J^, • Then follow various
traditions relating to the invention of hawk-
ing, which is ascribed in turn to king
Demetrius, to Shapur B. Salm, to Abul-Hari§
Muaviyah, to a Roman emperor called
(_y,yU-j , and to Constantine.
The following chapters, Bab 2 — 30, foil.
13 b — 35, treat of various kinds of birds of
prey, the names of which are given in Persian,
Arabic, Turkish and Greek, of their selection
and training, and of their appearance in a
state of health. The remaining chapters
treat of the diseases to which they are liable,
and of their treatment. The present copy
breaks off before the end of Bab 131.
Among authorities occasionally adduced
are Ghitrif B. Kudamah, described as living
at the court of Harun al-Eashid, Mahdi B.
Ahram, the Khakan of the Turks, and Khalil
of Mavara un-nahr, a contemporary of the
author.
FALCONRY.
485
It may be noticed as a dialectic peculiarity
that the third person of the plural is generally
written without the final .j, as ^iy) for s>iy,
so as to become identical in form with the
infinitive.
Foil. 2 — 5 contain a short preamble and a
table of chapters, written apparently in the
17th century. On the first page is written
the title t^xk^, and on the fly-leaf mU jU.
The passage above quoted shows that tjjCj:*,
the common designation of hunting bii^s, is
there applied to the work itself.
For Oriental works on falconry, sec Ham-
mer Purgstall, Falknerklee, bestehend aus
drei ungedruckten Werkcn iiber die Falk-
nerei, Pcstl^ 1810.
Egerton 1013.
FoU. 108 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 13 lines, 3 J in.
long; written in Indian Nestalik ; dated
Babi 1., the thirtieth year of the reign (pro-
bably of Muhammad ShAh, i.e. A.II. 1161,
A.D. 1748).
A treatise on falconry.
Author: Muhihb 'AH, sumamcd Khan
KliHS Malialli B. Nizam ud-Din 'Ali Marghu-
Beg. A^ ^ ijii-zyi* ,,-»^< cT^^P^ *^' r*^
Muhibb 'All Kbiln, son of Nizam ud-Din
'Ali Khabfah, prime minister of Babar, was
raised to the Khanship in the first year of
Akbar's reign, and died as governor of Dehli,
A.H. 989. See Erskine, History of India
under Saber, vol. i. p. 386, Ma'ii^ir ul-Umara,
fol. 418, Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 87, and
Blochmann, Ain i Akbari, p. 120.
The author states that he was nearly sixty
years old at the time of writing, and that,
having from his youth upwards accompanied
illustrious monarchs on the chase, he had
acquired considerable experience. He dedi-
cates the work to Akbar, whose skill and
prowess in the hunting field he praises at
great length.
The work is divided into sixty-one chap-
ters (Bab), a full table of which is given in
the preface.
Contents: Preface, fol. 2 h. Precepts of
the law relating to the chase, fol. 9 h.
Qualifications of a perfect huntsman (Mir
Shikilr), fol. 12 A. Capture and breeding of
hawks, fol. 13 a. How to select hawks and
.other kinds of hunting birds, fol. 20 «.
Signs of health and disease, fol. 21 a. Direc-
tions relating to hunting in general, and to
the diet and training of the different kinds
of hunting birds, fol. 26 h. Diseases of
hawks, and their treatment, fol. 68 h.
Snares and decoys, fol. 87 h. Selection and
training of panthers, jy., fol. 101 a.
Egerton 1012.
Foil. 121 ; 9| in. by 5^ ; 21 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Indian Shikastah-Amiz,
apparently in the 17th century.
A treatise on falconry.
Author: Bahadur, j^V
Bahadur is the poetical surname assumed
by the author in a versified preamble, foil.
1 — 5, containing eulogies on 'Abd ul-Kadir
Jilani, on his own spiritual guide, Mir
Muhammad Ashraf, and on the reigning
sovereign, Aurang/.lb. He states in the
next-following prose preface, that he liad
undertaken the present work at the urgent
request of Ja'far Beg, Avhom he calls his
master in the craft, ijlS-.j', and of his own
brothers, La'l Beg and Habib UUah, adding
486
ALCHEMY.
further on that he had written it in the
town of Bhaskar jil^ w-aS, Suhah of Berar
Biilaghath, in the 25th year of the reign of
*Alamglr, corresponding to A.H. 1091. It
must be observed, however, that in the
poetical preamble, fol. 5 a, mention is made
of the capture of Sanbha, which took place
A.H. 1101.
The work is divided into forty-three
chapters (Bab), a list of which is given at
the end of the preface, fol. 8. The first
thirty-nine treat very fully of the training
of hawks and other hunting birds, and of
their employment in the chase. Then
follow — Bab XL. Diseases of hunting birds,
in sixty-eight sections (Fasl), fol. 84 b.
Biib XLi. Their treatment, in as many
sections, fol. 93 h. Bab xlii. Miscellaneous
instructions, in four sections. The present
copy breaks off before the end of the fourth
section of this last Bab.
ALCHEMY AND CABALISTIC.
Add. 17,956.
I'oll. 127 ; 12^ in. by 8^ ; 10 lines, 5i in.
long ; written in large Indian Nestalik ;
dated August, A.D. 1807.
A treatise on alchemy ascribed to Tanku-
lushah the Great, j^^ jl^^i^ l-jI-J
Beg. iZ^ &joi jj,\js-J ji> »» ^^'^ j-^ f^ C**JjJ
Cmm\ i_^J)ii ^^^. j^ ^ j'^ 3
It is divided into sections bearing the
following titles: j^ 24 c^iit, axj^^y*.!, ^la«
For an account of that mythical sage,
more commonly known as an astrologer, see
Chwolsohn, Ueberreste der altbabylonischen
ILiteratur, p. 130, and Gutschmid, Zeitscln-ift
der D. M. Gesellschaft, vol. xv. p. 79.
Copyist : J^o ^y J.«l j,^:^ j.3j J«) ^yZ,
Add. 17,966.
Foil. 259 ; 10 in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in a cursive Indian Naskhi,
apparently in the 18th century.
I. Foil. 7—101.
" The seven friends," a treatise on alchemy.
Beg. ^Ci\ ol^i Jyicjrs? *> ^^y^ ^ ■y-^
The author of the preface, who calls him-
self Hamid ud-Din Nagori, states that the
work was the joint production of himself and
six friends, each having contributed one of
the seven parts (Bab), of which it consists,
in the following order :
I. Hamid ud-Din Nagori, fol. 12 h. ii. A
Hindu JogI, originally called Gyan, who is
stated to have been brought over to the
Muslim faith by the six others, and to have
taken the name of Sa'adatmand, fol. 23 b.
in. Shaikh Sulaimiin Mandu'i, fol. 51 b.
IV. Mir Sayyid Muhammad Hashim Bukhrai,
V. Mivan Sayyid Tayyib Audhi, fol. 62 b.
VI. Shaikh Nasir ud-DIn NarnoH, fol. 76 a.
vir. Maulana Muhammad Sadik Multani,
fol. 816.
The above names are those of Indian
Shaikhs who lived in very different periods,
as Hamid ud-Din Nagori, who died A.H. 643,
Shaikh Sulaiman Mandu'i, who died A.H. 944,
and Mir Sayyid Tayyib of Bilgram, who died
A.H. 1066 ; see Biyaz ul-Auli'yJ', Or. 1745,
foil. 109, 131, and Or. 1804, fol. 38. Their
connection with the present work is evidently
fictitious.
Bab II. contains a long piece in Hindi
verse, with Persian glosses. Bab iv. which
has been transferred to the end, foil. 100 —
101, is imperfect.
II. Foil. 102—119. An alchemical tract,
treating especially of the tincture of metals,
written, as stated in the heading, by Abu
All Sina for Khwajah Husain Ja.^ [sic].
CABALISTIC.
487
Beg.
•jJi»»U^
^ ^\ iJf\yf JJji'y;:
t^^l—*
t:r-^ y' *^V o'-^ 5
t;* w
u* •i'
This is apparently a translation of Ibn
SlmVs Arabic treatise on alchemy, written
for Abul- Hasan Sahl B. Muhammad us-
Sahli, and mentioned by Ibn Abi Usaibi'ah,
A.D. 7350, fol. 127 b, ^^^ ^\ ^U\ J^ *U.j
Ia^' ij \^^^ "^-^ u^ J^**' Compare Wiis-
tenfeld, Geschichte der Arabischen Aertzte,
p. 72, no. 39.
III. Foil, 119 4—129 b. Short alche-
mical extracts, with a passage of Akhlak i
Nasiri, relating to philosophy and its di-
visions.
IV. FoU. 131— 2.5 1.
A Hindustani treatise on medicine and
magic, without author's name.
Add. 7713.
FoU. 237 ; 7i in. by 5 ; 19 lines, 3 j in.
long ; written in a fair Naskhi, probably in
the 13th century. [Cl. J. Rich.]
A treatise on the construction of the
cabalistic squares called j'JjV in which the
numbers added up in any direction produce
the same total, and of some other arithmetical
figures, with numerous diagrams.
The work is divided into a Mukaddimah,
five chapters (Bib), and a Khatimah. The
headings of the B&bs are as follows :
Fol. 3 a. ^y1 Jt^j ^-\r^3 ^Jf* J-*J ^ j^ '
Fol. 120 a. C-w-j^ i_<M«.\ .i. m 2\j Ji jij /j ji r
Fol. 105 a. jI\j^\^^j\ «--»>|;tjjOVj^ \j)^/^j^ <"
Fol. 177 b. jy J> >^.>Pjj ^^ L-'iaij ^^^\ ^jji i«
Fol. 228 6.JJJ-J <.1-V1. J'i^l jO j»j .J^J*^ ^3j^ '
This copy wants the preface, a portion of
the introduction, and all but a few lines of
the Khatimah, which treats of the virtues of
the above figures.
A spurious beginning, written by a later
hand, ascribes the work to Abu-Ma'shar
Balkhi.
On the last page is found the date Rajab,
A.H. 008, I'* *i-> t-^^rj j4^ (.iIajuJI ^y_ if jC ..i
probably copied from the original subscrip-
tion of the MS.
Add. 23,582.
Foil. 30; OJ in. by 4 ; 12 lines, 2^ in.
long, written in Naskhi; dated Rajab,
A.H. 1225 (A.D. 1810). [Robeet Taylor.]
A book of divination, in which certain
predictions or omens arc arranged under the
names of five and twenty prophets.
Beg. yjbljL.^ ti tl»-~).< «L-«Li JU ^^\ s^\ss
,^\jf.Jixj (-.>U». ^^^V »<i^»>,V
Foil. 20 — 30 contain some verses by
Vahshi and Sa'di, transcribed by *Ali RiztT,
surnamcd Mirza Baba, Nurbakhshi Shiriizi.
ARTS AND GAMES.
Add. 16,853.
Foil. 190; 7i in. by 4|; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long, written in Nestalik, with "Ilnvftn and
ruled margins, apparently in the lOth cen-
tury. [Wm. Yule.]
A treatise on the art of war.
Author : Sharif Muhammad [B.] Mansur
[B.] Sa'id etc., Kuraishi, surnamcd Mubfirak-
shah, commonly called Fakhr Mudabbir,
l\j^,\^ |_^aV« ^J^y .... i^JJUttjyO^ li^^ \.^ji>_jZt
Beg. \j4.^ J ;_)»U-» J ij.'vji ^^ i^UJ j J^»-
The author, who in the preface traces his
488
ARTS AND GAMES.
genealogy up to Abu Bakr, mentions inci-
dentally, fol. 99 6, as his maternal ancestor,
the Amir Bilkatigln, " who succeeded to the
Great Chamberlain Alptigin as king of
Ghaznln, where he reigned four years (A.H.
359 — 362), and was the father-in-law of
Sultan Yamln ud-Daulah Mahmud Ghazi."
. (See Raverty's Tabakat i Nasiri, p. 73, notes,
and Elliot's History, vol. ii. p. 267, note, and
p. 479).
Relating, in another passage, fol. 186 a, a
marvellous instance of recovery from a
deadly wound, the author states that it had
come under his observation in Multan,
fifteen years after the defeat of Khusrau
Shah by 'Ala ud-Din Ghurl (A.H. 550 ; see
Kamil, vol. xi. p. 108), he being at the time
{i.e. about A.H. 565) a mere youth ^J^/,
while in the preface he describes himself as
old and infirm. Several other references to
Multan make it probable that it was his
native place.
He dedicates the present work to the
Padishah of Islam, Shams ud-Dunya wad-
Din Abul-Muzaifar Iltatmish us-Sultan, Nasir
Amir ul-Mumimn (who ruled the empire of
Dehli from A.H. 607 to 633), and calls
himseK the least of his servants.
The work is divided into thirty-four chap-
ters, which are enumerated in the preface,
foil. 9, 10. The following table, written by
Major Yule on the fly-leaf, gives a fair idea
of the contents : —
Chapters 1 to 4. On the regal character
and duties, fol. 12 6. 5. On the choice of
ministers, fol. 51 b. 6. Intercourse with
foreign states by ambassadors, fol. 56 b.
7. On counsel, and avoiding the extremity of
war, fol. 66 a. 8. On horses, their qualities
and use, fol. 71 a. 9. On their marks ; on
breaking in for the saddle, fol. 76 b. 10. On
discovering the age of horses by inspecting
their teeth ; on food and medicine, fol. 87 a.
11. On the arms and armour of cavalry,
fol. 96 b. 12. On reviewing an army, and
preservation of order, fol. 109 b. 13. On
encampments and changing of ground, fol.
112 a. 14. On guards, rounds, videttes and
spies, foL 115 a. 15. On night attacks,
fol. 118 a. 16. On placing ambushes, fol.
119 b. 17. On the choice of a field of battle, '
fol. 123 b. 18. On arranging the several de-
scriptions of troops, fol. 126 b. 19. Order
of battle, fol. 129 a. 20. On coming to
action, and attention of commanders of corps,
fol. 131 a. 21. On engaging battle, fol.
133 b. 22. On public worship in front of
the enemy, fol. 138 b. 23. On the courtesies
of the field, fol. 141 b. 24. On the unity
and composition of an army, fol. 146 b.
25. On religious wars, fol. 151 a. 26. On
plunder, fol. 154 b. 27. On the siege of
fortified places, fol. 159 a. 28. On the
efficacy of the prayers of the pious in an
army, fol. 166 b. 29. On the omens of
victory, fol. 172 b. 30 and 31. On rewards and
punishments, fol. 176 a. 32. On gymnastic
exercises and military weapons, fol. 180 a.
33. On the fact that, whether you flee like
a poltroon, or face the enemy like a hero,
you will not die till your day come, fol.
185 a. 34. On certain maxims which it
equally behoves the sovereign, subject, and
soldier, to attend to, fol. 188 b.
The MS. breaks off before the end of the
last chapter.
The work contains a great number of
historical anecdotes, relating principally to
the Ghaznavis.
Add. 26,306.
Poll. 62 ; 61 in. by 4| ; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century. [Wm. Euskine.J
A treatise on archery, in twenty-seven
chapters (Bab).
ARTS AND GAMES.
489
Author: Muhammad Budha'i, commonly
called Sayyid Mir 'Alavi, j--» i_-»;P j^»-w •i^-*^
Beg. fti" t^U^y w^ ^ J Jr ^y-^ J* ^^i •*-»*-
It is dedicated to 'Ala ud-DunyJi wad-Din
Abu-l-Muzaffar Husain Shah, who reigned
in Bengal, according to Ferishtah, from
A.H. 904 to 927; see Briggs' translation,
vol. ir. p. 349, and Marsden, Numismata,
p. 577.
There are some drawings in the margins
of foil. 17, 18, representing archers in Indian
costume drawing the bow in various atti-
tudes. There are also some notes and
additions in the margins. See Bibliotheca
Sprenger., No. 1910.
Egerton 1031.
Foil. 55; 8 in. by 5J; 15 lines, 3 J in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik ; dated
Safar, A.H. 1200 (A.D. 1785.)
The same work.
Egerton 793.
FoU. 211 ; 8i in. by 4J ; 13 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Indian Nestalik; dated
ShaTian, A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780).
A treatise on music, translated from a
Hindu work ascribed to Ahobal Jj^'.
Transbtor : Raushan Zamir, j-^ ^Ju^j
Beg. jU. j\f A^ uj,j i^ •>jr-y^ 3 ^y*^}^ hjr
Tlie translator calls himself a born slave
of Padishah 'Alamgir (A.H. 1068—1118).
The title of the original work is uncertain ; it
appears in three different forms, viz. diiU-jU,
fol. 2 o, wii5W,\5, fol. 61 a, and clIiiV>> '^ ^^^
subscription. It is not stated whether it
was a Sanscrit or Hindi work. The teclinical
terms are Sanscrit, but several Hindi Dohrahs
are introduced.
VOL. II.
The treatise is divided into three parts,
as follows : 1. Giti-kanda, ^\i ^i^, fol. 3 b.
2. Vada-kanda, Si% iU, fol. 97 b. 3. Nritya-
kanda, Si% \:l^), fol. 149 b.
Add. 16,662.
Foil. 119 ; lOi in. by 7 ; 17 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in large Nestalik ; dated Zul-
ka'dah, A.H. 1205 (A.D. 1791).
[Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 1 — 94. Zauzani's Commentary
on the Mu'allakht ; see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 479.
II. Foil. 95—119.
A work on agriculture, treating chiefly of
the culture of fruit-trees, flowers, vegetables
and grains, as practised in India.
Author : Ahmad 'Ali B. Muhammad Kha-
lil, of Jaunpur, »/j^^ J*!*- J>»^ ^j>. li* y^
Beg. l,j>^ cr^ »j^^<j^ j^^ e»-V J j^
The author says, in a short preface, that
this treatise had been abridged in A.H. 1205,
from the works designated as Jl^ j^» t-'U/
Aman UUah ul-yusaini {i.e. KlianzamSn,
who died A.H. 1046 ; see Add. 5554).
Add. 17,960.
Foil. 65; 8J in. by 6; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century.
A collection of useful secrets and curious
recipes for making artificial pearls and
jewels, preparing various inks and dies,
engraving stones, dissolving and oxydizing
metals, making artificial flowers, illuminating
books, etc., without author's name.
I
490
ARTS AND GAMES.
Beg. \j^Ve CJ>jja>- (_)wL«^^ ^Si ^ju\xm J (X»»-
It contains forty-two chapters (Bab), sub-
divided into one hundred and forty sections
(Fasl).
According to Stewart's Catalogue, p. 97,
the work was written by Zain ul-*Abidin in
the reign of Aurangzib. But a Turkish
■ version, which appears to have been written
about A.D. 1655 (A. H. 1065), is described in
the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 525.
Add. 17,959.
Foil. 175; 8J in. by 4| ; 13 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Indian Nestalik, in the
latter half of the 18th century.
A>jy^\
i\^\ &>o^)^
A cookery-book, without author's name.
Beg. »31y jjl*^ iy>- J^ J^^j
After an introduction treating of the rites
and observances to be attended to before
eating, the author gives, foil. 20, 21, a table
of the forty chapters (Bab) comprised in the
book. Another title, viz. iZ^ ^J^y>\ ^J^y>■^, is
found in the heading of a full table of con-
tents prefixed to the volume by another
hand, foil. 2 — 9. A frequent use of Hindi
words shows that the work was written in
India. It was completed, as stated at the
end, in A.H. 1179; but it is not clear,
whether the date relates to the composition,
or to the present copy.
Add 16,856.
Foil. 63; 10 in. by 6; 10 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins ; dated Eabi* I., A.H.
1021 (A.D. 1612). [Wm. Yule.]
A treatise on the game of chess, abridged
from an Arabic original.
Author : Muhammad B. Husam ud-Daulah,
Beg. B^ {j^3i^^ CJj2s- Jii o**^ (j-^ O"^
The Arabic work entitled Ae- ^j ^ t-^'Jii^
2^;kiJl, by Muhammad B. *Umar Kajinii s^ '
VJas? j^ ^^, is stated in the preface to be
the most useful treatise on chess. As there
was, however, only one copy of it in the
land, and that an incorrect one, it appeared
desirable to make an abridcred version of it
in Persian, and the author performed that
task by the order of a sovereign who is
designated by such titles as (^^'-»s> 0,.<L>-
.... ^^i-cj J ^ i^'^y^ j<<j^> u/-* ^j j'^-j^
j^.j3\j VjJjkJ^j ja^' kiU., but whose proper
name does not appear.
It is divided into fourteen chapters (Bab),
as follows: — 1. The companions of Muham-
mad and their disciples have played at
chess, fol. 7 a. 2 and 3. Proofs of the lawful-
ness of the game, and its advantages, fol. 9 a.
4s. Inventor of the game ; multiplication of
the squares, fol. 13 b. 5. Etymology of the
terms of the game, fol. 17 b. 6. Polite rules
to be observed in playing, fol. 22 a. 7. Ad-
vice to players, fol, 24 a. 8. How to tell
the issue of a game, fol. 31 a. 9. Opening
of the game, fol. 33 b. 10. On some inge-
nious games on the chess board, fol, 36 a.
11, Positions Vr^-*j ^r chess-problems, fol,
41 a. 14, On playing without looking at
the board, fol, 62 a.
The present copy is defective. Of Bab 9
the first three lines only are extant. The
latter part of Bab 11, and the whole of Babs
12 and 13, are wanting. The last two are
also omitted in the table of chapters at the
end of the preface.
ARTS AND GAMES.
491
An abstract of the work has been given
by Mr. Bland in his " Persian Chess," Lon-
don, 1850, pp. 18 — 25. The title above men-
tioned ij^U» Cjj.a»- "the august Majesty"
was taken by him for a proper name, and led
to the statement that the treatise had been
compUed for the emperor HumTiyun.
Sloane 4095.
Paper roll ; 16 in. by 5^ ; written in plain
Naskhi, apparently in the 18th century.
Explanation of some technical terms,
designating various kinds of ornamental
buildings, such as ^^y^y, (j-*^» ^Jt^ etc.
PHILOLOGY.
LEXICOGRAPHY.
Persian Dictionaries.
Or. 1262.
Foil. 101 ; \\i in. by 7; 23 Unes, 4^ in.
long ; written in fair Indian Shikastah-amiz ;
dated Zuiyijjah, A.H. 1102 (A.D. 1G91).
A dictionary of words and phrases used by
the standard Persian poets.
Author: Ka?l Khan Badr Muhammad
Dihlavi, called Dharwal, ^^ jM ^^^ ^ji\j
Beg. >|j,U, C^\iUS\j ^J} |_^«*b ^J\lJ J s^
This work is noticed by Blochmann, p. 7
of his learned "Contributions to Persian
Lexicograpliy," Journal of the Asiatic Society
of Bengal, vol. xxxvii. pp. 1 — 72, a work
which will be constantly referred to in the
following pages. See also Stewart's Cata-
logue, p. 131.
The author had studied the Persian poets,
as he states in tlie preface, under Kazi Bur-
han ud-Din, known as Dahanah, and under
Shaikh-Zadah 'Ashik (the author of a dic-
tionary quoted in the Farhang i Jahangirl)
He compiled in the present lexicon the matter
contained in the following works : — Far-
hang Niimah, by Fakhr Kawas (mentioned
by Firishtah, vol. i. p. 214, as one of the
poets of the reign of 'Ala ud-Din Khilji, A.H.
695 — 716 ; he is called, in the Farhang i Ja-
hangirl, Maulilna Mubarak Shah Ghaznavl ;
see Blochmann's list of sources, p. 4, No. 61),
Risalat un-Naslr (ib.. No. 19; Haj. Khal.
vol. iii. p. 450), Risalat i Asadi TusI (No. 2),
Dastur ul-Afazil (No. 17), Lisan ush-Shu'ara
(No. 46), and Fava'id i BurhanI u Firdausi
(No. 40). To the above he added other
words, names of kings and countries, etc.,
collected by him in the Divans, as weU as
poetical phrases used by Khakani, Anvari,
Fariyiibi, Firdausi, Sa'dl, and other classical
poets.
In A.n. 812 (or, according to Stewart and
Blochmann, A. II. 822) he set out from Jaun-
pur to the end of kissing the threshold of
the illustrious prince Kadr Khan B. Dilavar
Khan, ti>j^jj J'* >*:-• ,.^>«- J*- 3 ^^ u^^
J^ jj^.> 3wtl ^'i. ^^\ ^J^JM, whose fame as a
munificent patron of learning had spread far
and wide, and he made use of this Farhang
Namah as an introduction to His Highness.
I 2
492
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
Dilavar Khan, the founder of the Ghuri
dynasty in Malvah, had taken up his residence
in the city of Dhar, from which the author's
surname, Dhfirval, is evidently derived. His
son Alp Khan reigned, under the name of
Hushang, from A.H. 808 to 838. Another
son, Kadr Khan, was in possession of the pro-
■ vince of'Chanderl (Thorntons Chandhairee),
which, on his demise, was added to the
dominions of Hushang. See Tarikh Muham-
madi. Or. 137, fol. 428, and Eirishtah, vol. ii.
p. 462.
The Adat ul-Fuzala is divided into two
parts (Kism), viz. Kism I., containing single
words arranged in alphabetical order, accord-
ing to the first and second letters of each,
fol. 5 b. Kism II., containing compounds
and poetical phrases, arranged according to
the initial and final letters, fol. 77 b.
The copyist states at the end that his MS.
had been written by a blundering scribe, and
that he had corrected it to the best of his
ability.
Foil. 1 — 3 contain an extract on Persian
particles, and foil. 97—101 a glossary of
Arabic phrases in the Gulistan.
Add. 7678.
EoU. 285; 7i in. by 4^; 19 lines, 2f in.
long ; written in small Naskhi, apparently in
the 17th century. [Cl. J. Rich.]
A Persian dictionary.
Author: Ibrahim Kivam FarOki. ^^i .1
Beg
A prologue in verse contains a panegyric
on a celebrated Shaikh, Sharaf ud-Din Ah-
mad Munyarl, in whose honour the above
title was given to the work. It concludes
with a prayer that the author may be ac-
counted one of the dwellers in that saint's
holy shrine, and may never be removed
from it.
Sharaf ud-Dtn Ahmad B. Yahya Mun- »
yarl, so called from his native place, Mun-
yar, a village in Bihar, went to Dehli in
quest of Nizam ud-Din Auliya, but, finding
him dead (Nizam died A.H. 725), became a
Murid of Shaikh Najib ud-Din Firdausi, who
gave him the investiture of the Chishti order.
He spent the latter part of his life in the
city of Bihar (Thornton's Behar), where he
died A.H. 782, and where his tomb became the
resort of the devout. His letters (Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 42) are much admired, as well as
his discourses, collected under the title of
Ma'dan ul-Ma'ani (see Melanges Asiatiques,
vol. V. p. 458). Notices on his life will be
found in Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 113, Akhbar
ul-Akhyar, fol. 97, A'ln i Akbarl, vol. ii.
p. 219, and Blochmann's translation, p. 48,
note.
It may be inferred from the above that the
author lived in the city of Bihar. The time
of composition is indicated by a quatrain,
with which, according to Blochmann's full
account, 1. c, pp. 7 — 9, the work concludes,
and in which Abul-Muzaffar Barbak Shah
is mentioned as the reigning sovereign.
Barbak Shah reigned in Bengal, according to
Tabakat i Akbarshahi and Tarikh i Firishtah,
vol. ii. p. 680, A.H. 862—879. See also
Marsden, Numismata, p. 572.
The Sharaf-Namah is divided into several
Babs, each of which contain words begin-
ning with the same letter. They are sub-
divided into Fasls according to the final
letters. The pronunciation of words is stated
at length, and their meaning illustrated by
copious quotations of the poets, from Fir-
dausi to Haflz. The author often adduces
his own verses, and prefixes to each Bab
PEESIAN DICTIONAEIES.
493
a Kasidah of his composition. Turk! words
are given at the end of each Fasl.
The work, which is frequently called, from
the name of its author, Farhang i Ibra-
him!, is quoted in Tuhfat us-Sa'adat (see
below, p. 493 b) and later dictionaries. Copies
are mentioned in the Munich Catalogue,
p. 103, and the Melanges Asiatiques, vol. iii.
p. 491. See also Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 325.
The present copy contains little more
than the first half of the work, ending with
the letter ^Jm.
Or. 265.
Poll. 161 ; 9 in. by 6^ ; 19 Unes, 3^ in.
long; writtcd in small and neat Naskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
I. Foil. 2 — 60. Adat ul-Fu?ala (see
p. 491 a).
This copy wants the first page, the dedica-
tion to Kadr KhAn, and Kism II.
II. FoU. 62—161.
A Persian dictionary.
Author: 'Asim Shu'aib'Abdusl, ,_r_-*-' ^Ip
Beg. (^Uij jfcljj ^\yr 3 o-V j!> jj^
Requested by some friends to collect into
one book all the words, IVirsi, Pehlevi, Rumi,
Naba^i, or Turki, necessary to a complete
understanding of the poets, the author com-
posed the above work, and presented it,
A-H. 899, to a Vazlr called 'Ali Akbar, and
entitled Da'ud Khan, son of the Vazlr 'Imad
ul-Mulk, j>\i . . . »j|3^j^Ji- t— '^ '-=^li> S^W-
^Wjj'A? ^jj-J^ jr^^ v> j^^ J^ JJ^ *^j^
The work is stated in the preface to be
divided into two parts (Kism). The first,
which comprises single words and compounds,
arranged according to the initial and final
letters, is alone extant in the present copy.
It is slightly imperfect at the end, breaking
off in the compounds the first term of which
is eiJo . The words are illustrated by copious
poetical passages headed j^, but without
the authors' names. The meaning is fre-
quently explained by Indian equivalents.
This is no doubt the work designated as
Farhang i 'Asimi in the Farhang i Jahanglri
,(Blochmann, l^o. 34).
Add. 7683.
Foil. 198 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 23 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in small Nestalik, apparently
in the 10th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A Persian dictionary.
Author: Mahmud B. Shaikh Ziya ^yt^
■^^
Beg.
r-^
X^
r^ r^ ^
r-j^^r-^^ur.^
The author begins with
verse, containing eulogies on the reigning
sovereign, Sultan Sikandar (Sikandar Lodi,
A.H. 894 — 923), and on his patron and bene-
factor, Khwfijagi Shaikh Sa'id, also called
Sa'id ud-Dln. He then states that he had
hitherto cultivated poetry, and composed
pieces of every kind, mostly in praise of the
last personage, but that he had been prevailed
upon by some friends to compile the present
lexicon, which he completed on the tenth of
Safar, A. II. 916, and presented to the patron
aforesaid.
lie enumerates in the preface the follow-
ing sources: — Zamir (Blochmann, No. 33),
Dastur (probably Dastur ul-Afazil, No. 17),
Farhang i Fakhr i Kavvus (see p. 492 a), Zu-
fan Guya (No. 21), Dastur ul-Fuzala (No. 18),
494
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
Adiit ul-Fuzala (p. 491 a), Sliarh i Makhzan»
Farhang i Kazi Zahir (No. 41), Earhang i
IbrahimI (i.e. Sharaf Namah i Munyari,
p. 492 a), HusainI (No. 16), and 'Aja'ib (No.
36). Eor Arabic words lie made use of the Su-
rah, Dastur, Khulasah, Nasib ul-Vildan, and
Tajain.
The dictionary is divided, according to the
initial letters, into two and twenty Babs, and
each Bab is divided into two sections (Easl),
the first of which contains the single words,
arranged according to the final letters, and
the second, the compound words and phrases,
in the same order. There are no poetical
quotations.
Sururl, who states that he made use of the
Tuhfat us-Sa'adat for the second edition of
his dictionary, calls the author Maulana
Mahmiid B. Shaikh Ziya ud-Din Muham-
mad. It is, no doubt, the work mentioned
by Firishtah, vol. i, p. 346, under the title of
Farhang i SikandarT, as written in the reign
of Sultan Sikandar. See also Blochmann's
list of sources. No. 10.
On the last page of the present copy is a
note stating that it was purchased AH. 1003
by one Paramanand in Sirhind.
Or. 261.
Foil. 395; 12^ in. by 6^; 21 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Rajab,
A.H. 1118 (A.D. 1706).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton,]
A Persian dictionary.
Author: Muhammad B. Lad, ^^ ^\ ^^^
Beg. jbby* jjSl^ A^ J iji\yX< j^ls^
The author states that he had combined
in his lexicon the entire matter of the Sharaf
Namah (see p. 492 a), and of the Kunyat ut-
Talibln (Blochmann, No. 42), a work of that
most learned master of the science, entitled
Kazishah, ili-«\ i^^^ ^^\ {j^'^'^ SjiW ^^^
Besides the above works he enumerates the
following sources: for Arabic words the
Surah and Taj, and for those of Ears, Samar-
kand, Mavara un-Nahr, Turkistan, etc., Lisan
ush-Shu'ara (No. 46), Adat ul-Fuzala (p.
491 a), Dastur uLAfezil (No. 17), Zufan Guya
(No. 21), Mava'id ul-Fava'id (No. 64), Sharh-
i Makhzan ul-Asrar, Tibb i Haka'ik ul-
Ashya, Farhang i 'Ilmi 'All Begi (Nos. 35
and 37) and Fakhr Kavvas (p. 491 b). A sup-
plement «j;j treats of the numerals, arith-
metical notation, and Persian grammar.
The words are grouped in books (Kitab)
according to the initial letters, and, in each
kitab, in Babs, according to the final letters.
Each Bab is subdivided into three sections
(Easl), containing respectively the Arabic,
Persian, and Turkish words.
The Mu'ayyid ul-Fuzala is described by
Blochmann, 1. c, p. 9, who calls the author
Muhammad B. Shaikh Lad, of Dehli, and
assigns to the work the date of A.H. 925,
without, however, stating his authority. It
is mentioned as a work of great merit in the
preface of Madar ul-Afiizil (p. 496 «). See also
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 132.
The present copy wants the supplement.
Add. 23,575.
Foil. 152; 7i in. by 5 ; 17 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Eabi' IL,
A.H. 1020 (A.D. 1611). [Robekt Taylor.]
A Persian glossary.
Author : Hafiz Aubahi, ,_g^j\ kiU-
Beg. J^_-> jib orU^ J ^J^j ^-aJ ^^Lii
The author, so called from Aubah, a village
near Herat (Mu'jam, vol. i. p. 137), was led
to compile this work by noticing the neglect
into which the ancient poets had fallen in his
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
495
day, because many of the words used by them
had become obsolete. It is dedicated to a Vazir
of Khorasan ^j^^ t-^* y^j, whose proper
name does not appear, and the date of its
completion, A.H. 936, is stated in a versified
chronogram at the end :
From a connection alluded to, in the verse
immediately preceding the above, between the
title of the work and the name of the Vazlr
before mentioned, it becomes probable that
the latter was Habib UUah, apparently the
same to whom the Ijabib us-Siyar is dedicated.
The words are arranged according to the
initial and final letters, and are sometimes
illustrated by poetical quotations.
The Tuhfat ul-Ahbab is quoted in the Far-
hang i Jahanglri and in the Majma' ul Furs.
Bee Blochmann, No. 9, and Melanges Asia-
tiques, vol. ii. p. 439.
Add. 8990.
Foil 97 ; 7 in. by 3 J ; 14 lines, 2 in. long;
written in a small and neat Nestalik, ap-
parently in the 10th century.
The same work.
The latter portion of this copy, foil. 62 —
97, was written in Ispahan, Rajah, A.II.
1226 (A.D. 1811).
Add. 5611.
FoU. 330 ; 14 in. by lOj ; 21 lines, 7^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Zulhijjah,
A.U. 1106 (A.D. 1695).
A dictionary of Persian and Arabic words,
especially intended to explain the figurative
language of the Sufis.
Author: 'Abd ur-Rahim B. Ahmad Sur,
Beg. JJj^ i^ J .x»»- jjo U\ . . . »U s^^
The author desired, as he states in the pre-
face, to free himself of the importunate ques-
tions which his friends, brothers, and sons,
were ever putting to him, as to the meaning
of Sufi phrases. While reading with his son,
Shaikh Shihab, the Divan of Kasim i Anvar,
he found that many words were wanting,
both in the Farhang of Shaikh Ibrahim
Kivam (p. 492 a), and in that of Shaikh Mu-
hammad B. Shaikh Lad (p. 494 a), and was
obliged to look for them in the Surah, the
Tajain, and the Kanz uI-Lughat, all of which,
however, he found also deficient. Tliis induced
him to compile the present dictionary, in
which he omitted for brevity's sake the words
in common use. The contents are arranged in
Babs and Fasls, according to the initial and
final letters. The words of Persian origin
are marked with a wi.
It has been noticed by Blochmann, 1. c,
pp. 9, 10, that the author had been personally
acquainted with the preceding lexicographer,
Muhammad B. Lad, and must consequently
have lived in the tenth century of the Ilijrah.
His work is quoted in the Farhang i Jalian-
giri, written A.H. 1017, under the name of
Farhang i Shaikh 'Abd ur-Bahim Bihari.
The statement of Ilaj. Khal., vol. i. p. 214,
that the Kashf ul-Lughat was written
about A.II. 1060, can therefore be dismissed.
Copies are noticed by Fleischer, Dresden
Catalogue, No. 347, in the Copenhagen Cata-
logue, p. 25, Munich Catalogue, p. 107, and
the Ouseley Collection, No. 390. An edition,
now very rare, was printed in Calcutta, about
1840.
Add. 5612.
Foil. 577 ; 10 in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with ruled mar-
gins, apparently in the 17th century.
[Nath, Bbassey Halued.]
The same work.
496
PERSIAN DICTIONAEIES.
Add. 9993.
Foil. 567 ; 10| in. by 6| ; 18 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century.
The same work, with marginal additions.
The MS. bears a Persian seal with the
name of Henry George Keene, dated 1802.
Add. 15,100 and 15,101.
Two uniform volumes ; foil. 338 and 343 ;
10 in. by 6J ; 18 lines, 5 in. long ; written
in two columns in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century.
The same work.
Add. 6643.
FoU. 522; 12 in. by 8|; 19 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in large Indian Nestalik ; dated
Ba'idpur, Hiigli, Jumada II., A.H. 1185
(A.D. 1771). [J. F. Hull.]
A Persian dictionary.
Author : Ilahdiid FaizI B. Asad ul-'Ulama
All Shir Sirhindi, j-«^ ^^ ^_^aJi [sic'] ^b &i!\
Beg. J\di i3^ j\^\Jls^ J J^jjj ^}jo\i\J\^A
The author, who has been already men-
tioned, p. 253 a, states in the preface, that
he had compiled the Arabic words from the
Surah, Muhazzib ul-Asma, Tiijain and its com-
mentaries, Nisab us-Sibyiln (Blochmann, No.
65), and Kunyat ul-Fityan (No. 43), the Per-
sian words from the Zufan Guya (No. 21),
Adat ul-Fuzala (p. 491 a), Tabakhturi, Hall
i Lughat ush-Shu'ara (Blochmann, p. 7),
Sharaf Namah i Ibrahimi (p. 492 a), and
two modem works, highly praised by the
author, viz., Tuhfat us-Saadat i Sikandari
(p. 493 b), and Mu'ayyid ul-Fuzala (p. 494 a).
The words are arranged according to the
initial and final letters, and are marked with
a f , a uJ , or a c> , according as they are of
Arabic, Persian, or Turkish origin. The
author frequently quotes verses, sometimes
his own. A Khatimah, foil. 514 — 522, treats
of the meanings of single letters in Persian.
The Madar ul-Afazil is extensively noticed
by Blochmann, I.e., pp. 10, 11. The chrono-
gram As- t>iii, or A.H. 1001, which, as stated
there, gives the date of composition, is not
found in the present copy, which, however,
according to the criterion indicated by Bloch-
mann, should be accounted a good MS. See
also Stewart's Catalogue, p. 131, and the
Munich Catalogue, p. 109.
Add. 16,750.
Foil. 497 ; 13| in. by 7| ; 25 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Naskhl ; dated Kakuri,
province of Lakhnan, A.H. 143 (for 1043 =
A.D. 1633-4). [Wm. Yule.]
A Persian lexicon, containing all the
words of Persian origin, with copious poetical
quotations.
Author : Jamfd ud-Din Husain Inju B.
Fakhr ud-Din Hasan, Jl»a. j^^--*. ^^,^\ ji? ^^\.
Beg. CL*^j\ j.\3 Jjl ,_j^ l^Uj ^y J »^\
Mir Jamal ud-Din Inju belonged to a
Sayyid family of Shiraz. Having left his
native city for India, he repaired, after some
stay in the Deccan, to the court of Akbar,
whose service he entered in the thirtieth
year of the reign ( A .H. 993 — 4), and by whom
he was sent to the Deccan, A.H. 1013, to
negociate the marriage of Prince Daniyal
with the daughter of 'Adil Shah. He rose
to high military commands under Jahangir,
who conferred upon him the government of
Bihar, and later on, A.H. 1027, the title of
*Azud ud-Daulah. He was pensioned off
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
497
A.H. 1030, and died some years later in
Agrah. His life, extracted from the Ma*asir
ul-UmarS, is given with a translation by
Blochraann, 1. c, pp. 65 — 70, and Ain i
Akbari, translation, p. 450.
The author says in his preface that, having
from early youth upwards devoted himself
to the study of the poets, he had found many
words and phrases either wanting, or im-
perfectly rendered, in existing dictionaries.
He therefore began to write down for him-
self the rare words which he met with, and
had been for nearly thirty years engaged on
that labour when, having been called in
Zulka'dah, A.H. 1005, to the presence of
Akbar, who tlien held his court in Srinagar,
Kashmir, and had l)een told of the author's
learning, he had received His Majesty's
commands for the compilation of the present
work. The task, however, was not completed
until Akbar had passed away, and been
succeeded by Jaliangir, after whom the
work was named. The date of its com-
pletion, A. II. 1017, is fixed by the chrono-
gram j^^ ^^.■^^ jj> ciLiy ^_^j . Tlic author
revised it, however, to the end of his life.
It is stated in the Tuzuk i Jahangiri, p. 359,
that he presented a copy to Jahiingir in the
18th year of the reign (A.H. 1032).
The preface contains an alphalK>tical list
of forty-four dictionaries or glossaries con-
sulted for the present work. That list has
been reproduced, with some additions, by
Blochmann, I.e., pp. 1 — 7.
An introduction (Muknddimah), divided
into twelve sections (A'in), folL 4 — 18, treats
of the extent of ancient Persia, of the
Persian language and its dialects, the letters
used in Persian, the affixes, suffixes, in-
flections, and the mode of expressing num-
bers with the fingers. The dictionary
proper, foil. 10 — 423, is divided into twenty-
four Bftbs, corresponding to the letters used
in Persian, with this peculiarity, that the
leading letters in the arrangement are in
VOL. II.
the first instance the second of each word, and
then the first. The appendix (Khatimah),
contains the following five special glossaries,
called Dar, and similarly arranged : 1. Meta-
phors and poetical phrases, fol. 423 ft.
2. Compound words, fol. 461 a. 3. Words
containing any of the letters peculiar to
Arabic, fol. 481 a. 4. Zand and Piizand
words, fol. 482 a. 5. Foreign words, mostly
proper names, fol. 489 a.
Copyist : ^y^\i ^ jJj 4III jj«m.
The Farhang i Jahangiri has been litho-
graphed in Lucknow, A.H. 1293. See Bloch-
mann, I.e., pp. 12 — 15, Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 129, Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 24, and
Munich Catalogue, p. 105.
Add. 26,128.
Foil. 606; 92 in. by 0^; 19 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated Rama-
zan, A.H. 1033 (A.D. 1624). [Wm. Erskine.]
The same work, without the Khatimah.
Add. QUb.
FoU. 698 ; lOf in. by 6^ ; 21 lines, 3| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with two
'Unvans and ruled margins; dated Shah-
jahanabad, Ramazan, A.H. 51 {i.e. 1051,
A.D. 1641) ; partly stained and discoloured
by damp. [J. F. Hull.]
The same work.
The copyist, Muhammad Fazil B. Munshi
Musa, says at the end that the MS. from
which this copy was taken had been corrected,
for the main part, by the author's own hand.
Add. 5647.
Foil. 618 ; lOi in. by 7 ; 21 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Naskhi, with gold-ruled
margins; dated Kashmir, Rajab, A. II. 10G5
(A.D. 1655). [Nath. Beassey Haliied.]
The same work.
Copyist : J-*r^ ^Jj'Jr^^ ^**^ »^ ui -^^^
K
498
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
Add. 7682.
FoU. 366 ; 11 in. by 7^ ; 21 lines, 4| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins ; dated Muharram, A.H. 1095
(A.D. 1683). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same work, without the Khatimah.
This . copy was written for the Yazir of
Kandahar by Hasan B. Muhammad.
Add. 16,749.
Foil. 292 ; llj in. by 7^ ; 27 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with ruled mar-
gins; dated Agrah, Rabi' I., A.H. 1090
(A.D. 1679). [Wm. Yule.]
The same work, without the Khatimah.
Add. 25,858.
Foil. 608 ; 12i in. by 7J ; 23 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'llnvfin
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
17th century. [Adam Clarke.]
The same work.
Add. 23,573.
Foil. 464; 12 in. by 6i; 23 lines, 41 in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently about
the close of the 17th century.
[Robert Taylor.]
The same work, wanting the fifth section
of the Appendix.
The latter portion of the volume, foil. 292
— 464, is written by a later hand, and dated
Zulhijjah, A.H. 1195 (A.D. 1781).
Add. 25,859.
Foil. 593; 12^ in. by 7^; 23 lines, 6| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, in two
columns ; dated Calcutta, October, 1815.
[Wm. Cueeton.]
The same work.
This copy was written by Shaikh Asalat
'All Bihari for Captain Thomas Roebuck.
Add. 7681.
Foil. 313; 10 in. by 7; 17 lines, 4 in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Shavval,
A.H. 1057 (A.D. 1647). [Cl. J. Rich.]
A Persian dictionary.
Author : Muhammad Kasim B. Haji Mu-
hammad Kashani, poetically styled Sururi,
iSjjj^ W=^i^ ^^^ li-**^ ^Jr^ ij^ j^^* <^^
Beg. ^^ ^J\^x)\ J j^ jJ-^b ^ ^"^ J^^\
The author is not to be confounded with
another Sururi (Mustafa B. Sha'ban), a com-
mentator of the Gulistan, who lived in
Turkey, and died A.H. 969 (Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 479). He is mentioned by his
townsman and contemporary, Taki ud-Din
Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 26, among the
poets of Kashan. " He was," says Takl, " the
son of a shoemaker, had so prodigious a
memory as to know upwards of thirty thou-
sand verses by heart, and wrote, besides the
present work, a glossary to Nizami and other
poets. Sururi's habitual residence was Isfa-
han, where he was seen by Pietro della
Valle, A.H. 1032 (see Ouseley's Collection,
No. 389). He left it for India, where he
stayed some time, in the reign of Shahjahan,
and died on his way from thence to Mecca.
See Mirat ul-"Alam, fol. 484, and Riyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 217. It will be seen further on
(p. 500 i) that he had reached Lahore as
early as A.H. 1036.
Sururi states in the preface that, after a
diligent study of the classical poets, and an
eager search after Persian glossaries, he had
at last succeeded, A.H. 1008, in collecting
the following sixteen works : Sharaf Namah
i Ahmad Munyari (p. 492 a). Mi yar i Jamali,
by Shams Fakhri (Blochmann, No. 58, Haj.
Khal., vol. vi. p. 640), Tuhfat ul-Ahbab
(p. 494 b), Risalah i Husain Vafa'i (No. 14),
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
499
Risalah i Abu Mansur 'All B. Ahmad Asadi
Tusi (No. 2), Risalab i Mirzii Ibrahim B.
Mirza Shiih Husain Isfahiinl (No. 56), Risalah
i Muhammad Hindushiih (No. 53), Mu'ayyid
ul-Fuzala (p. 494 a), Sharh Saml fil-Asaml i
Maidani (No. 27), Risalah i Abu IJafs
Sughdi (No. 1), Adat ul-FuzaU (p. 491 o),
Jimi' ul-Lughat, in verse, by Niyazi Hijazl
(No. 11), and four other anonymous treatises.
Compiling all these, he condensed their sub-
stance in the present work, eliminating Arabic
and common Persian words, and adding ex-
amples from the poets. The preface con-
cludes with a dedication to Shah 'Abbas
(A.H. 996—1038).
The words are arranged according to their
initial and final letters. A short appendix,
foil. 310 — 313, contains metaphorical phrases,
in alphabetical order.
A full account of the Majma' ul-Furs, or
Farhang i Sururi, more especially of its
second edition, which will be noticed further
on, is given by Blochmann, I.e., pp. 12 and
16—18. See also Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 325,
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 130, Uri, p. 290, the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 101, the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 96, the Munich Cata-
logue, p. 104, and Melanges Asiatiques,
vol. iv. p. 498, vol. V. p. 238.
Add. 26,129.
Foil. 380; 9 J in. by 5^ ; 21 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Rajab,
A.n. 1078 (A.D. 1667). [Wm. Ebsxinb.]
The same work.
Add. 23,574.
Foil. 236; 11 in. by 7; 18 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Muharram,
A.II. 1081 (A.D. 1670). [Robekt Tayloe.J
The same work.
Harleian 111.
Foil. 368 ; 10 in. by 4* ; 25 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Shawal,
A.H. 103 (for 1030, A.D. 1621).
An enlarged edition of the same work.
In a preface prefixed to that of the first
edition, and beginning: jJ'o jx^\ jx^ y,
^JLm. if ^J6s>ji tLfJUx*, the author states that
he had perused in A.H. 1028 (not A.H. 1038,
as stated by Blochmann), the Farhang of the
noble and illustrious Nawab Shah Jamal
.ud-Din Husain Inju (p. 496 ft), brought from
India in that year, and had added some of
its words and observations to his own
dictionary. He had read also in the same
year the Shamil ul-Lnghah, a Persian dic-
tionary explained in Turkish, by Karu-Hisari
(p. 513o), and theTuhfat us-Sa'adat (p. 4*93 6).
He adds that his work having for some time
past been 8ul)mitted to a thorough revision,
the present edition is far more trustworthy, as
well as more complete, than the first.
The following is written on the fly-leaf:
" Sliamel Lagatt, or Persian Dictionary,
written 43 yeeres since, to this yeere 1636."
The writer had evidently taken the defective
date of this copy, 103, to stand for 1003 =
A.D. 1593, a date which, being anterior to
the time of composition, is obviously wrong.
If 103 be meant for 1030, and it does not
appear to admit of any other reading, the
present MS. must have been written two
years after the completion of the second
edition.
Or. 263.
FoU. 476 ; lOJ in. by 5 ; 25 lines, 2% in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently about
A.H. 1036 (A.D. 1626).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Another copy of the enlarged edition.
On the first page is a Persian note stating
that the preface of the second edition, the
k2
500
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
marginal notes, and some poetical pieces by
Sururi, written on the last page, are all in
the author's handwriting. At the bottom of
the last page is actually found the following
somewhat mutilated subscription, which, if
genuine, would show that Sururi had written
the above verses in Lahore, A.H. 1036 :
\j* v__ftlj/«' Ulj l.ri aJLm» JLS' . . . ^j^ "f.^-
OyAT- (i^^
, . . iJJ\ VLe^ys^ . . . j\Lii
Add. 16,751.
Poll. 866 ; lOf in. by 6^ ; 21 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with *Unvan and
ruled margins, apparently in the 17th cen-
tury. [Wm. Ydle.]
A dictionary of the Persian language,
including words borrowed from the Arabic
and other languages.
Author: Muhammad Husain, poetically
styled Burhan, B. Khalaf ut-Tabrizi, (_il^ j^\
^^j^, (.^olj^ \iJf^ <^-*^ iJj^.J1^^
Beg. i\jJ\ jd fj-ij j^ \^\j ^j\
The author states that he had compiled in
the present dictionary the entire substance of
the Parhang i Jahangiri, Majma* ul-Furs of
Sururi, Surmah i Sulaimanl, and Sihah ul-Ad-
viyah by Husain ul-Ansari (No. 24 and 32) , and
that he had, for brevity's sake, omitted poetical
quotations and superfluous matter. He dedi-
cates his work to Sultan 'Abd TJllah Kutub-
shah B.Kutubshah (who reigned in Golconda
from A.H. 1035 to 1083), and fixes the date
of its completion, A.H. 1062, by the following
chronogram, ^U ^J^J) *j\j t-j\:i^
Contents; Nine Pa'idahs, or preliminary
observations, on the Persian language, its
letters, particles, and orthography, fol, 2 b.
Twenty-eight Guftars, comprising the dic-
long;
tionary proper, in which the words are
arranged according to the first, second, and
third letters, as in European dictionaries,
fol. 12 b. Guftar 29, or supplement, con-
taining seventy-one words, mostly foreign
words and proper names, fol. 862 b.
The Burhan i Kati' has been edited by '
Captain Roebuck, Calcutta, 1818, and re-
printed in 1822 and 1834. A Turkish
translation has been printed in Constan-
tinople, A.H. 1214, and in Bulak, A.H. 1251.
It has been entirely incorporated by Prof. J.
A. Vullers into his Lexicon Persico-Latinum.
See Blochmann, 1. c, pp. 18 — 20, Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 435, and the Munich Catalogue,
p. 107.
Add. 26,130.
PoU. 735 ; Hi in. by 7 ; 19 lines, 4| in.
written in Nestalik, with ruled mar-
gins; dated Ramazan, A.H. 1135 (A.D.
1723). [Wm. Erskine.]
The same work.
Add. 7000.
Poll. 843 ; 9 in. by 7 ; about 14 lines, 6^
in. long; written on paper water-marked
1815, and on one side of the leaves only, by
the Rev. John Haddon Hindley, and by him
inscribed : " Historical vocabulary of proper
names of places, countries, and eminent
persons, etc. etc., from the Borhan Katea."
Add. 5555.
Poll. 303 ; 11| in. by 8 ; 21 Hues, 5| in.
long; written in cursive Indian Nestalik;
dated Jumada L, A.H. 1129 (A.D. 1717).
[Charles Hamilton.]
A Persian dictionary.
Author : *Abd ur-Rashld B. 'Abd ul-Ghafur
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
501
uI-Husainl ul-MadanI ut-Tatavi, f^ siJLJ\ ^^
Mulla 'Abd ur-Rascbid, who was bom in
Tattab of a family of Medinab Sayyids, is
known as tbe autbor of an Arabic dictionary,
entitled Muatakhab ul-Lugbat (p. 510 a)
wbieb he dedicated to Sbabjaban A.H. 1046.
He is mentioned in tbe Hamisbah Babar,Oude
Catalogue, p. 122, among tbe poets of that
period. A chronogram which he composed
on the second Julus of Aurangzib shows that
he was still alire in A.H. 1069. See *Ali
Shir, Add. 21,589, fol. 488, who quotes
seyeral of his poetical pieces, and says that
his two works, known as Rashidi *ArabI and
Rashidi PArsl, bear ample testimony to his
profound erudition.
Tbe autbor observes in the preface that
the Farhang i Jahangiri and the Farliang i
Sururi, although the best existing Persian
lexicons, had tbe following four blemishes :
L Prolixity and redundance of poetical quo-
tations. 2. Want of accuracy in defining
the meanings and pronunciation of words.
3. Insertion of Arabic and Turkish words as
Persian. 4. Wrong entries of mis-spelt
words; the last especially observable in
Surun. The present work, he adds, bad for
its object to combine the matter of those
two dictionaries, to eliminate superfluous
quotations, and non-Persian words, and to
supply a more accurate definition of tbe
meaning and spelling of words. Tbe date
of its completion, A.H. 1064, is conveyed by
the chronogram, J^J* i^j^j t^lijjy j'j
An introduction (Mukaddimab), treating
of Persian grammar, occupies foil. 4 a — 13 b.
The dictionary proper, arranged on the same
plan as the Burhan i Kati', fills the rest of
the volume. A KhAtimah, announced in
the preface, is wanting in the present and
other known copies.
Blocbmann speaks very highly of tbe Far-
hang i Rashidi, which he terms the first critical
dictionary, and gives the most important por-
tion of tbe preface in the original with a trans-
lation, I.e., pp. 20 — 24. The same scholar
promoted and superintended the edition of the
work in the Bibliotheca Indica, Calcutta, 1875,
to which is appended a notice on the author.
The Mukaddimab of the Farhang i Rashidi
has been edited by Dr. Splietb under the
title of "Grammaticie Persicse praecepta
ac regulap," Halle, 1846. It is also tbe
foundation of tbe Persian grammar of 'Abd ul-
,Vasi' Hilnsavi. It is mentioned in Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 130.
Add. 7001.
Foil. 193 ; 9 in. by 7i ; about 20 lines ;
written on one side only of paper water-
marked 1814, by J. Haddon Hindley.
A Persian glossary, containing rare words,
proper names, and metaphorical phrases,
without preface, title, or author's name.
Beg. ^jjUajLjlJ '«Jjl-» j,yM J Jo j^ \A)\
It is foimd to consist of extracts from the
Farhang i Rashidi.
Or. 264.
Foil. 152; 9 in. by 5^; 17 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Shikastab-amiz, about the
close of the 18th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A poetical glossary.
Author : Siraj ud-Din 'All, poetically sur-
named Arzu, j_>aljf jj ^T J* j^.ji\ _y«
Beg. c^^jL^ J Li.>U) f^r*f ^^3 •^'**' "^ ^^
Siraj ud-Din 'Ali Khiin, a well-known Per-
sian and Hindustani poet, bom in Akbarabad,
A.H. 1101, traced bis origin to Shaikh Ka-
mal ud-Din, a nephew of the famous saint
502
PERSIAN DICTIONAEIES.
Nasir ud-Din Chiragh i Dihli. He proceeded,
A.H. 1132, to Dehli, where he found a
powerful patron in Mu'taman ud-Daulah
Ishak Khan, and, after him, in his son Najm
ud-Daulah. He made himself conspicuous
by his bold criticisms on Shaikh Hazln,
published in a pamphlet entitled "Tanbih
. ul-Ghiifilin, and wi-ote, A.H. 1164, a Tazkirah
called Majma' un-Nafii'is. In A.H. 1168 he
settled in Lucknow, where he received a pen-
sion from Shuja' ud-Daulah, and died shortly
after, on the 23rd of Rabl* II., A.H. 1169.
His life is found in the Khizanah 'Amirah,
Or. 232. See also Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 132, Garcin de Tassy, Litterature Hindoui,
vol. i. p. 69, and Blochmann, I.e., pp. 25 — 28.
The author states that this work, which
forms, as it were, a second part (Daftar) to
his Siraj ul-Lughah, or glossai-y of the ancient
poets, contains those words and phrases used
by modern poets, which are not found in the
Farhang i Jahangiri, SururT, Bui-han i Kati',
or other dictionaries. They are of two kinds,
viz. : 1. Difficult words, not generally under-
stood in India ; 2. Words or phrases, the
meaning of which is known, but the correct-
ness of which is questioned. Both are given
in one series, alphabetically arranged accord-
ing to the usual plan.
The Siraj ul-Lughah was written A.H.
1147. The date is fixed by a chronogram,
quoted by Blochmann, I.e., p. 26.
The Chiragh i Hidayat is printed in the
margins of the lithographed edition of Ghi-
yag ul-Lughat, published by Naval Kishor
Kanpiir, 1874.
Or. 259.
Foil. 704; 12 in.ly 8; 17 lines, 4f in
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated January,
A.D. 1836. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A dictionary of the words and idioms
used by the Persian poets, aucient and
modem, with copious examples.
Author : Tekcliand Bahar, j\y^ >yi* -
Beg. :i]ji\ j\ ^..J> iS \ji^jJi\i, (jij,U«» j (,>»l^
Rai Tekchand, poetically styled Bahar, was
a Khatri of Dehli. See Gulzar Ibrahim, fol.
29, Garcin de Tassy, Litterature Hindoui,
vol. i. p. 100, and Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 211. Little is known of his life beyond
what he tells us in his preface, two draughts
of which, partly identical, are found in the
present copy, foil. 2 — 4, 6 — 7. From his
childhood to his fifty-third year, which he
had reached at the time of writing, he had
devoted himself to the study of Persian
poets and their idioms, and was indebted for
much of his knowledge to two accomplished
scholars, viz. Maulana Shaikh Abulkhair
Khair UUah, whom he refers to in his work
as (^,jJii,xJ) j^, and Siraj ud-Dln 'Ali Khan
Arzu (see p. 501 6), whom he quotes under the
title of ^^Jiii^' _y-. While engaged on the
compilation of his dictionary, in which he
had spent fifteen (in the second draught
" twenty ") years, he had written a treatise on
letters ^^^^ j>\^ (lithographed in Kanpiir,
A.H. 1267), and another on verbs ^.iUi^Jl y^y
(lithographed in Dehli, A.H. 1272).
The date of completion of the present
work is then expressed by the chronogram Xjb
JU j,i b jV ^rii°* ^i^' *-^- 1152 + 10 = A.H.
1162. The author explains further on his
abridged references to his authorities, namely
the two scholars above mentioned. Shaikh
'All HazTn, the Sinij ul-Lughah (p. 502 6),
Mulhakilt i Burhan i Kati*, and the com-
mentary of Abul-Hasan Farahani upon the
Kasidahs of Anvari. He concludes with an
extensive list of the poets and glossaries from
which the matter of his lexicon is derived.
Of modern works he had used, as stated in
the second draught of the preface, only the
PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
503
Tanbih ul-Ghfifilin, (see p. 502 a), and a Mukh-
tasar by Mir Muhammad Afzal Sabit (died
A.K. 1150 or 1152; Oude Catalogue, p. 150).
But after completing his first edition, he had
had access to the Mustalnhilt ush-Shu'ara of
Varastah, a treatise of Anand Ram Mukhlis
(died A.U. llGt; Oude Catalogue, p. 159),
and another without author's name.
This mention of Varastah's work, which
was not written before A.H. 1180 (see the
next number), gives a date to the second pre-
face. It must have been penned by the
author in that very year, and therefore
shortly before his death.
Between the two draughts above mentioned
is found a preface written by Indarman, who
calls himself a pupil of Tekchand, to an
abridged edition made by him in A.H. 1180,
upon the rough copy left by the author at
his death.
The Bahiir i *Ajam b described by Bloch-
mann as "one of the grandest dictionaries
ever written by one man." His notice on
the author and his works will bo found, 1. c,
pp. 28 — 30. The work has been used by
Thomas Roebuck for his additions to the
Burhun, and by Professor Vullers in his
Lexicon ; see the preface, p. vii. It has been
lithographed in Dchli, 1853, under the title
of ^ jKft OV^^'*'*'. See the Journal of
the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol 22, p. 404,
and Bibliotheca Sprenger., No. 1537.
Or. 262.
Foil. 232 ; 11 in. by Gj ; 19 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Muharram,
A.H. 1245 (A.D. 1829).
[Geo. Wm. Hamiltok.]
I. FoU. 3—203.
,yj^oU^^^-^
A poetical glossary, dealing especially with
words and phrases peculiar to the modern
poets of Iran, with examples.
Author : Varastah, *:i-.).
Beg. t^.i'i*-^ «iAa«. j -Jl^j^ ^j^ ^^ t*-?
Varastah was a native of Lahore. His
original name was, according to the preface
of Roebuck's edition of Burhan Kati', p. 12,
Siyol Koti Mai. His anthology entitled
vi&jUoj vi^ is noticed by Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 146.
The author states in a short preamble that,
finding in existing dictionaries no 8uflB.cient
explanation of poetical phrases, he had been
engaged during fifteen years in collecting the
.materials of this work from linguists of the
bind of Iran, jbi Jij>} J6\i j^bj, and had
begun to write it in tlie year for which the
above title is a chronogram, i.e. A.H. 1180.
Ho then gives a list of the authorities to
which he occasionally refers by abbreviations,
among which is found, besides some known
glossaries, a work entitled JijA j^jUb »jj'^.
the author of which is not named. Varastah's
work follows the usual alphabetical arrange-
ment.
The Mustalahat ush-Shu'ara is mentioned
by Tekchand as one of the works of which
he became possessed after completing the
first edition of the Bahar i 'Ajam. See
Blochmann, I.e., p. 30.
II. FoU. 203—206.
A versified treatise by Jam! (see. p. 17 a),
containing such Arabic words, as by a slight
change in their punctuation assume different
meanings.
Beg. J*?* 3 JJ^ j3V*- Cj^Loj sxo-^ s*)
This tract has bcea edited by Francis
Gladwin in the Persian Moonshee, and by
J. H. Hindley, London, 1811. It has been
printed in Calcutta, 1818, and 1826.
III. Foil. 206—209. A treatise on Izafat,
by Muhammad Sahib Kiidiri, with the
heading : ^W
^J^
^J
ji;
504
PEESIAN DICTIONARIES.
IV. Foil. 211—231.
A versified Arabic Persian vocabulary.
Author : Abu Nasr Farahi, ^\J ^ ^\
Beg. joy j^ ^\ ^./ ^
Badr ud-Din Abu Nasr Farahi wrote,
according to Haj. Khal., vol. ii. p. 559, a
poetical version of the Jami* us-Saghlr of
Shaibam, in A.H. 617. His vocabulary is a
popular school-book, which has been pub-
lished in Calcutta, 1819, and frequently re-
printed in India and in Persia. See Bloch-
mann, 1. c, p. 7, Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 346,
Fleischer, Leipzig Catalogue, p. 333, Fliigel,
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 112, etc.
Or. 260.
FoU. 724 ; llj in. by 6i ; 19 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Safar, A.H.
1258 (A.D. 1842).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A Persian dictionary.
Author: Muhammad Ghiya§ ud-Din B.
Jalal ud-Din B. Sharaf ud-Din, i^'oc- s.^
Beg. J^ j^^y- ^y^ i ^^ J-i) ^y
The author, who describes himself as an
inhabitant of Mustafa-abad, commonly called
Rampur, Parganah of Shahiibad, Lucknow,
states that he had been engaged fourteen
years, in the midst of his avocations as a
teacher, and other literary labours, upon the
compilation of this work, which was com-
pleted A.H. 1242. Its object, he says, is to
explain all the necessary words, whether of
Arabic, Persian, or Turkish origin, as well
as the metaphorical phrases and scientific
terms, which occur in the standard works of
Persian literature commonly read in India.
This is, according to Blochraann, 1. c,
p. 30, eminently " the student's dictionary,"
as the most useful for the reading of classical
authors. It has been printed in 1847 by one
Mir Hasan from a MS. corrected by the author.
A lithographed edition, dated Kanpur, A.D.
1874, contains the Chiriigh i Hidayat in the
margins.
Add. 26,316.
Foil. 32; 10^ in. by 5^; 13 lines, S^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in the 19th cen-
tury.
[Wm. Erskine.J
j^:> CJ^\ L-*i^
A Persian glossary.
Author: Muhammad Sadlk Katib Bahba-
hanl, ^j\(^ t_/o\^ J'^'-«» '^^^
Beg. (_>mL*'i C-o.iiJ^ (jij\::«jj (^jA^-i ;_)«Ia-»
The work takes its name from Jonathan
Duncan, j^^XiJ ^^Ji^ ^J^ «Jj J\ jVjL»< CS^ ^^^
Liiis- jflJ-os- jC)\i (Resident at Benares, 1790
— 4), for whom it was written. The author
remarks in the preface that the people of
Bahbahan, and the husbandmen of Isfahan,
Shushtar, and Dahdasht, had preserved much
ancient Persian in their vernacular, and he
professes to have drawn the contents partly
from the storehouse of his memory, partly
from Persian dictionaries.
There is, however, nothing original in the
work ; it is transcribed, with a change in the
arrangement, from the Farhang i Jahan-
glri. The present copy breaks off at the
word k.LU&-.
Sloane 2743.
Foil. 18; 8i in. by 5f ; about 15 lines, 31
in. long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in
the 17 th century.
A Persian vocabulary.
Beg. cjm>.^j^ iS ^"^^ j \-i«i^ j^^::— j\ii ^\i».\ .i>
It was written, as stated in a short pre-
amble, at the request of a young student
called Nauruz Beg Baghdad!. It consists of
ARABIC-PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
505
two parts, the first of which contains common
Persian words in alphabetical order, without
any interpretation ; the second, Arabic words
explained in Persian.
Arabic-Persian Dictionaries.
Or. 18.
Foil. 112 ; 7 in. by 5 ; 10 lines, 2J in.
long ; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
14th century. [J. L. Renoua&o.J
A dictionary of Arabic verbs, explained in
Persian.
Author : Al-Kazi Abu 'Abd Illah uI-Hu-
sain B. Ahmad uz-Zuzani, 4ll^ xs^ j>\ ^^\
Jjjjjl ^^\ ^ ^^^
Tlie author died A. II. 486 (see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 755).
Beg. iibL4^ J^T ^\yA > iU ^^
The verbs are arranged in several classes,
according to the vowel of the media in the
past and future tenses. Each class is again
subdivided into regular JU*, concave u-ijf^
defective ^ 7\ and reduplicate k_iftLi«,
verbs, the arrangement in each section being
alphabetical, according to the last radical.
The verbs are given under the form of the
Masdar, or verbal noun.
See Fleischer, Leipzig Catalogue, p. 331,
where the contents are specified, Dorn, St.
Petersburg Catalogue, p. 203, the Vienna
Catal(^e, vol. i. p. 105, the Upsala Ca-
talogue, p. 9, and the Munich Catalogue,
p. 111.
Add. 26,133.
Foil. 84; 10 in. by 74; 13 lines, 4 J in.
VOU II.
long; written in Naskhi and Nestalik, ap-
parently in India, early in the 19 th century.
[Wm. Erskine.].
The same work, without the preface.
In spite of some discrepancies, the text
agrees in the main with the preceding copy.
In the subscription the work is termed _\j
Or. 1174.
Foil. 190 ; lOi in. by 7 ; 5 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in large Naskhi, with all the
vowels, dated Rajah, A.H. 864 (A.D. 1460).
[Alexandre Jaba.]
Introduction to the study of Arabic.
Author : Mahmud B. 'Umar uz-Zamakh-
shari, ^/J^-)\j^ ^j> Oy^
Beg. y,U iU^I ^e^ > J-ii i^iJ^ ^& ^
Zamakhshari, the well-known author of
the Kashshaf, was bom in Zakhmashar, a
village of Khwfirazra, A.ll. 467, and died
A.H. 538. See his life and works in Ibn
Khallikan, de Slane's translation, vol. iii.
p. 321.
The author states in the preface that he
had received the commands of the noble
Amir, the Isfahsalfur Baha ud-Din 'Ala ud-
Daulah Abul-Muzaffar Atsuz B. Khwarazm-
shah (who afterwards reigned from A.H.
522 to 551 ; see pp. 475 a, 467 a) to write
for the Amir's library a copy of his work,
Mukaddimat ul-Adab, which had already
been favourably received, and had circulated
far and wide.
The work is divided into five parts (Kism)
as follows : — 1. Nouns. 2. Verbs. 3. Parti-
cles. 4. Inflexion of the nouns. 5. In-
flexion of the verbs. The Preface and the
first two of the above parts have been edited
L
50G
ARABIC-PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
witli an Arabic index by J. G. "Wetzstein,
Leipzig, 1850. See also Ilaj. Khal., vol. vi.
p. 76, Uri, p. 233, Pusey, p. 186, Fleischer,
Leipzig Catalogue, p. 332, the Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. i. p. 96, and the Upsala Cata-
logue, p. 11.
The present copy contains only the preface
and part 1, which gives the nouns (including
adjectives, numerals and pronouns) classed
according to subjects. The contents cor-
respond to pp. 1 — 85 of the lithographed edi-
tion. The Arabic is accompanied through-
out by a Persian and a Turkish version,
written in two separate lines under the text,
by the same hand, but in a smaller character,
and marked with all the vowels. In some
places Greek equivalents have been added.
Copyist : ^> ^bjS ^^ Ji^ ^i L_i-.y. ^^ .i^\
Poll. 184 — 190, written by the same
hand, do not belong to Zamakhshari's work.
They contain tables of the Arabic pronouns
combined with prepositions, Persian pro-
nouns and adverbs, and some Turkish notes
on Persian grammar and on the calendar.
Or. 1175.
Poll. 206; 9| in. by 6f ; 11 lines, 41 in.
long ; written in large Naskhi with vowels,
probably in the 16th century.
[AliEXANDEE JaBA.]
An Arabic vocabulary explained in Persian.
Author : Isma*il B. *Ali B. Ishak, Ji^U-.^
Beg. ^\j^j^\ J ^U«3b (JU ^^_j ^^\ ^ jji
The author, who is not otherwise known,
defines his work, in a short Arabic preamble,
as a compendium which will be to students
an indispensable introduction to a knowledge
of Arabic, and divides it into three parts
(kism) as follows : |»— SJ^ ji'ic\\ ^j J^'Jl j—HJl
Part I., containing the verbal nouns,
fol. 5 a, is subdivided, according to the
various forms of the Masdar, into twenty-
three chapters (Bab), in each of wiiich the
verbs are alphabetically arranged under thfe
first radical. Part ii., fol. 97 «, contains the
nouns arranged under the following heads :
1. parts of the body, 2. crafts and tools,
3. food and drink, 4. animals, 5. heaven and
earth, and, in each class, in alphabetical order.
Part III., fol. 206 a, contains a few particles.
Each word is followed by its Persian
equivalent, written with all the vowels, and
Turkish glosses are added in a smaller
character between the lines. From the
archaic spelling of the Persian, in such
words as ^^s^, t^ib, Si for a^T etc., this
copy appears to have been transcribed from
an early MS.
In a Turkish note on the fly-leaf the writer
ascribes the work to al-Biriini, evidently con-
founding it with the jfi^\ S3U-\j JjJjo mentioned
by Haj. Khal., vol. ii. p. 324.
Add. 26,136.
Foil. 45 ; 12 in. by 7 ; 9 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in fair Nestalik ; apparently in the
17th century. [Wm, Erskine.J
(^Ljua]\
AjAi
A versified Arabic Persian vocabulary (see
p. 504 a).
Add. 26,137.
Foil. 34; 8 in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 2f in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century. [Wm. Erskine.J
The same work, slightly imperfect at the
beginning.
Add. 7435.
Foil. 438; 9| in. by 5^; 23 lines, 3i in.
ARABIC-PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
607
long ; written in Nasklil ; dated Jumada I.,
A.H. 1122 (A.D. 1710). [CI. J. Ricu.J
J^^ ^ J^l
An abridged recension of the Sihfih, or
Arabic Lexicon, of al-Jauhari (see the Arabic
Catalogue, pp. 227, iC7), with the addition
of the Persian equivalent to each word.
Author : Abul-Fazl Muhammad B. *Umar
B. Khulid, called Jamal ul-Kurashi, ^y^^ ^\
Beg. j3V' »'r- ^ ,^^ »V Jjt^^^ ^
After duly praising the original work, the
author states, in an Arabic preface, that
he bad succeeded, after a long search, in dis-
covering at last in the ^ladrasah named after
the Siihib Burhan ud-Dln MasMd, in Kash-
ghar, a corrected copy of the same in four
thick volumes, from which the present
abridgment was made. It was completed,
as stated at the end of some copies, A.H. 681.
According to Tarikh i Rashidi, Add. 24,090,
fol. 2-1$, the author gives in his Additions to
the Surah ~\f>a o'^a^ an account of the
learned men of Balusaghun, and states that
his father was one of the Hufiz, or tra-
ditionists, of that city.
The Suruh has been printed in Calcutta,
1812, and in Lucknow, A.H. 1289. See
also Ilaj. Khal., vol. iv, p. 101, Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 133, Uri, p. 237, and the Ley-
dcn Catalogue, vol. i. p. 101.
Add. 5643.
Foil. 452; 14j in. by 9; 21 lines, 5^ in. long;
written in fair Nestalik ; dated June 1779.
The same work.
It is stated at the end that this copy had
been transcribed from the MS. of Mr. (Sir
Charles) Wilkins, and coUated with the
original.
Add. 26,138.
Foil. 40 ; 8| in. by 5 ; 13 lines, 3i in. long ;
written in Nestalik, apparently in the 17th
century. [Wm. Erskine.]
An Arabic-Persian vocabulary in verse,
arranged, like the Nisab us-Subyan, by order
of subjects.
Beg. ^.Uua!^ cs~**J t^-'-V^^ ^•^ ^ "^
In a short prose preface, the author, who
calls himself j^ j^j Jiii j-& {j^a^^ (^.-^^ sJ^j
^Jo\^^\ (a name bearing a suspicious resem-
blance to that of the celebrated poet Rashid
ud-Din Muhammad B. 'Abd ul-Jalil Vatvat,
who died A.H. 578), says that this work
consists of fifty sections (Kit'ah) and 578
Baits, and that it was intended as an offering
to the library of Mirza Ulugh Beg Chalabi,
son of the Sultan Muhammad [B.J Bayazid
B. Murad B. Urkhan B. 'U§man (i.e. Muham-
mad I., who reigned from A.H. 81G to 824).
An enlarged recension of the same work,
comprising fifty-one Kit'ahs and G50 Baits,
is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. iv. p. 239,
as ascribed to Rashid Vatvat, and dedicated
to Sultan Murad B. Muhammad Khan (A.H.
825—856).
Add. 7440.
Foil. 317 ; lOi in. by 7^; 24 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Naskhi ; dated Shavval,
A.H. 961 (A.D. 1554). [CI. J. Rich.]
An Arabic dictionary explained in Persian.
Author: Muhammad B. 'Abd ul-Khiilik
B. MaVuf, u-»jj/«« (j> jJ^ ^ ii^i A**?
Beg. t\ij\j j\x> (jtj 'i«» J j.*»- oUJjyS'^l^
The author states in the preface that, as a
knowledge of Arabic, the language of the
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508
ARABIC-PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
Coran and the tradition, was incumbent on
all Muslims, and, as the best dictionary, the
Sihah, was written in Arabic, and therefore
available only to Arab readers, he had been
induced to write the present work, containing
the most important words of the language
and all those which occur in the Coran. It
was compiled from the Sihah, Mujmil, Dus-
tur, Masadir, Ikhtiyarat i Badi'i, Lughat ul-
Kur'an, and Sharh i Nisub (see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 469 b). The preface concludes
with a dedication to Sultan Muhammad, and
a eulogy upon his son and heir apparent,
Mirza 'All.
It is stated in the Jahan-Ara, Or. 141, that
the Kanz ul-Lughilt was written for Kar
Giya Sultan Muhammad, who reigned in
Gilan from A.H. 851 to 883. His son,
Kar Giya Mirza *Ali, who succeeded him,
was put to death by his brother A.H. 911.
The latter is the prince to whom a history of
Tabaristan by 'Ali Ruyani was dedicated.
See Sehir-Eddin's Geschichte von Tabaristan,
edited by Dr. Dorn, Vorwort, pp. 9 — 11,
Text, p. 4, and Aly Ben Schems-Ed din's
Chanisches Geschichtswerk, Vorwort, pp.
6—13.
The words are arranged according to the
initial and final letters. The Kanz ul-Lughat
has been lithographed in Persia, A.H. 1283.
See Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 256, Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 135, the St. Petersburg Cata-
logue, p. 202, and the Munich Catalogue,
p. 109.
Add. 23,571.
Poll. 258 ; 111 in. by 8 ; 23 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Muharram,
A.H. 1059 (A.D. 1649). [Robert Taylor.]
The same work.
Add. 23,572.
EoU. 303; 7^ in. by 5; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Veramin,
Rabr II,, A.H. 1111 (A.D. 1699,
[Robert Taylor.]
The same work.
Copyist : i^^^!^ ^IS j-^ j>^^ -^ ^^ u?^
Add. 7443.
Foil. 132 ; 10 in. by 6| ; 15 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in large Naskhi, in the village
of Savukh Balagh, i^ ^j\^ ^»>/; dated
Shavval, A.H. 1076, and Sha'ban, A.H. 1083
(A.D. 1664 and 1672). [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Poll. 1—119.
A vocabulary of Arabic words used in
Persian composition, but not generally under-
stood.
Author: Isma'il B. Lutf-UUah ul-Ba-
kharzi, t^^U)\ i^\ i_ila! ^^ Ji^U-*^
Beg, sT J,j\ ^j^] ^\j:>\ Jp\ ^j31 ^ sj^
The words are arranged, according to the
initials, in eight-and-twenty books (Kitab).
Each book is subdivided into three Babs,
according to the vowel which accompanies
the initial.
This is probably the work mentioned as
Khulasah among the sources of the Tuhfat
us-SaYidat ; see p. 493 b. A copy is noticed
in the Melanges Asiatiques, vol. iii. p. 493.
II. Poll. 120—123. A short alphabetical
vocabulary of difiicult Persian words, without
author's name.
Beg. ftS (_,u^ CajJ cJj*cj3 l1*— jj ii^Mij ^^\
III. Poll. 124—130. A short vocabularv,
giving the Persian equivalents of Arabic
words and phrases used in epistolary com-
position, without alphabetical arrangement.
Beg. «^iiJ\ j^jUxi-I IoIa!^ ^^} »So)jj sio U
ARABIC-PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
509
Add. 16,752.
FoU. 263 ; 11 in. by 6J ; 29 Uues, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik and Shikastah,
apparently in the 18th century.
[Wm. Yule.]
I. FoU. 1—220. Mu'ayyid ul-Fuzala (see
p. 494 a).
An Appendix (Tatimmah), treating of
arithmetical notations and some points of
Persian grammar, foil. 216 b — 220 b, is im-
perfect at the end.
II. Foil. 222—263. KhulAsat ul-Lughat,
the work described in the preceding MS., art. I.
In this copy a short anonymous preamble
has been substituted for the original preface.
Add. 6959.
Foil. 66 ; 7| in. by 6^ ; about twelve lines
a page; written by the Rev. J. Iladdon
nindley on paper water-marked 1806.
Tajnis i Kha^t. by Jaml, the work described
p. 5C^ b, with an English translation and an
alphabetical index.
Add. 5554.
Foil. 368 ; 16^ in. by 9 ; 25 lines, 5^ in.
long; written in fair Nestalik in the first
half of the 17th century.
[Chables Hamilton. J
A large dictionary of the Arabic and
Persian languages.
Author: Aman UUah, entitled Khanah-
Ziid Khan Firuz Jang, son of Mahabat Khan,
entitled Khan-Khanan, SipahsilLir, B. Mir
Muhammad Ghayur, i\j lu^. i_.A>*^ 4I)) ^\^\
Beg. J ;_pjj ijiCjj-Li-j^ »^ ^js^^.Jlt ijyj^
Aman UUah Husaini, son of the famous
Mahabat Khan Zamanah Beg, served with
distinction under Jahangir and Shabjahan.
He obtained the title of Khanahzad Khan,
by which he designates himself in the
present work, together with the post of
Deputy-Governor of Kabul, in the seven-
teenth year of the former's reign (A.H.
1031 — 2); but he is better known under the
title of Khanzaman, which was conferred
upon him at the accession of Shabjahan,
A. II. 1037. He played a prominent part in
the Deccan wars against Sahu, and died as
Governor of the Balaghat, A.H. 1046. He
left a general history, a Majmfi'ah called
Ganj i Badavard (see p. 489 b), and a Diviin
of great merit, in which he takes the poetical
surname of Amani. See Ma'agir ul-Umara,
fol. 180, Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 45, and the
Oude Catalogue, p. 109. The above notices
do not mention either the present dictionary,
or Aman UUah's medical work, Umm ul-llaj
(Egerton 1008).
After dilating upon the merits of the
reigning sovereign, Jahfingir, the author
states that, as the emperor was ever eager
to promote learning, and especially the
science of language, he had conformed witli
his desire by compiling from the most
esteemed works a dictionary comprising all
the important words, either Persian or
Arabic, as well as metaphorical phrases and
medical terms.
The preface is followed by a statement of
the contents of the four parts, termed
'Unsur, of which the work consists, with
some preliminary remarks belonging to each
of them, foil. 2 — 17. In the case of the
second 'Unsur this introduction is of con-
siderable extent. It comprises a Ust of
sources and an account of the Persian
language and grammar, the whole of which
is textually copied without any acknow-
ledgment from the Farhang i Jahangiri, witli
the only difference that the word (jSJb has
510
ARABIC-PERSIAN DICTIONARIES.
been substituted for ijoT in the headings of.
the twelve sections which it comprises. The
latter work having been dedicated to the
same Jahangir less than twenty years before,
this is a remarkably bold plagiarism.
The contents of the four *Unsurs are
stated to be as follows : i. An Arabic dic-
tionary, compiled from the Kamus, Surah,
Kanz ul-Lughat (p. 507 b), Kashf ul-Lughat
(p. 495 a), and some treatises not specified.
II. A Persian dictionary, iii. Metaphorical
phrases, Zend and Pazend words, with some
Turk! and Hindi words, iv. Medical terms.
The first, and only extant, 'Unsur occupies
the rest of the volume, foil. 17 6—358. It
is a very full Arabic dictionary, in which
the spelling of the words is accurately de-
termined and their meanings explained in
Persian. It is divided into Babs and Pasls,
in which the words are arranged according
to their final and initial letters. The margins
are filled with copious additions.
The MS. is endorsed ^il^U OiiJl ^j^.
On the first page is a note stating that it had
come into the possession of Zuhiir ud-DTn Mu-
hammad Shirazi ul-Kurashi, A.H. 1068. At
the end is a seal with the still earlier date
A.H. 1057.
Add. 5556.
Poll. 314; Hi in. by 8 ; 21 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Charles Hamilton.]
A dictionary of Arabic words in common
use, explained in Persian.
Author: 'Abd ur-Rashid ul-Husaini ul-
Madanl ut-Tatavl, tiLs^ ^jj!i,\ ^J-x^ '^j'^ -^
\S^yc ^j::JJ\ (see p. 500 b)
Beg. jlilJ t^ j_/1lU <^liJl* o-^^ J (jii^
The preface contains a long panegyric on
Shahjahan, to whom the work is dedicated,
with versified chronograms composed by the
author for the emperor's birth and accession.
'Abd ur-Rashid states further on that he had
compiled the present work from the most
esteemed lexicons, such as the Kamiis, the
Sihclh, and the Surah, and he enumerates *
nine blemishes noticeable in earlier diction-
aries, from which it was exempt.
The date of composition is expressed, in a
versified chronogram found at the end of
the next copies, by the words Jj. j^ ^ i_<.^**
i.e. 1092— 46 = A.H. 1046. The words are
arranged according to the initial and final
letters.
The Muntakhab ul-Lughat, also called
Rashidi 'Arabi, has been frequently printed
in India, Calcutta, 1808, 1816, 1836, Luck-
now, 1835, and A.H. 1286, Bombay, A.H.
1279. See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 135, and
Ouseley's Collection, No. 386.
Add. 6644.
FoU. 330; 9| in. by 6; 19 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with ruled
columns, probably in the 17th century.
[James Grant.]
The same work.
This copy has a lacune extending from the
word jjliaJUi to ftx^Sj.
Egerton 1022.
Poll. 249 ; 14^ in. by 8^; 19 lines, 4| in.
long; written in Shikastah-Amiz ; dated
Paizabad, Zulka'dah, A.H. 1229 (A.D. 1814).
The same work.
Add. 16,753 and 16,754.
Two uniform volumes ; foil. 471 and 392 ;
15^ in. by 9; 29 lines, 5^ in. long; written
in Nestalik, apparently in the latter half of
the 18th century. [Wm. Yule. J
TURKT-PERSIAN VOCABULARIES.
511
A Persian translation of the Ksimus, or
Arabic Thesaurus, of al-Firuzabadl ; see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 469.
Translator: Muhammad Habib UUah,
Beg. ^ Cjj^i*- Kj>if* ttj/^/ cri^ i ^^
After dwelling on the importance of a
knowledge of Arabic, and on the superiority
of the Kamus, in point of comprehensiveness,
to all other dictionaries, Muhammad Habib
Ullah states that in his translation he had fol-
lowed as much as possible the renderings of
the Surah, Kanz ul-Lughat, Taj ul-Masadir,
and Muntakhab ul-Lughat ; that, unlike the
author of the Sunih, he had left no word of
the original untranslated, and, lastly, that he
had added in many cases words or meanings
omitted by the author. This is followed by
a full notice on the life of al-Piruzabudi, ex-
tracted from as-Sakhavi's work, <ui^l >yi^\, and
other sources, and by a detailed explanation,
in the form of questions and answers, of
some difficult points in the method adopted
in the Kiimus.
The transktor says that he had completed
his work in A.H. 1147, a^. j j))^_ *:^ ji
ijy^ »j:*a» J J^ J ; but in a versified chrono-
gram, which immediately follows,
•tr >r*-i J" J'- -rt^J jIj^
he gives a somewhat later date, viz. A.n.
1149. He adds, in conclusion, that, as the
original work had l)een submitted to the in-
spection of Timur, it was meet that its trans-
lation should be honoured by a glance of the
best of his descendants, the reigning em-
peror, Muhammad Sluih Padishah Qhnzi.
An earlier Persian translation of the Ka-
mus, by 'Alxl ur-Kahman B. tlusain, A.D.
1618 (A.H. 1027), is mentioned in Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 134.
Add. 16,755.
Foil. 687 ; lOJ in. by 6 ; 20 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in cursive Indian Nestalik,
apparently in the 18th century.
[Wsr. TuLE.J
The first volume of the preceding work,
ending with the letter )b.
Turki-Persian Vocabularies.
Add. QQ4.Q.
#
FoU. 52 ; 8J in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century. [James Grant.]
A Turki (Oriental Turkish) vocabulary,
explained in Persian.
Author : Fazl Ullah Khan, ^J^ <il\ J^
Beg. p*P J (-^ ^\ i%jt> *i)\ ^^Wr'
The author designates himself as a cousin
ijlj^of Saif Khan, of the lineage of Chaku,
and one whose forefathers had been attached
for fourteen generations to the service of the
house of Tlmur. He states that he had
written this work by order of the reigning
emperor (Aurangzlb), and for the use of the
Shahzadah.
Saif ud-Din Mahraild, commonly called
Fakir Ullah, was the second son of Tarbiyat
Khan, who came from Turan to India, and
became Bakhshi of Shahjahiin. He was a de-
scendant of Amir Chaku, one of the Amirs
of Timur. Having deserted the imperial
army under Rajah Jaswant, to pass into the
ranks of the rebel Aurangzlb (A.H. 1068),
he was rewarded by the latter with the title
of Saif Khan, and appointed successively
governor of Dehli, of Kashmir, and Bihar.
He died as governor of Ilahabad, A.ll.
1095. See Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 50, and
Ma'a^ir ul-Umarii, fol. 312.
Contents : Introduction, treating of Turk!
suffixes, fol. 2 a. Bab i. Verbs, arranged
512
TURKI-PERSIAN VOCABULARIES.
according to the first letters, fol. 5 b. Bab
II. Nouns, arranged according to the initial
and final letters, fol. 12 J. Bab in. Miscel-
laneous words, viz. numerals, parts of the
human body, names of animals, of Turkish
tribes, etc.
The work has been printed, at the request
of Sir Wm. Ouseley, with an improved
arrangement and some additions, hj *Abd
ur-Eahim, Calcutta, A.H. 1240.
Add. 16,759. •
Foil. 94; 9i in. by 5J; 9 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in large Nestalik, with *Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, in the 18th century.
[Wm. Yule.]
&-^3 oli5 ^jlo ^_y &^ Mi
A Turki vocabulary and grammar, ex-
plained in Persian.
Author: KhwHjah Tayyib Bukharl Nak-
shabandl, j^jJa-lSJ tj^jlis ^-»i^ *»-l>»-
Beg. j\j\^i\ ^j^jjLoj ^j\s^\ j^jjl «/ ijs.^
A preface, written partly in Persian, partly
in Arabic, and partly in Turki, the last two
with interlinear Persian version, contains a
panegyric, in prose and verse, on the reign-
ing emperor, Nasir ud-Din Muhammad Shah
Padishah Ghazi (A.H. 1131-1161), to whom
the work is dedicated.
The treatise is divided into fifty chapters
(Fasl) and an appendix (Khatimah). The
first twenty-five chapters, fol. 14 &, contain
Turki words classed according to subjects,
with the Persian equivalent written under
each. The last twenty-five, fol. 35 b, treat of
Turk! grammar. The Khatimah, fol. 85 b,
contains a hundred moral sentences ascribed
to Turkish Shaikhs, with interlinear Persian
version.
Egerton 1021.
Foil. 495 ; 10^ in. by 61 ; 16 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in In-
dia, in the 17th century.
A vocabulary of Turki verbs, explained in
Persian, imperfect at beginning and end.
The verbs are arranged in alphabetical
order. Each verb is completely conjugated
in tabular form, and constitutes a Fasl, occu- '
pying two pages. The Persian equivalent
is written under each inflexion.
The MS. begins in the middle of the verb
jU .jjT, the twelfth Fasl, and breaks off
in the first line of the verb
J^.-
Or. 404.
Foil. 110 ; Hi in. by 6 ; 17 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, dated Piith (Dis-
trict of Mirath), Eabi' I. A.H. 1253 (A.D.
1837). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
I. Foil. 9 — 27. A Turki grammar ex-
plained in Persian, entitled in the subscrip-
tion ^J> Jo^.
Author : 'Ashur Beg, son of Niyaz Beg B.
Dust Beg, ^J-i\ CA-^ jl^i Jj lLL-j jj^'*
Beg. ^U3\ «5 Jas>^j j^l-J^l j^ ^i)l <»U sj}
The author says in a short preamble that
he had written this short manual at the re-
quest of some students desirous of learning
the colloquial Turki.
II. Foil. 28 — 68. Familiar dialogues in
Turki and Persian, entitled in the subscrip-
tion cL]y>!s)\ ijj^ ^'^^
Beg. ^^-xoUtii ^b jjy \-^^ji J^ ^^W j'^ J-^
They were written, as stated at the begin-
ning, for the use of the author's pupil,
Navvab Mir Muhsin Khan, who, although
acquainted with the vocabulary, was not able
to speak the language.
III. Foil. 69—79. Fragment of a Turki
poem in Ma§navi rhyme, the hero of which
is Human B. Kaifiir.
PERSIAN-TURKISH DICTIONARIES.
513
IV. Foil. 80— 92.
A Turki-Persian vocabulary.
Beg. J ti^^ >\^i^ *u-*\ ^uj J ^Jb
It is divided into nine Fasls, under the
following heads: 1. Heaven and earth.
2. State. 3. Arts and trades. 4. Names of
relationship. 5. Parts of the body. 6. War
and arras. 7. Names of animals. 8. Mis-
cellaneous words. 9. Numerals. In each
of the above sections the words are in alpha-
betical order.
V. FoU. 93—110.
A versified Turki-Persian vocabulary.
Author : Ealimat Ullah, commonly called
Kliwitjah Piidislmh, son of Khwajah Rahmat
Ullah B. Khwajah Ni*mat UUah.^^^ ^\ i^
^?- i!;*'^- J;J ^ »Jf?- J Uf/S J ia*3^
It was written, as stated in a prose pre-
hfXt by desire of a prince of royaJ blood,
Mirza Ku^b ud-Din, and consists of 274 dis-
tichs.
The Turk] words are marked with a c^
written over them in red ink, their Persian
renderings with ,_».
Pertian-Turkish Didionariei.
Add. 7684.
Fon. 110; 9 J in. by 7 ; 9 lines, 4 in. long;
written in Nestalik, apparently in the 17th
century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A Persian-Turkish dictionary.
Author : Al-?jira-yi?ari, ^jj^-of \^\
VOL. II.
Beg.
]i^^ J J* ^ ^"^j ^ ^
The words are arranged in Babs according
to the final letters, and in sub-sections
called Nau* according to the initials. The
latter are again sub-divided according to the
vowel of the initial. The Turkish equiva-
lent is written in a smaller character above
each word.
In a copy described by Aumer, Munich
Catalogue, p. 117, the author is called Ha-
san B. Husain Imad, of Karfi-^isar, and
the work dedicated to Sultan Bayazid B.
Muhammad B. Murid, who reigned from
A.H. 887 to 918. The Lughat iKara-Hisari is
one of the sources of Ni*mat Ullah (p. 514 J),
and of the second edition of Sururl (p. 499 b).
The present copy wants a few lines at the
end. On the first page is a note stating that
the writer had purchased the MS. A.H.
1134 (A.D. 1722).
Harl. 5494.
Foil. 49 ; 8 in. by 52 ; 7 lines about 3^ in.
long; written in Naskhi, with all vowels,
A.H. 10G2 (A.D. 1652).
A Persian-Turkish vocabulary, in Magnavl
verse.
Author : Shahidi, ^^jili.
Beg. ^^y J ^ J
Ub . Lo , ,2ti
j->^r^
■a
The author, who describes himself as a
Maulavi, and a native of Maghlah in the
province of Mantasha, states in a poetical
prologue that he had written this vocabulary
in imitation of the Tuhfah i Husami, which
he had read in his childhood with his father
Ehuda'i, and by the help of which he had been
able to understand the Ma§navi without a
master.
Shahidi, whose proper name was Ibrahim,
H
514
PERSIAN-TURKISH DICTIONARIES.
son of Khuda'i Dadah, lived in Brusa, as
Shaikh of the Maulavis. He is the author
of several Magnavis and a Divan. He died
A.H. 957. See Hammer, Geschichte der Os-
manischen Dichtkunst, vol. ii. p. 258.
The date of composition is fixed at the
end, fol. 48 a, hy the following chronogram :
which gives A.H. 920. This disposes of the
attempted identification of the author with
another Shahidl, 'Abd ul-'Aziz ChalabT, who
died A.H. 1021. See the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 428, the Gotha Catalogue,
p. 39, and the Munich Catalogue, p. 39.
The Lughat i Shahidi, as the work is
commonly called, is a popular school-book,
on which several commentaries have been
written. See Haj. Khal., vol. vi. pp. 698 — 9.
It has been described by Fleischer, Dresden
Catalogue, No. 221, Krafft, No. 22, and
Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 135.
In a portion of the present copy, foil. 6 — 31,
English equivalents have been written under
the text in a hand- writing of the I7th cen-
tury. On' the first page is written "Brian
Braxton his Book, 1652."
Other copies will be described in the
Turkish Catalogue.
Add. 7887.
Foil. 79 ; 7 in. by 4 ; 23 lines, 2| in. long ;
written in small Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—71.
A treatise on the distinctions existing
between Persian synonyms, explained in
Turkish, and illustrated by numerous quo-
tations from the standard poets.
Beg. i^ e^\JL^ ^ ij]^ o-WJ' ^ o^V*
The work is dedicated in a short preamble
to Ibrahim Pasha, the Vazir of Sulaiman.
The author, not named in this copy, is,
according to Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 232,
Ahmad B. Sulaiman, called Ibn Kamal
Pasha.
This celebrated poet, philologer, and his-
torian, son of a Pasha of the time of Muham- ^
mad II., accompanied Sultan Salim, as Kiizi
'Askar, in the conquest of Egypt, and was
promoted under Sulaiman to the dignity of
Mufti. He died in Constantinople, A.H.
940 (not 941, as stated by Hammer). The
date is fixed by contemporary chronograms,
as^j^' Ol« and s^a-\ |»liU \j>». See Hammer,
Geschichte der Osmanischen Dichtkunst,
vol. ii. pp. 205—211.
The work has been subsequently arranged
in alphabetical order, under the title of c-*-y
jjli'^1 ; see Haj. Khal. vol. iii. p. 232, and the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 133. An abstract
of the contents has been given by Hammer,
Mines de I'Orient, vol. iii. p. 47. See also
the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i. p. 99, Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 130, and Upsala Cata-
logue, p. 19.
II. Foil. 72—79.
^^
tjHi] ».iUi,
An Arabic tract on the alteration of foreign
words introduced into Arabic, by the same
author.
Add. 7680.
Foil. 236; 8| in. by 5|; 21 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
18th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A Persian dictionary explained in Turkish.
Author : Ni'mat Ullah B. Ahmad B. Kazi
Mubarak ur-RQmi, ^jo^ j>, .v^^ ^j> aJJl c*^
Beg. (.iJJlo ^,1 (jwUrt\ b JJm j tj-Ui" ^ .>-»».
The work is called in the subscription
PERSIAN-TURKISH DICTIONARIES.
515
«11\ L«iiJ Hi. Haj. Khal., who mentions it
under »ii\ t^, vol. vi. p. 362, states that the
author died A.H. 969.
It was compiled, as stated in the preface,
from the following works : 1. Uknum i *Ajam
(a Persian Turkish Lexicon ; see Uri, p. 291,
No. 108). 2. Kasimah i Lutf Ullah Hallmi
(Haj. Khal. reads fcj\j; sec vol. iv. p. 503.
The author died A.H. 928 ; see the Peters-
burg Catalogue, p. 431). 3. Vasilah i Makit-
sid (written by Maulavi Rustam about A.H.
903 ; see the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 197).
4.Lughat i Kara-ijiisarl (see p. 513a). 5. Sihah
i 'Ajam, in two recensions, one early and
short, the other later and enlarged (by Hindu-
shah Naklijavani; sec Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 91,
and the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i. p. 100).
The author adds that he had explained
every word, even the most usual, as he was
writing for ordinary readers, ^_y^\^\ J^ ^^b
The work is divided into the three fol-
lowing parts (Kism) : — i. Verbs, fol. 3 a.
II. Particles and flexion, fol. 17 a. in.
Nouns, fol. 22 b. In the first and third of
the above parts the words are alphabetically
arranged in Babs according to the initials.
Each Bab is sulxlividcd into three sections
according to the accompanying voweL
The Lugbat i Ni*mat Ullah has been de-
scribed by Fleischer, Dresden Catalogue,
No. 182, and by Dom, Petersburg Cata-
logue, p. 427. See also the Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. i. pp. 132, 137, and the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 101.
Add. 7679.
Foil. 176; 8i in. by 5^; 19 lines, 3| in.
long; ^vritten in neat Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
Another recension of the preceding work,
with a somewhat different preface, in which
the enumeration of the sources is omitted.
In the body of the work, the main difference
appears to consist in the absence of numerous
poetical quotations, especially from Shams
Fakhri, which are found in the precedinc
copy.
Add. 7686.
FoU. 197; 8 in. by 5|; 7 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The same work abridged, and written in
tabular form.
This copy wanfs the preface, the latter
part of Kism i., and the whole of Kism ii.,
but the last lines.
Add. 7687.
FoU. 21 ; 8i in. by 5^; 23 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in small Naskhi, about the
beginning of the 19th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
cr^
iSL4
A versified vocabulary containing the most
usual Persian words explained in Turkish.
Author: Vahbi Sunbul-Zadah, jjl: Jjju-^jb
Beg. fcity f/j\ ^ ^ j^
»i\e ^^Jli ^yvo cllj\ t^
The author, whose proper name was Mu-
hammad B. Rashid, left his native town,
Mar'ash, for Constantinople, and was sent
by Sultan 'Abd ul-Hamid on an embassy to
the Persian court. He has left a Divan
which was completed A. H. 1222. See
Hammer, Geschichtc der Osmanischen Dicht-
kunst, vol. iv. pp. 554 — 73.
It appears, from a prologue in Turkish
verse, that he wrote the present work, after
a long residence in Persia, and especially in
Shiraz, for his son Lutf Ullah, and dedicated
it to the Grand Vazir Ibrahim Pasha.
The date of composition is expressed in a
M 2
316
MISCELLANEOUS DICTIONAEIES.
versified chronogram at the end by the line,
which gives A.H. 1196.
The Tuhfah i Vahbi has been printed in
Constantinople, A.H. 1213, and has been
often reprinted there and at Bulak. See
Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 143.
Miscellaneous Dictionaries.
Add. 18,889.
Poll. 71 ; 9i in. by 6 ; 13 lines, 4 in. long ;
written in fair Nestalik ; dated Nagpur,
Rabi' I., A.H. 1215 (A.D. 1800).
A Hindustani glossary, alphabetically
arranged, in which the words and phrases
used by the Eekhtah poets of Dehli, and
imperfectly understood in other parts of
India, are explained in Persian, and illus-
trated with copious quotations.
Author : Mirza Jan, poetically surnamed
Tapish, (jS^W w^ i^V ^jy
Beg. \i^J^\ ij^J » liT^y ^ ij^ C^jJu>- kXx»a2f ,jjo
Muhammad Isma'il, familiarly called Mirza
Jan, of Dehli, was the son of a native of
Bukhara, and a descendant of Sayyid Jalfd
ud-Din Bukhara. He began life as a soldier,
and was attached to the service of prince
Jahandar Shah. He lived later in Mur-
shidabad and Calcutta, and acquired some
fame as a Hindustani poet. In the Divan i
Jahan, written by Beni Narayan A.D. 1814
(A.H. 1229), he is mentioned as still alive.
See Garcin de Tassy, Histoire de la Littdra-
ture Hindoui, vol. i. p. 602, and Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 297.
The author states in the preface that he
had written the present work in Murshidabad,
A.H. 1208, at the request of Navvub Amir
ul-Mulk Shams ud-Daulah Ahmad 'Ali Khan
Bahadur Zulfa^ar Jang.
Royal 16, B. in.
Poll. 23; 12| in. by 8 ; a volume of
miscellaneous contents. [Thomas Hyde.]
Foil. 7—9 ; 12 in. by 7i ; about 33 lines,
4^ in. long; written by a European hand,
apparently in the 17th century.
A short rhymed vocabulary, containing
familiar Arabic and Persian words and short
sentences, explained in Hindustani.
Beg. j\j/ \j> ^\ j^lj J^r* ^J^ J^
It is commonly called, from its beginning,
Khalik Bari, and is ascribed by popular
tradition to Amir Khusrau. It has been
lithographed in Lucknow. See Sprenger,
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,
vol. xxi. p. 519, and Biblioth. Sprenger.,
No. 1003.
Royal 16, B. xiii.
FoU. 41 ; lOi in. by 6i ; 18 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in Nestalik, on English paper,
in the 17th century. [Thomas Hyde.]
I. Foil. 2 — 32. An alphabetical vocabu-
lary containing Persian verbs conjugated
through their main forms, with the Hindu-
stani equivalent written under each.
Beg. iXeT 0*^^ '^Ji_^ 'V.^ i'^^ i:}!^'
It is called in the subscription ^^j^T u-»ljii
II. Foil. 33—41. A list of common Per-
sian words arranged by order of subjects,
with interlinear Hindustani translation.
Add. 5661, A.
FoU. 50; 9i in. by 6; 13—15 lines;
written in two columns, in the 18th cen-
tury. [N. B. Halhed.]
A Bengali-Persian vocabulary, arranged
according to the Sanscrit alphabet.
MISCELLANEOUS DICTIONARIES.
517
Or. 399.
FoU. 274; lOJ in. by 6^; 17 Unes, 3| in.
long; wTitten in Nestalik; dated Rajab,
A.H. 1234 (A.D. 1819).
[Geo, Wm. Hamilton.]
A Hindustani Pushtu dictionary, explained
in Persian.
Author: Hahyar, son of IJLa&z ul-Mulk
^&fiz Ra^mat Khan Bahadur, k»U. J^ j\x^\
Beg. ij\ij-^ v'^- v>i'-J!-» J«J • • . *U J-^^
The author, a son of the celebrated Rohilla
chief, Hiifiz Rahmat (see p. 212 b), states in
the preface, that, by constant intercourse
with the Afghans who flocked to India during
his father's rule, he had acquired a familiar
acquaintance with the language. At the
death of Hiifiz Rahmat in A.H. 1188, the
Afghans were scattered far and wide. After
being oontined with his brother, during
eight months, in Ilahabad, he was released,
upon the death of Shuja' ud-Daulah, and
repaired to Lucknow. Three years later he
settled with his younger brothers, who knew
the language but imperfectly, in Bareli ;
and, although he frequently visited his elder
brother, Narrab Mahabbat Khan, in Luck-
now, he had lost, from want of practice,
much of liis native tongue. When, however,
Mahabbat Khdn, who was the head of the
family, died in A.H 1223, the author, seeking
some occupation to divert his mind in his
bereavement, began collecting all he could
remember of the language, and compiled the
present work, in order to preserve to his
children and other Afghans growing up in
India the precious heirloom of the national
speech. He adds that the work represents
mainly the dialect of the Sarahban tribe, to
which he belonged.
Several versified chronograms, by the
author's son Muhammad Ibrahim Khan and
others, give A.H. 1228 as the date of com-
pletion.
The work is divided into an introduction
treating of Pushtu grammar, fol. 4 b, and
twenty-eight Biibs, which form the dictionary
proper, and begin at fol. 11 b.
The Hindustani and Pushtu words, dis-
tinguished by the letters > and c-> written
over each, are combined into one alphabet,
and arranged according to the first and
second letters. The Persian and Arabic
equivalent is added to each, and all the
Pushtu words are spelt at full length.
The present work has been mentioned by
Major Raverty in his " Remarks on the Origin
of the Afghans," Journal of the Asiatic
Society of Bengal, vol. 23, p. 571. Another
Afghan grammar and dictionary, entitled
Riyaz ul-Mahabbat, was written A.H. 1221,
for Sir Ch. Barlow, by the author's brother,
Mahabbat Khan. See Sprenger, Zeitschrift
der D. M. G., vol. xvi. p. 785, and Dr. Dorn's
Afghan Grammar. The contents of botii
works have been incorporated by Major
Raverty in his " Dictionary of the Pukhto,"
London, 1860 ; see the preface, p. 21.
Add. 12,266.
Foil. 488; 15 in. by 9i; 15 lines in a
page ; written in Nestalik, on English paper,
about the close of the 18th century.
A Persian- Maghi dictionary.
Maghi, (^yt^, is the language of the Maghs,
or inhabitants of Arracan. The Persian
words are taken, with their explanations,
fipom the Farhang i Jahangiri, the arrange-
ment of which is generally preserved. The
IMaghi words are written opposite, both in
the original (Burmese), and in the Persian
character.
An " Ex-Libris " on the cover shows that
the MS. belonged to John Murray, after-
518
MISCELLANEOUS DICTIONARIES.
Avards Sir John M'Gregor Murray, Bart.,
who attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
in the East-India Company's service in
1787. See above, p. 409, note.
Harleian 342.
Foil, .90 ; 9f in. by 6^ ; about 20 lines ;
written by a European hand, in the 16th
century.
I. Poll. 3— 72. An alphabetical English-
Persian vocabulary, giving, in three columns,
the English words, and the Persian equiva-
lents in both the English and original charac-
ters, with some remarks on the Persian verb.
At the end is written ; '• John Banggam
his Booke."
II. Poll. 73 — 78. Some Persian verbs fully
conjugated, with the English equivalents.
IIL EoU. 79—86. An English-Persian
vocabulary, arranged by order of matters, in
three columns. Most of the spaces reserved
for Persian equivalents have been left blank.
IV. Foil. 87—89. The Lord's prayer in
Persian, in the English and original cha-
racters. The same in Hindustani, in the
English character.
Sloane 2924.
Foil. 123. Miscellaneous papers by En-
gelbert Kampfer. The following is Persian : —
Foil. 1—41; 6f in. by 4i ; 18 lines. A
Persian vocabulary, written by Kampfer
(probably A.D. 1684 — 8), containing fami-
liar words and short sentences, arranged by
order of subjects, in the original character
and Latin transcription, with the German or
Latin equivalents.
Sloane 2919.
Foil. 87 ; 8f in. by 5 ; from 21 to 23 lines ;
written by Engelbert Kampfer, about the
close of the 17th century.
" Het ontwerp van de Persianse Nomen-
clatour."
A Dutch-Persian vocabulary, arranged by
subjects. It is written in three columns,
containing the Dutch, the Persian, and the
Dutch transcription of the latter. Some
classes have been left unfinished. At the *
end are some notes on Persian grammar,
foU. 79—87.
Or. 443.
Foil. 597; 13 in. by S^; from 20 to 23
lines ; written in fair Nestalik, by a Eu-
ropean hand, about A.D. 1785.
[Bequeathed by Mrs. L. Roberts.]
" Specimen of a Vocabulary, Persian and
English, compiled by [Major] E. E. E[oberts],
comprising at least six thousand words,
which do not appear in any printed dictio-
naries, and numerous additional senses,'' etc.
The character of the work may be judged
from the following specimen, taken from the
beginning : —
bl Abhorrence, aversion, ancestors, fathers,
broth, refusal, denial, with.
^^\^\ Bodies ; fit, proper.
Prefixed is an autograph letter written by
Sir Wm. Jones to Major Roberts, Khanpur,
and dated, Hugli, 26 Oct., 1785, informing
him that his supplement to the Persian
dictionaries had been communicated by the
writer to the Asiatic Society at Calcutta, and
encouraging him to continue his labours.
Roger E. Roberts, who had entered the
East India Company's service in 1767,
attained the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel in
1794, and retired in 1797. He held for some
time the office of Persian interpreter to the
governor of Bengal. See the Journal of the
Royal Asiatic Society, vol. xiii. p. 115.
Add. 6999.
Foil. 518; 9 in. by 7^; loosely written by
PERSIAN GRAMMAR.
619
the Rev. John Haddon Hindley, on paper
water-marked 1815.
"Historical Vocabulary, from Richard-
son's Dictionary " (also from Castellus and
Meninski), containing proper names of men
and places in Persian, with English explana-
tions ; to which are added some extracts
from Abulfaraj, Pecocke, etc. in Latin and
Arabic.
Persian Grammar.
Add. 7691.
FoU. Ill ; 8 J in. by 5^ ; 12 Unes, 3^ in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
ornamental headings, and gold-ruled mar-
gins, probably about the close of the 17th
oentxiry. fCl. J. Ricn.]
A treatise on orthoepy and penmanship,
without title.
Author: Abul-Kasim B. Muhammad Riza,
Majlis-Navis i Nafiri, V^ a^ ^^ *-.tS31 y<
gf>H»i u-iy w^
Beg. Ue^ Uj^S ^^ ., ..V-.J ^Jji\ aJ j^'
The author, who calls himself a bom servant
of the Shah, states that his grandfather, his
paternal uncle, and his father, having seve-
rally written books on surnames, on the rules of
letter-writing, and on poetry, j i_.*l21 t_jlj .^
jmii y \±i\ Lyb\, he had chosen for his subject
in the present treatise orthography, the rules
of correct diction, and penmanship.
It is divided into a Mukaddimah and four
Makalahs, as follows: — Mukaddimah. Letters
proper to Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, fol.
2 b. Mal^alah i., in two Babs, viz. ortho-
graphy ^\, and rules of correct speech jp^yi
sjj^-i^ in Persian, fol. 4 h. Makalah n.
Orthography and rules of correct speech in
Turkish, fol. 38 h. Although this section
deals principally with Oriental Turkish, or,
as it is called here, Jaghatai, the forms of
the Kizilbashi and Rfimi dialects are fre-
quently noticed. Makalah m., in three
Babs: 1. Meanings of the single letters,
according to the teaching of the Imams,
fol. 49 6. 2. Arabic orthography, fol. 62 a.
3. Rules of correct speech in Arabic, fol. 76 a.
Makalah iv. On penmanship, in eight Babs,
viz.: 1. Creation of the kalam, fol. 86 6.
2. Invention of the art of writing, fol. 87 h.
3. Writing implements, fol. 90 a. 4. Various
writings and characters, fol. 95 a. (The latest
of the celebrated penmen here mentioned is
Mir 'Imad).' 5. How to cut the kalam, fol.
99 a. 6. How to teach and practice pen-
manship, fol. 102 J. 7. Ligature and pro-
portion of the letters ^^/ ^ •— *iO' ^''^' ^^^ ^•
8. How to correct writing, fol. 109 A.
In a Persian note written on the first
page, and dated A.H. 1117, the writer calls
this work Ijj '*J^;» ^'^d appears to take
"Davarin" as meaning scribes (Davarr:
Dabir ?), for he adds a wish that the work may
prove useful to the eminent scribes of the
period, j\fjjj ,t^^ ^bUi ^^j^i^
Egerton 1023.
Foil. 94 ; lOj in. by 6| ; 19 lines, 4i in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in the latter half
of the 18th century.
A treatise on Persian grammar and prosody.
Author: Muhammad Kuli, poetically sur-
named Muhibb, t_^><^ uali**'' JS o,^
Beg. ^J^jt\ iJl**ji J i_a->W> i^^^-Ji ^^l^jl^j
• Mir 'Imad of ]^azvin, a Nestalik writer of great
repute, lived in Ispahan under Shah Abbas I. (A.H.
986 — 1038). He was assassinated at the instigation of
the Shah, to whom he was hateful as a Sunni, and had
given personal offence. See Riyaf nsh-Shu'ara, fol. 312,
and Oude Catalogue, p. S9.
520
PERSIAN GRAMMAR.
The author states that he had compiled
this treatise, at the request of some friends,
from the standard works of the masters,
adding the results of his own observation, so
that it might facilitate the study to beginners,
and be also useful to proficient scholars. He
completed it, as stated in a rhymed epilogue,
at the beginning of the reign of Shah 'Alam,
and in the year expressed by the words
^\j^ yy\5, i.e. A.H. 1174.
It is divided into six books (MakSlah), as
follows : I. Letters and parts of speech, fol.
4 b. II. Various forms of the infinitive, and
formation of the past and future, fol. 6 b.
m. Conjugation, fol. 13 h. iv. Meanings
of the detached letters, and their permuta-
tion, fol. 19 h. V. Syntax and derivation,
fol. 36 a. VI. Containing two Babs, viz.,
1. Prosody, u^ji/^j fol- 45 a. 2. Rhymej
fol. 84 a.
On the first page is a note written by a
former owner, Ahmad 'All Khan, who states
that he had been long searching for that mre
and excellent work. He calls the author
Muhammad Kuli Khan.
Add. 25,863.
Foil. 134; 8| in. by 6; 13 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Rabl' I.,
A.H. 1229 (A.D. 1814). [Wm. Cuketon.]
The same work.
Add. 10,462.
Foil. 77; 9 in. by 7i; 10 lines, 3| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, on English
paper; dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1243 (A.D. 1828).
A treatise on Persian grammar, illustrated
with numerous quotations from the poets.
Author : Safdar 'Ali, ^ jjixs
Beg. &i' ^i^yji \i.s^ ■^.-i J^ J A^ '^■■*^
The author wrote it, as stated in the pre-
face, for the use of his pupil, Mirzii Muham-
mad Nasir, son of 'All Beg Khan Sahib, in
whose honour he gave it the above title.
It is divided into five Babs, as follows :
I. Construction of Persian nouns, Izafat, and
composition, fol. 2 b. ii. Pronouns, de- »
tached and attached, fol. 9S. m. Prefixed
particles, fol. 25 a. iv. Affixed particles,
fol. 44 b. V. Figures of speech, fol. 55 b.
Add. 8914.
Foil. 77 ; 7 in. by 4| ; 12 lines, 2f in. long;
written in Nestalik; dated Zulka'dah, A.H.
1217 (A.D. 1803).
A treatise on correct and elegant diction
in Persian.
Author: Katll, JJS
Beg. fj^^ j«i JJ' Vi^-^ ^Jr" &i)/
Mirza Katil, who has been already men-
tioned, p. 64 b, wrote this work, as stated in
the preface, at the request of Mir Muhammad
Husain, the eldest son of his friend, Mir
Aman 'All, as a complement to his previous
work Shajarat ul-Amani.
In the preface of a later composition. Char
Sharbat, Mirza Katil states that the present
work was written A.H. 1214, eight years
after the Shajarat ul-Amani.
The Nahr ul-Fasahat is divided into ten
chapters termed Mauj, or Waves. Its object
is chiefly to correct ungrammatical or un-
idiomatic phrases current in the Persian of
India. The last chapter contains some
models of epistolary composition.
The work has been printed in Calcutta,
1822, and in Lucknow, 1843. See Bibl.
Sprenger., No. 1569, and Blochmann, Journal
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. 37, p. 32.
Egerton 1029.
Foil. 62; 9 in. by 4^; 14 lines, 3^ in.
PERSIAN GRAMMAR.
521
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated
Ramazrin, AH. 1220 (A.D. 1805).
The same work.
Add. 16,756.
ToU. 68 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 17 lines, about 3 in.
long ; written in a cursive Indian character,
late in the 18th century. [Wm. Yule.]
I. FoU. 2—21.
A treatise on Persian grammar.
Author : Sukhramdus, son of Nilkanth B.
Bhagwatldas Kayath, ^^\ «s*^>> jij i^jJj^
Beg. If Ji *^ \J>^ /• o^>. yji '=^
The author, who describes himself as a
Eanungo of the Parganah SUak, Lakhnau,
compiled this work, as he states in the pre-
face, in order to help children of his caste to
acquire the necessary knowledge of Persian.
The rules are illustrated by copious quota-
tions from the poets.
This copy breaks off in the 11th Fafl,
which contains paradigms of the conjugation.
II. Foil. 22 — 68. A treatise on Persian
grammar.
Author : Nizam ud-Din Ahmad, ^^J^ ^.l^
Beg. . . . ,_ii^^ ^Jii^u^W sfi>\ J^ A»> W
i>ju Jm^ ^\j>
This work, which follows the method of
Arabic grammarians, is divided into three
parts (Bah^), treating severally of the verbs,
fol. 22, the nouns, fol. 31, and the particles,
fol. 40. Some references to the Hindustani
language and to Indian works, as the Farhang
i Jahangtn, Farhang i Rashidi, etc., show
vol.. II.
that it was written in India. It was com-
pleted, as stated at the end, in A.H. 1188.
It is endorsed jir^j^^ ,*^ "^ ^r* Jj^^ y^
a title which is not found in the text.
Add. 17,965.
Foil. 59 ; 5J in. by Z\ ; about 13 lines in
a page ; written about A.D. 1700.
[Edward Galley.]
A sketch of Persian grammar, written on
opposite pages in French and Persian, with
the double title ,_^j\j J^j J^j-a^c, and "Rudi-
ments, ou Grammaire Fran^aisc Persienne."
On the fly-leaf is the name of " P. Jaque
Villotte," probably the author, and at the top
of the second page " Mission Julf. Soc. Jes."
Jacques Villotte, a .Jesuit missionary, the
author of a Dictionarium Lntino-Armenium,
resided in Persia, principally at the Jesuit
establishment of Julfah, Ispahan, from 1689
to 1708. He died in 1743.
Add. 7002.
Foil. 218 ; 10 in. by 8 ; written by John
Haddon Hindley, on paper water-marked
1802.
Short passages from various poets, illus-
trating points of Persian grammar or idiom,
with English translations and occasional
remarks. They are apparently extracted,
for the most part, from Lumsden and Glad-
win. The volume is inscriljed by the com-
piler : " Selections from Persian Poetry, etc..
Illustrative of inflexion, syntax and prosody."
Arabic Grammar.
Add. 16,758.
Foil. 78; 8i in. by 6; 9 lines, 3^ in. long;
written in Naskhi, in Sikri, apparently in the
16th century. [Wm. Yule.]
V
522
ARABIC GRAMMAR.
I. Poll. 1 — 54. A treatise on Arabic in-
flexion, commonly called, from the author's
title, Sarf i Mir,^ ^jo
Beg. cj\^ ^ i^j'^^\ ^ Ji-^ ^\ ciJj^l yW
Mir Sayyid Sharif Juijiini, bom A.H. 740
in Taghu, a village belonging to Astrabad,
obtained access in A.H. 779 to Shah Shuja',
then encamped in Kasr i Zard, who took him
to Shiraz, and appointed him as teacher in
the Dar ush-Shifa. When Timiir took Shi-
raz, A.H. 789, Sayyid Sharif was transferred
by him to Samarkand, and stayed there to
the end of the conqueror's life, engaged in
teaching and in frequent academical disputes
with his great rival in learning, Sa'd ud-Din
TaftazanT. He then returned to Shiraz,
where he died A.H. 816, at the age of
seventy-six. His numerous works, mostly
written in Arabic, have become favourite
text-books in Muhammadan schools. See
^Jabib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 89, Majalis
ul-MuminIn, fol. 375, and S. de Sacy, Notices
et Extraits, vol. x. pp. 4 — 12.
Tlie present work, mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. ii. p. 304, under the title of
i_ijj-D\ J>-J^ i-i^;^, is a popular school-
book in India. It has been printed in a
collection of grammatical tracts published
in Calcutta, about 1803, pp. 122 — 164, and
lithographed in Lucknow, A.D. 1844, and
A.H. 1288.
The first leaves of the present copy are
disfigured by holes. The latter portion, foil.
48 — 54, written by another hand, is dated
A.H. 1089 (A.D. 1678).
II. Foil. 55 — 78. An Arabic treatise on
grammar, known as ^j!j>i\. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 473.
Add. 25,862.
Poll. 56 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 9 lines, 2| in. long ;
written in Nestalik, apparently about the
close of the 17th century. [Wm. Cureton.]
A tract on Arabic inflexion, without title.
Beg. oU^ *^J^ *U^ lliUs- J^^i . • . *i3 j^^
The author's name, Sayyid 'AH Akbar,
and the date of his death, A.H. 1091, are
recorded in the following verses, written at
the end by the same hand as the text, and
ascribed to Nawab Bakir Khan :
^ ciJ\_j jjk^ j^\ Jt i\j A^
The margins and the intervals between
the lines are crowded with notes written in
a minute character.
This tract has been lithographed in the
press of Naval Kishor, with the title Jj*ai
ejyfji. See Bibliotheca Sprenger., No. 1069,
where the author is called Akbar *A1I.
Add. 25,861.
Toll. 72 ; 8 in. by 41 ; 23 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in small Naskhi ; dated Rabi' I,
A.H. 1120 (A.D. 1708). [Wm. Cueeton.]
A treatise on Arabic syntax ^, without
title.
Author: Baha ud-Din Muhammad ul-
Husainl ul-Mukhtari un-Na'Inl, s^ ^^.jJI ->^j
^Ul ^^l::^^ J>^\
Beg. diUl uliJU f>j^\j ^^:^ j>!^ (^i »JJ J^'
The author describes his work as a com-
pendious manual written for some beginners
who came to him for instruction. It is
divided as follows : Mukaddimah, on the
meaning of ^, fol. 2 a. Makalah i., ib., sub-
divided into fourteen Fasls. Makalah ii., fol.
25 a, treating of grammatical agents, and
similarly subdivided. Lastly a Khatimah,
which, although mentioned in the preface,
is not found in the body of the work.
Copyist: ^^jW i^ ^^Wj i^^ )^ ^>^
ARABIC GRAMMAR.
523
Add. 23,576.
Foil. 129 ; 6i in. by 4 ; 19 Unes, 3i in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, apparently
in the 16th century. [Robert Taylor.]
An extensive Persian commentary on the
Kafiyah, or Arabic grammar of Ibn Hajib ;
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 230.
The MS. is imperfect at the beginning
and at the end. It contains neither title,
nor author's name ; but it is endorsed _.ji»
The first page begins thus : loa) »^ »^ ^^j
Add. 26,134.
Foil. 67; 7 J in. by 4i; 6 lines, 2| in.
long; written inNaskhi; dated Jumada I.,
A.H. 1068 (A.D. 1658). [Wm. Erskine.]
t^t
" The fire treasures," a treatise on Arabic
aooidenco k_i>^, without author's name.
Beg. yUiI\ J jlii^j ^yUi^^ jli-U > .13 jm^^
The work consists, according to the pre-
face, of five Babs, each of which contains
five Fasls. Bab i., treating of the conjugation
of the regular verb, is here omitted, the reader
being referred for its contents to the author's
j^La« tJTj (»>,, according to a marginal note,
the opening chapter of his treatise entitled
jjl**), which deals with the same subject.
Bab II., which alone is extant in this copy
and in two others. Add. 6566, iv., and Add.
16,767, HI., comprises the following five
Fa^ls : 1. Classes of verbs, fol. 4 b. 2. Verbs
with a Uamzah, fol. 8 a. 3. Verbs with a
weak letter, fol. 11 b. 4>. Reduplicate verbs,
foL 56 b. 6. Ta'lilat, or rules relating to
the jtermutation of letters, fol. 61 b.
The margins contain copious notes ex-
tracted from various commentaries.
The Panj Ganj occupies pp. 38 — 112 of a
collection of grammatical tracts printed in
Calcutta, about 1805, and beginning with
the Mizan i Sarf. It is called in the sub-
scription ^^jjAi. It has been lithographed
in Lucknow, 1841; see Bibliotheca Spren-
ger., No. 1070.
Add. 26,135.
Foil. 33 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 9 lines, 4^ in. long ;
written in Nestalik, in Surat, early in the
19th century. [Wm. Erskine.]
An elementary treatise on Arabic flexion,
by questions and answers.
Beg. j »ii\ dJj— .\ ^^\jj . . . ^^\>i\ ^j ^ j^^
The author, whose name does not appear,
states in a short preamble that he had
written this manual for his brother's son,
*Ata Ullah B. Muhammad Zarif, ti]j jS]j> tj)y.
This is probably the work described as " a
grammar in questions and answers by 'Ata
Allah, printed in Calcutta, 1244." See
Bibliotheca Sprenger., No. 1060.
Add. mm.
Foil. 81 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3| in. long;
written in cursive Nestalik ; dated Shavval,
A.n. 1187 (A.D. 1773).
I. Foil. 1 — 7. A treatise on the conjuga-
tion of the regular verb in Arabic, without
author's name.
Beg. j J^ »^\ ci)j*-»^ ^^yi . . . «13 i^
JU J J.5:;...<« J ^\» c*m\ «jy
In the subscription the work is called ^^js*-
It has been printed with the title ^^ ^^Ji!»
N 2
524
AEABIC GRAMMAR.
in a collection of grammatical treatises
printed in Calcutta about A.D. 1805, and has
been lithographed in the Muhammadi press,
A.H. 1268.
II. Poll. 8 — 15. A treatise on the various
classes of Arabic verbs and on their se-
condary forms.
Beg. ^j J'>«5 «)J\ ei3j«««.^ j^W . . . *)J ^^
This treatise, called in the subscription
«jL«.lic, follows the preceding, with the same
title, in the above editions.
III. Poll. 16—17. A short tract on the
secondary forms of the Arabic verb, in Mas-
navi verse.
Beg. ^3-j 'J^i'-y f^.y^" *^ ^
The author's name is stated to be found
in the initial letters of the first five hemi-
stichs, which give Mubarak.
IV. Poll. 18 — 41. Panj Ganj ; see above,
p. 523 a.
V. Poll. 42 — 49. A treatise on the laws
of permutation which apply to the Arabic
irregular verbs.
Author : Zahir B. Mahmud B. Mas'ud ul-
'Alavi, tJjW^ liyL^ fji lij^ U^Ji^
Beg. 0^«J-»i^ v_A>^^.KaJk!b (_Jy«^l «JJ iX^'
This tract occupies pp. 113 — 122 in the
above mentioned Calcutta collection, where
it is called, in the subscription, Sjjj.
VI. Poll. 50 — 81. t^J>:uJ^ jy-"^> ^ treatise
on the same subject, by questions and
answers.
Author : Saf i B. Nasir, jjuii ^Ji ^juo
Beg. JlflJ^\ >_iiiil J Jlj*!Jl <-Jj^. ^J^\ *!> J^^
The author wrote it, as he states in the
preface, for his son, Abul-Makarim Isma*il,
as a sequel to the Panj Ganj (p. 523 «),
which the latter had read through.
Add. 16,757.
Poll. 70 ; 7| in. by 4| ; 9 lines, 3^ in.^
long; written in NestaHk, early in the 19th
century. [Wm. Yule.]
I. Poll. 2 — 11. The Mizan; see above,
Add. 5566, i.
II. PoU. 12—31. The Munsha'ib ; see
ib. II.
III. Poll. 32—61. The Panj Ganj ; see
p. 523 a.
IV. Poll. 62—70. On the laws of per-
mutation in irregular verbs; see Add. 5566, v.
On the first page is written : "In the
handwriting of my most excellent friend
Aiz ud Deen Khan. Wm. Yule, Parrukh-
abad."
Add. 26,132.
Poll. 77; 8| in. by 6f ; from 6 to 18 lines,
4| in. long; written in. Nestalik andNaskhi,
apparently in India, in the 19th centiu-y.
[Wm. Eeskine.]
I. Poll. 2 — 24. A treatise on the con-
jugation of the regular Arabic verb, with
tabular paradigms.
Beg. J J'^ *)J^ uiJ^«-.\ i^W . . . <«J3 ^^
II. Poll. 25 — 48. A. treatise on the con-
jugation of the regular Arabic verbs in their
several classes, and of their secondary forms,
with the heading : ^j^\ Jp ^J ^J^j^i^ ^J*
Beg. ^J JU> «JJ\ ii)jo«-.l ^\m ... id) ^^
In an English title, written by Erskine on
the fly-leaf, the first of the above tracts is
PROSODY.
525
called "Destnr al Ami," tte second "Amal
al Serf."
III. Foil. 49—77. Sarf i Mir ; see above,
p. 522 a.
Add. 26,131.
Foil. 68; 8i in. by 6; 11 and 19 lines,
about 4 in. long; dated A.U. 1196 and 1204
(A.D. 1782 and 1790). [W"m. Erskdje.]
I. Foil. 2—30. Sarf i ^Ilr; see above,
p. 522 a.
II. Foil. 31 — 68. A treatise on the con-
jugation of the regular and irregular Arabic
verbs.
Beg. ^ JW iJi^ uDa.-^ yl^J . . . «13 A^^
It is divided into two Babs treating
severally of the triliteral and quadriliteral
verbs. Each is subdivided into two Fa^ls, on
the simple and secondary forms. The para-
digms are given in tabular form.
The title "Dustoor Moobtcda" has been
'written by Erskine on the first page.
PROSODY.
Add. 16,760.
Foil. 89 ; 74 in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik; dated A.H.
1206 (A.D. 1791—2). (Wm. Yule.]
An extensive treatise on prosody and
rhyme in Arabic and Persian poetry, with-
out author's name.
Beg. ^^^ • • . *^\) ^j>./^^ >W- »13 ^^
cTJ^-J «^j^ f^ JV 3 1>JJ^ (^ ^ ul—i^-CAT*
It is divided into a ilukaddimah and two
Fanns, as follows: — Mukaddimah, in three
Fasls. Definition of poetry, fol. 2 A. Variety
of metres and rhymes in diiTerent languages,
fol. 5 a. Arts connected with poetry, fol. 5 b.
Fann i. Component parts of the feet and
their modifications, fol. 6 b. The metres, fol.
34 a. Fann n. Rhyme, in ten Fasls, fol. 69 a.
Mufti Muhammad Sa'd Ullah, who edited
the above work, with his own commentary
entitled jlii^l ^J^^, A.H. 1264, and again, in
a revised edition, in the press of Naval
Kishor, A.H. 1282, ascribes it to the cele-
brated Nasir ud-Din Tusi (bom A.H. 597,
died A.H. 672 ; see p. 441 b, where A.H. 692
is an error of the press), and states in a bio-
graphical notice of the presumed author,
that the Miyar ul-Ash ar had not received
the final revision of Nasir ud-Din, and had
not, therefore, become a popular school-book
like his other works.
We are not told, however, on what
authority that attribution rests, and it may
be noticed that no such work is mentioned
in the extensive list of the writings of Nasir
ud-Din given by the author of the Majalis
ul-Muminin.
The last two pages of the present copy do
not belong to the original work ; they are
taken from the corresponding part of the
treatise of Jami; Blochmann's edition, pp.
6 and 7.
Add. 16,808.
Foil. 68 ; 8i in. by 4J ; 13 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century.
I. FolL 1 — 48. A treatise on Persian
prosody.
Author: Saifi, ,_/-<•
Beg. j"j^^^ J^j^ t^j/^' -J* J*r ^'^'^ »" ■^^
Maul&na Saifi, of Bukhara, also called
'Aruzi, on account of his mastery in prosody,
was a poet of note. He left in early life his
native place for Herat, where he stayed some
years, in the reign of Sultan Husain, under
the patronage of Mir 'Ali Shir. Having sub-
sequently returned to his country, he was
appointed preceptor to Baisunghar Mirza,
526
PROSODY.
with whom he remained three years. After
that prince's violent death, he retired to
Bukhara, where he spent the rest of his life.
See IJahib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 693,
and Haft Ikllm, fol. 593. Mir 'Ali Shir
states in his Majalis, Add. 7669, fol. 32, that
Saifi was addicted to intemperate habits,
which he had however lately renounced.
Brdsunghar Mirza, second son of Sultan
Mahmud Mirza, and grandson of Sultan Abu
Sa'id, was placed on the throne of Samarkand
after his father's death, in A.H. 900, at the
age of eighteen years. Driven from thence
by Babar, A.H. 903, he was put in possession
of Hisar by an Amir of his father, Khusrau
Shah, by whom he was shortly after trea-
cherously murdered, A.H. 905. See Erskine,
History of India under Baber, pp. 92, 142,
and Memoirs of Baber, pp. 33 and 72. Saifi
died, therefore, some time after A.H. 905.
The date 99, which is assigned to his death in
the Atashkadah, is probably to be read
A.H. 909.
The date of composition, A.H. 896, is ex-
pressed in a Ruba i at the end by the fol-
lowing line : iji^j^ V^ C->— *> « (_r>.y^
The treatise of Saifi, commonly called
^Jum u^jjS-, has been edited with an English
translation by H. Blochmann, under the
title of " Prosody of the Persians," Calcutta,
1872. It is mentioned by Haj. Khal., vol. iii.
p. 419, under uojj>i\ ^J &)U>j. See Biblio-
theca Sprenger., No. 1572, and King's Col-
lege, Cambridge, No. 207.
II. Foil. 49 — 52. Mnemonic verses, con-
taining examples of the Persian metres, fol-
lowed by their scansion.
Beg. ji<* jj^ ^\^ ^^ J6j\ ^\^/\j^
III. Poll. 52 b — 55. A short tract on the
feet used in Arabic metres and their modifi-
cations.
Beg. ^}yo) j_^lJo fjo^f' i-:L*frU^ '-r'Vj^ ftio^jj
IV. Poll. 55 h — 57. On various kinds of
composition, in prose and verse.
Beg. \j}s- J j^^j y>-y* C)^ |,-i ju*jjlu M^
V. Poll. 58—62. On the feet, and their
various modifications.
Beg. i_/^ ^J^j^jiA ^ J^} «^^ uV-? j-i i>*» '*
This tract contains frequent references to
the work of Saifi.
YI. Poll. 63 — 68. A treatise on rhyme in
Persian poetry, by Jami (see p. 17 a).
Beg. ^^ «J15 ':^ J^^ ^.} ^3}i^ ;y^ J^ ^
The work, which has no title, is designated
in the preface by the words ^Ij i.l*-o.^-a::ai?
i)y Jis- iift\^. It has been edited by Bloch-
mann, with an English translation, in the
Prosody of the Persians, pp. 75 — 86. Haj.
Khal. mentions the work, without author's
name, under the title Jc- ^Ji *sJ^>J^ l^V^j^i
sJ^\, vol. iii. p. 425.
Add. 7433.
Poll. 123 ; 7 in. by 4^ ; 12 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik Shikastah-amiz ;
dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1129 (A.D. 1717).
[01. J. Rich.]
I. Poll. 113—110. A short tract on the
component parts of the feet, and on the six-
teen metres used in Persian, without author's
name.
Beg. jiwrtl J/olyj .J^j^j ^^\^j>yJ:^ j_f'jj s^\si
Each metre is illustrated by a distich con-
taining its name, and followed by its scan-
sion.
II. Poll. 117 — 123. A treatise on rhyme,
illustrated by Persian verses.
Beg. J »J\5 jsjj*. ^^\i-i j.i C->— ^3 i^^j uri^
Por the rest of the contents, see the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 242.
INSHA.
527
INSHA,
OR. THE ART OF COMPOSITION.
Add. 16,841.
FoU. 493 ; 10| in. by 6^^; 17 Unes, ^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, apparently in
the 17th century. [Wm. Yule.]
A treatise on elegant prose-writing, with
copious examples, consisting of official docu-
ments of the period, and of the author's
own letters.
Author : Amir Khusrau, of Dehli, j^\
^jl»i jj-i. (see p. 240 b).
Beg. ^J^\ ^jA tli\ J-aflJ ^U^\ U»
^Ij j^' .^x-J y oUi\
After Tcrbose panegyrics on Sultan 'Ala
nd-Din Muhammad (A.H. 696—716), and
his son and successor, Kutb ud-Dln Mu-
barak Shah (A.H. 717—721), the author
describes at great length nine diiferent styles
of Persian prose, to which he adds a tenth,
his own, as far superior to all. He states, at
the end, that the work was completed A.H.
719. It contains, however, some of the
author's earliest compositions, especially in
the last section, which includes letters dated
A.H. 680 and 682.
The treatise consists of five books (Ris.1-
lah), divided into chapters termed Khat,
which are again subdivided into sections
called Harf. The Risalahs are as follows:
I. cUi^j iZj\iji^\ ^J, containing ten Khats,
fol. 22 6. u. obyij^ ^^ oU3^^ ^, con-
taining nine Khats, fol. 85 b. iii. k_iMaU^ ^
C^\py-ajl ^y-., containing two Khats, fol. 2636.
IV. C^by-O' ^^ ^^VjjJ' ^y> containing five
Khats, fol. 317 a. v. olliJI ^^ ^\^\ J,
containing six Khats, fol. 410 b. Epilogue,
fol. 484 a.
The latter part of Risalah vi. (Add.
16,842, foil. 471 J— 506 a) is wanting. In
the first part of the volume are found some
marginal notes and corrections.
A note on the first page states that the
MS. had been purchased, in A.H. 1184, by
Riii (afterwards Maharajah) Tiket Riii, the
Oude Minister.
The work is commonly known as I^'az i
Khusravi. A short account of it will be
found in Elliot's History of India, vol. iii.
p. 566. Some extracts of historial interest
.are given in Persian by Nayyir Rakhshan (see
p. 446 6) in Or. 1940, foil. 15—36. Others,
translated for Sir H. Elliot by a Munshi, will
be found in Add. 30,772, foil. 217—254.
The first Risalah has been lithographed in
Lucknow, 1865, and the entire work in the
same place, 1876.
Add. 16,842.
Foil. 544; 10 in. by 5^; 17 Unes, 3^ in.
long, in a page ; written in cursive Nestalik ;
dated Burhanpur, from Ramazan, A.H. 1081,
to Jumada I., 1082 (A.D. 1670—1).
[William Tdle.]
The same work. The several sections
begin as follows : — Preface, fol. lb. Risalah i.,
fol. 17 b. n., fol. 844. in., foL 272 b. iv., fol.
327 b. v., fol. 507 b. In the last there is a
lacune extending from the first Harf of
Khat ^ to t'*° ^'^'l 0^ ^^6 book. The
epilogue is also wanting. Foil. 1 — 24 have
been supplied by a later hand.
Add. 22,706.
Foil. 86; 8i in. by 5^; 20 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, apparently
in the 16th century. [Sir John Campbell.]
A treatise on the art of literary composi-
tion.
528
INSHA.
Author: Mahmud B. Shaikh Muhammad
GilanT, ^^ ^^ ^ ^Ji i>y^
A life of *Imad ud-Din Mahmud, com-
monly called Khwajah Mahmud Gavan,
written by *Abd ul-Karim Hamadani, is
given in substance by Firishtah, Bombay
edition, vol. i. p. 694, Briggs' translation,
vol. ii. p. 511. Born in Gilan, where his
forefathers had held the post of Vazir, he
spent his early life in travelling as a mer-
chant through various countries, and having
reached the Deccan at the age of forty- three
years, was taken into the service of 'Ala ud-
Din Bahmani, who sent him, A.H. 860, at
the head of an army to Tilinga. Humayun
Shiih conferred upon him, after his accession,
A.H. 862, the oflace of Vakil, with the title
of Malik ut-Tujjar. He discharged the
functions of Vazir under the reign of Nizam
Shah (A.H. 865 — 867), and of his successor
Muhammad Shah, who gave him the title of
Khwajah i Jahun. Mahmud was put to death,
on an unjust accusation, by the last king,
A.H. 886. • His surname is said to be derived
from Kavan (j^jlS, his native town in Gilan ;
but an anecdote, quoted by Pirishtah, proves
that in India it was pronounced Gavan i^j^j^-
Mahmiid Gavan was celebrated no less for
his literary talent than for his boundless
liberalities. He left a collection of letters
entitled Riyfiz ul-Insha (Or. 1739 ; called
Eauzat ul-Insha by Firishtah) and a Divan.
See Firishtah, Bombay edition, vol. i. pp.
653, 655, 663, 672 and 692, Briggs' transla-
tion, vol. ii. pp. 448 — 511.
The author is mentioned as one of the cele-
brated men of Gilan by his contemporary,
*Abd ur-Eazzak, Matla' us-Sa'dain, fol. 380,
who calls him Mahmud Kavan ^^,^Jl>', of Rasht,
son of Khwajah Jalal ud-Din, and who,
writing A.H. 876, says that he was known
throughout the world as Malik ut-Tujjar,
and was then wielding supreme sway in the
kingdom of Kulbargah.
The work is divided into an Introduction
(Mukaddimah), two books (Makamah), and
a Khatimah, as follows: — Mukaddimah. On
the nature and object of the science of Insha,
i. e. the art of literary composition, and on
the figures of speech, in eight chapters,
(Fasl), fol. 5 a. Makamah i. On the dif-
ferent kinds of composition, in verse and
prose, and on the rules to be observed in the
selection of words in writing, fol. 27 b. Ma-
kamah II. On the various styles of epistolary
composition, and on its rules, fol. 60 b.
Khatimah. On orthography, fol. 82 a.
The contents are more fully described by
Hammer, in the Wiener JahrbUcher, vol.
62, Anz. Blatt, p. 16, and by Fliigel, in the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 237. See also
Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 138, and Hammer,
Redekiinste Persiens, p. 412.
This copy wants the first page. A table
of contents by a later hand is found on the
fly-leaf, on which is also written, "John
N. N. Campbell, Tabreez, 1831."
Add. 25,865.
Foil. 244; 12 J in. by 8^; 30 lines, 5| in.
long; written in Nestalik, in the town of
Banur, district of Sihrind, Jl^\ ^ j^ 'i^
jjrif-.; dated Muharram, A.H. 1020 (A.D.
1611). [Wm. Cureton.]
A treatise ou the art of epistolary compo-
sition.
Author : Husain B. *Ali ul-Kashifi, i^;--*-
J^^^ Jc j^ (died A.H. 910; see p. 9 b).
Beg. c»-jii o^rt lijj^ji.- Jw»i9.
The preface, which begins with considera-
tions on the value of the art of writing in
general, and especially in its application to
correspondence, contains eulogies on the
reigning sovereign, Abul-Ghazi (Sultan Hu-
sain), and on the author's noble patron,
Mukarrab ul-Hazrat Mir *Ali Shir, for whom
INSHA.
629
the work was written. It is stated at the
end to have been completed on the fourth
of Jumada II., A.H. 907. The date is in-
geniously expressed in a rhymed chronogram
by the following line :
The work is di^nded as follows: TJnvan.
What a secretary (Katib) must know, fol. i a.
Sahlfah i. Forms of address, ci>Lj'Jai., fol.
4 6. Sahifah ii. Forms of-answer, Li>'jLj|^,
fol. 107 b. Sahifah in. On the various
matters which have to be stated, fol.
127 If. Khutimah. Forms of prayer used in
letters, fol. 233 b. Each part contains a
great variety of forms of expression tabularly
arranged.
See Ilaj. Khal. vol. v. p. 466, and KralIVs
Catalogue, p. 23. An Arabic and Persian
Inslia entitled Sahifah i Shahl, also by Hu-
sain Kusljin, has been lithographed in Luck-
now. See Bibliotbeca Sprenger., No. 1680.
Add. 6608.
Foil. 140; 9i in. by 5; 15 lines, 3^: in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Jumada II.,
A.ll. 1087 (A.D. 1G76). [J. F. Uull.]
Forms of letters.
Author: Yusufi, ,J^jl
Beg. M-Ui-i jyj J ^^ --'J j» u'r* ^^^J
In the KhulAsat ul-Insha, Or. 1750, fol.
158, a work written A.H. 1102, the author of
this manual is called AlaulAna Hakim Yusufi,
Munshi of Uumiy un. This would make it pro-
bable that he was identical with the physician
Yusuf B. Muhammad, of Herat, who used
also the poetical surname Yusufi, and lived
under Babar and Huniayun ; see p. 475 b.
The author states in a short preamble
VOL. II.
that he had compiled this manual for his
son Raf i' ud-Din Husain and other students.
The date of its completion is obtained by
doubling the numerical value of its title,
470 X 2 = A.H. 940, as expressed in the fol-
lowing chronogram :
j\^„ \j,\ ^U ^ ^j^^
The letters are arranged according to the
rank and class of the persons addressed,
and, in the latter part, according to sub-
jects. This popular work, commonly known
fis Inshai Yusufi, has been lithographed in
the Hindu Press, Dehli, without date. It is
described in Bibliotbeca Sprenger., No. 1603,
as compiled in 1086.
Add. 18,884.
Foil. 134; 9i in. by 6| ; 13 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Zulka'dah,
A.H. ] 235 (A.D. 1820).
The same work.
Add. 16,846.
Foil. 94; Si in. by 5; 11 lines, 2| in. long;
written in Nestalik ; dated Lucknow, Safar,
A.H. 1206 (A.D. 1791). [Wm. Yule.]
The same work, somewhat abridged.
The first page bears the stamp of General
Claud Martin (see p. 2 a).
Add. 7692.
Foil. 43; 7 in. by 4; 8 lines, 2^ in. long;
written in Shan'a'i; dated Shawfil, A.H.
1087 (A.D. 1676). [CI. J. Eich.]
A collection of royal letters, headed (--»US
Author: Mansur B. Muhammad B. 'Ali,
J* u? >>-»*=• uij)''*^
Beg. *^ ]jJA\ uiJJU o-Uiii? ^J^!■•■^ J-»»
^^tt) &>•««« jUm^i
0
530
INSHA.
The author says that he had collected
here for the use of students some letters
composed by the ministers of the present
period, ^J^j ^^\ VJU^ »lij\ j\ ^^ ,^.y^- The
letters, written in an extremely involved
character, and wholly destitute of diacritical
points, appear to have been written in the
name of Shah Tahmasp and 'Abbas I. A few
of them bear dates, viz. A.H. 954, 961, 971,
972, and 1032. This copy appears to con-
tain a portion only of the work described as
^^ 4_y'wijl in Krafft's Catalogue, p. 28,
where the author is called MansUr B. Mu-
hammad 'All, of Shiraz.
Eoyal 16, B. xxiii.
Foil. 17 ; 8i in. by 4f ; 16 lines, 3 in. long;
written in Nestalik ; dated Rabl' II., A.H.
1077 (A.D. 1666). [Thoitas Hyde.]
Models of familiar letters addressed to
relations, friends, and officials of inferior
rank.
Author: HadTki, jjij>=-
Beg. j\^iW^ 1
JjiO^- 1^
'JO
\
The work was written in India. The
date A.H. 1077, which is found at the end of
one of the letters, fol. 16 a, as well as in
the subscription, probably denotes the time
of compilation.
Add. 26,140.
Foil. 53 ; 8 J in. by 7 ; 9 lines, 4. in. long ;
written in Indian Shikastah-Amiz, apparently
about the beginning of the 19th century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
Forms of letters.
Author: Harkarn, son of Mathuradas
Kanbu MultanT, ^_y\iU ^jii'(_^b \^^ j*1j ^^^j>
Beg. Jl«I* &y>\ CJj^aa- i^'jSj liw,*- j\ 4>jO
The author states, in a short preamble,
that he had compiled this work at the urgent
request of some friends with whom he held
converse in Mathura, and whose plea was
that he had been some time MunshT to
Navvab I'tibar Khim, and that he had spent'
a life in the exercise of that profession.
rtibiir Khan, a eunuch, who had been
early attached to the service of Jahanglr,
was appointed Subahdar of Akbarabad in
the 17th year of the reign (A.H. 1031—32),
and died about two years later ; see Ma'a-
gir ul-Umara, fol. 32, and Tazkirat ul-Umara,
fol. 4.
The work is divided into seven Babs, and
comprises models of letters and of various
kinds of oiBcial documents. It has been
edited, in text and translation, by Francis
Balfour, Calcutta, 1781, and reprinted in
1831. It has been also lithographed in
Lahore, 1869. See Mackenzie Collection,
vol. ii. p. 136, the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i.
p. 175, the Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 28,
and the Munich Catalogue, p. 124.
Add. 8913.
Foil. 46 ; 8g in. by 5 ; 6 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in large Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century.
A short manual on letter-writing.
Author : Say y id 'All Naki Khan B. Say-
yid Hishmat 'All, jjl-> ^^ J^ ,JLJ ^ s^
Beg. jl-«5\yU^ si^ ^^J^ sto U\ . . . ji ^J)
The author, who describes himself as an
inhabitant of Sand I (a town near Shahabad,
Oude), gives, in seven sections, called Zabi-
tah, various forms of epistolary phraseology.
CALLIGRAPHY.
531
graduated according to the rank of the person
addressed. A summary, in tabulated form,
occupies foil. 43 — 45.
Add. 16,857.
Foil. 34; 7i in. by 4|; 7 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
ruled margins; dated Rajab, A.H. 1213
(A.D. 1799). [Wm. Yule.J
The same work.
CALLIGRAPHY.
Add. 26,139.
Foil. 40; 6 in. by 4^; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with TJovan and
ruled margins, apparently in the 17th cen-
tury. [^Vm. Ekskine.J
I. FoU. 2—18.
A treatise in verse on the rules of Per-
sian penmanship, in six characters, viz. ^ul^,
Tauki\ Muhakkak, Naskh, liaihun, and Riku\
Author : Majnun, ^^yo?
Beg. ^^^^UJ1^'*^P-_^
The author, who here designates himself
by his poetical surname Mujnun, is better
known under his proper name, Maulanu
Mir *Ali ul-Katib, as one of the most ac-
complished Nestalik writers. Mir 'All, son
of Mahmud, poetically surnamed Rafiki, and
bom of a family of Herat Sayyids, grew up
in Masbhad, but spent part of his life in
Bukhara. He lived at the court of *Abd
UUah Khan Uzbak (a son of Kuchkunji;
he was raised to the Khanship A.H. 94C,
and died six months later; see p. 103 6),
and taught that prince's son, Mumin Khan.
See the Tazkirah i Khat by Rilkim, Or.
471, fol. 01, and Or. 235, fol. 11—13, where
the present work is called »*x^ I»^la»- j^-y,
and is stated to have been written for Shah-
zfidah Sultan MuzafFar.
Mir 'All Katib died, according to the
Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 460, A.H. 924. That
date, however, which is also given by Bloeh-
mann (Ain i Akbari, p. 102, notes) is evi-
dently too early. A contemporary writer,
Sam Mlrza states, fol. 45, that Mir 'All re-
paired from Khorasan to Mavara un-Nahr
in A.H. 945, when his eye-sight had already
been impaired by age; and a chronogram
composed by Mir 'All on the erection of a
Madrasah in Bukhara A.H. 942, and quoted
by Rakim, Or. 471, fol. 62, shows that he
was then residing in that city. Other
authors refer his death to A.H. 951 and 957.
See Dom, Melanges Asiatiques, vol. ii. p. 43.
It must be noticed, however, that Khwand
Amir, who mentions Maulana Majnun, son
of Kamal ud-Dln Mahmud Rafiki, as a calli-
grapher and poet who lived in the reign of
Abul-Ghazi Sultan Ilusain, does not identify
him with Mir 'All Katib, the first of Nestalik
writers, to whom he devotes a separate notice
under the reign of Shall Isma'il. See Habib
us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 350, and Juz 4,
p. 11*8.
The author says in the preamble that he
had put here in verse the teachings of his
father Mahmud ur-Rafiki, who had been
his instructor both in penmanship and poetry.
The title and the date of composition, A.H.
009, are given in the following distich :
The work is dedicated to Sultan Muzaffar
(probably an Uzbak prince), who is described
as a " rose on the rose-bush of Chingiz Khan,"
II. FoU. 18 6—36.
^\j^j
^^
A treatise on the rules of the character
called Naskh u Ta'lik, by the same author.
o2
532
CALLIGRAPHY.
The author refers in the preface to the
preceding work.
Ill, FoU. 36 — 40. A treatise in verse on
the same subject, ^^jJuo j ^ ^j »3\-«,> and
apparently by the same author.
Beg. ji«J J ^ Li- ^j jl
The relative proportions of the letters,
expressed by various numbers of dots, are
shown by figures in the margin.
This is probably the work ascribed to Mir
All in Kraflft's Catalogue, p. 5, No. xii.
Or. 235.
Foil, 52 ; 8| in, by 6 ; 11 lines, 4 in, long ;
written in Nestalik; dated A,D. 1863.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton,]
A treatise on calligraphy, with notices on
the penmen who have attained eminence in
the divers varieties of the Persian character.
Author: Eakim Ghulam Muhammad,
writer of seven Kalams, or characters, J\j
^J^> CUib d^ ^^fr
Beg. tlA-y ^3^.* yj ^.iiaJ a«iail ^J:^
The author's name occurs incidentally in
his notice on Muhammad Hafiz Khan, fol,
41 b. He mentions himself as one of the
disciples of that calligrapher, who had served
under Muhammad Shah as Darosrhah i Yasa-
valan, and who died in Dehli, A.H. 1194.
That date is fixed by a chronogram of the
author's composition in which he uses Rakim
as his Takhallus,
Khalifah Ghulam Muhammad Rakim, of
Dehli, is mentioned in the Tazkirah of Kasim,
written A.H. 1221. He had proceeded to
Lucknow about A, H. 1209, but had subse-
quently returned to Dehli, where he was then
studying medicine. See the Oude Catalogue,
p. 280. Several passages of the present
work show that the author lived in Luck-
now in the time of Asaf ud-Daulah, Of
the various dates given in tlie biographical
notices the latest is A,H. 1228.
This treatise, which is called in the sub-
scription j_j-.fyui»^ aJUj, , contains an account
of various characters, and instructions, in
prose and verse, as to the choice of a reed,
the preparation of ink, etc. But it is chiefly
taken up by notices on eminent calligraphers,
which are brought down to the author's
time, and include several of his pupils.
The arrangement, which was originally chro-
nological, has been much disturbed in the
present copy, which appears to have been
transcribed from a MS. in which some leaves
were missing and others transposed.
Or. 471.
Foil, 92; 10| in, by 61; 11 lines, 4 in,
long; written in Nestalik, in the 19th cen-
tury. [Geo, Wm, Hamilton.]
I, Foil, 2 — 21, Syllabaries showing all
possible combinations of letters, with some
writing models,
II, Foil, 22—27, Rules for the correct
writing of every letter of the alphabet, in
Ma§navi rhyme.
Beg, iW.V «^°> &*« i— flJ^ i/^V
They are due, according to the following
subscription, to the pen of Rakim (see the
preceding number) :
«<>^«»« ^J^ «J'js^ ^\jj^ ^^^^,_jii_j»- ftJUrt, ^ A^
III, Foil. 28 — 54. Calligraphic specimens
in various characters, including figures of
animals made up of letters. On fol, 39 « is
found the signature of Rakim under his proper
name, Maulavi Ghulam Muhammad.
IV, Foil, 56—92. Notices on celebrated
penmen, from the earliest period to A,H.
1239, with the heading: j lai- t/ii3 iciy^
POETRY.
533
Author: Rakim, J^j
Beg. cu-.^ ysi; ^^\ j>.j£j\ fiS t^ ijs^
The contents are to some extent identical
with those of the preceding MS. The pre-
sent copy is also incomplete and out of order.
King's MS. 445.
Foil. 70 ; 9 in. by 6^ ; 7 lines, 4 in. long ;
fairly written, with gold- ruled margins; dated
Ramazan, A.H. 1209, March, A.D. 1795.
" Seven alphabets with the combinations
of all the letters in each. Written at Cal-
cutta, on the 68th year of his age, by Sha
Azeez Ullah of Bochara, Moonsby to Sir John
Murray, Bart." (See p. 409, note.)
Contents: Nestalik, fol. 3. Shikastah-
Amiz, fol. 13. Shikastah Pur, fol. 22. Sha-
n al, fol. 29. Suls, fol. 38. Tughra'i, fol. 49.
Naskh, fol. 60.
POETRY.
Add. 21,103.
Foil 297; 13^ in. by 10^; 29 lines, 8^ in.
long ; written in Naskhi, in six columns,
ruled with red ink, probably in the 13th cen-
tury. [H. Steimschcss.J
Author: FirdusT, j^^-j-y
Beg. iji- J yU. jJjW j,U>
Firdusi's great epic has been edited by
Turner Macan, Calcutta, 1829, and, with a
French translation, by Jules Mohl, Paris,
1829-1878. A third edition, based on the
preceding, was commenced by Professor
J. A. VuUers, Leyden, 1876. Eastern editions,
lithographed in Bombay, 1849, Cawnpore,
1874, Teheran, A.H. 1267, etc., are reprints
of the text edited bv Macan.
»
Firdusi's original name was Abul-Kiisim
Hasan, or, according to the preface of Bai-
sunghar, and later writers, Mansur. He was
bom in Shadab, near ^us, some time after
A.n. 320, and spent thirty-five years on the
composition of the Shahniimah, which he
wrote partly in TQs, partly at the court of
Sultan Mahmud in Ghaznin, and completed,
as stated at the end, in A.H. 400, when he
was nearly eighty years of age. FirdfisI
died in his native town, A.H. 411, or, ac-
cording to others, A.H. 416.
The earliest extant account of Firdusi is
probably that of Ahmad B. 'Umar un-Nizfimi
ul-*Aruzi us-Samarkandi, who states that he
visited the poet's tomb A.H. 510. It is
quoted at length in Ibn Isfandiyar's History
of Tabaristan (see p. 202 «), Add. 7G33, foil.
185 — 188. Other notices will be found in
the two Persian prefaces contained in some
MSS. of the Shahniimah, and in the follow-
ing works :
Tarikh Guzidah, fol. 242; Jami's Baha-
ristan, fol, 59 ; Tazkirah i Daulatshah, fol. 25
(translated by S. de Sacy, Notices et Extraits,
vol. iv. p. 130, and by Vullers, Fragmente
iiber die Religion des Zoroaster) ; llabib us-
Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 22 ; Haft Iklim, fol.
534
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
290; Majrtlis ul-Muminin, fol. 522; Riyaz
ush-Shu'ara, fol. 332, and Ataslikadah, p. 77.
See also the English and Persian prefaces of
Macan's edition ; the introduction of Mohl's
edition; Hammer, Schone Eedekiinste Per-
siens, p. 50; Ouseley, Notices of Persian
poets, p. 54; Wallenbourg, Notice sur le
Schahname, Vienna, 1810 ; Gorres, Helden-
buch von Iran, Berlin, 1820 ; J. Atkinson,
Soohrab, a poem, Calcutta, 1814, and "the
Shah Namah of Pirdausi," London, 1832;
Starkenfels, Kej - Kawus in Masenderan,
Vienna, 1841; A. P. von Schack, Helden-
sagen, 1861; Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 405, and Ethe, Pirdusi als Lyriker, Sit-
zungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie,
1872, p. 275, and 1873, p. 623.
The archaic spelling of the present copy,
as i for li and ^ for si, as well as the
antique formof the Avriting, assigns to it a very
early date. The last leaf has been supplied by a
hand of the 16th century ; but the subscrip-
tion, which professes to have been copied
from the original MS., and states that it had
been written A.H. 676 (A.D. 1276—7), is
probably correct. The first six leaves, and
four in the body of the volume, foil. 49 — 52,
are due to the same later hand.
Poll. 1 — 3 contain a list of the early kings
of Persia and a preface to the Shahnamah,
which begins thus :
This preface is found in copies anterior to
the recension of the Shahnamah completed
for Mirza Baisunghar (see p. 77 &), A.H.
829, and may therefore, in contradistinction
to the preface of the latter, be called the
older preface. It is designated by Mold,
p. XV., note, as preface No. 2, and it has been
translated by M. de Wallenbourg in his
"Notice sur le Schahname."
The number of distichs, in the present
copy, amounts to little more than 50,000.
On the fly-leaf is the following note,
written by the llev. H. Sternschuss : " Ob-
tained it about 1848 at Shiraz from a Parsee
who brought it from Yezd at my request."
Or. 1403.
Poll. 513 ; lOi in. by 6J ; 27 lines, 5 iij.
long ; written in four gold-ruled columns, in
small Nestalik, with two 'TJnvans and gold
headings ; dated Ramazan, A.H. 841 (A.D.
1438). [Jules Mohl.J
The same poem.
The learned translator of the Shahnamah,
who frequently refers to this copy as his
MS. No. 5, describes it as follows : " Un
autre, fort ancien, est remarquable en ce
qu'il oflfre un excellent exemple de I'etat ou
etait le texte avant la revision faite par
ordre de Baisangher Khan." See Mohl's
Preface, pp. xvi., xxix., xxxvi., notes, and
Ixxxv.
Contents : The older preface, foil. 2 b. (It
has lost two leaves after fol. 3. The text,
although agreeing in the main with other
copies, shows an addition probably made in
India : towards the end of Pirdusi's life, fol.
5 a, it is stated that, when fleeing from the
wrath of Mahmud, he had taken refuge in
India, and that the king of Dehli, after keep-
ing him some time as an honoured guest,
sent him back with rich presents to Tfis).
An account of the early kings of Persia,
with tables of the dynasties, fol. 5 a, (want-
ing a leaf after fol. 5).
An alphabetical glossary of the obsolete
words occurring in the Shahnamah, fol. 7 a.
The Shahnclmah, consisting of about
51,200 distichs, foil. 10 6—513 a.
The last section differs considerably from
the printed texts. It omits the verses in which
Pirdusi states that he was nearly eighty years
of age, and had spent thirty-five years on the
composition of the poem ; and it gives a much
earlier date for its completion, namely A.H.
384, instead of A.H. 400, as follows :
POETRY.— EI RDU SI.
535
'>} JJJ *^}^^
A later date is found in an epilocfue, con-
sisting of thirty-tbree Baits, which follows
the ordinary conclusion without any break,
and is not found in other copies. It begins
thus:
•'a>
p^ ^^y- uHj^
The writer relates how, after completing
this great history, on the 25th of Muharram,
A. II. 389, he had l)een invited by a governor,
^U-, Ahmad B. Muhammad Abu Bakr Ispa-
han! by name, who received him in his
residence, in Khan Lanjun, j^lijr ^^u., liberally
supplied all his wants, and refused to listen
to his slanderers, lie concludes by express-
ing his unlx)unded gratitude to the gover-
nor's youthful son, who had saved his life by
dragging him by the hair out of the raging
waters of the Zarrin Rud j^j a^j, into which
he had accidentally fallen.
Khanlanjiin is mentioned by Sam'ani and
Yakut as a town of the province of Ispahan.
It is, according to the Kiimil, vol. viii.
p. 367, nine Farsakhs distant from that city.
Ouselcy states in his Travels, vol. iii. p. 17,
that Linjiin is the name of a district watered
by the Zindah-rud, some distance above
Ispahan.
The above epilogue is followed by a rhymed
colophon in the same metre, transcribed from
an earlier MS., which is stated to have been
written for a noble personage called Khwajah
'All Shah, and to have been completed on
the tenth of Muharram, A.H. 779.
This volume contains ninety-five minia-
tures in Persian style, each of which occupies
about a third of the page.
Add. 18,188.
Poll. 500; 132 in- ^7 9^; 25 lines, 5f in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with gold headings, and a
rich 'Unvan; dated Jumada II., A.H. 891
(A.D. 1486).
. The same poem, without preface.
The number of distichs may be roughly
estimated at about 45,500.
The volume contains seventy-two minia-
tures, in fair Persian style, occupying about
half a page each.
Copyist : t-i^ Siji U ^^ ^_Si\ ».1»^
Add. 15,531.
FoU. 543; 13^ in. by 8^; 25 lines, 6 J in.
long; written in neat Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with rich 'Unvans and gold
headings; dated Zulhijjah, A.H. 942 (A.D.
1530).
The Shahniimah, to which is prefixed the
following : —
1. An introduction, written in a flowery
style, treating of the relative merits of prose
and poetry, and concluding with a wordy
encomium of the Shfihnamah, fol. 3 b.
Beg. jSj ^ ji^ J <^ Ju»». J (j-VJ j_^ o- V*
2. The older preface, in a recension, which
diflFers materially from the text of other
copies, foil. 4 b —9 b.
The text, which comprises about 52,000
Baits, is divided into two parts. The second,
which has an 'Unvan of its own, fol. 265 b,
begins with the reign of Luhrasp (Macan,
p. 1030).
This volume contains three whole-page
miniatures, enclosed in rich borders, at the
beginning, foil. 2 i, 3 a, 10 a, and forty-five
536
POETEY.— FIRDUSI.
smaller, all in good Persian style. On the
fly-leaf is written : "To Maria Graham, from
her affectionate friends James and Catherine
Mackintosh, Tarala Library, Bombay, 27th
Jan., 1810. This MS. belonged to Chiragh
Ali Khan, said to have been one of the
ablest ministers that Persia ever had, who
died a few months ago at Teheraun."
Add. 27,257.
Foil. 540 ; 18| in. by llj ; 25 Hnes, 6| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, in four
columns, profusely ornamented with rich
IJnvans, ornamental borders, and illuminated
headings, probably in the 16th century ;
bound in embossed and gilt leather.
[Sir John Malcolm.]
The Shahnamah, with the preface of Bai-
sunghar, foil. 2 b — 14 a, which begins thus :
This preface, which was written for MTrza
Bilisunghar in A.H. 829, has been printed
almost entirely in Macau's Persian introduc-
tion to the Shahnamah, pp. 11—61.
The number of Baits in the present copy
is not much in excess of 48,000.
This fine volume, which contains fifty-five
whole-page miniatures, in good Persian style,
was probably executed for some princely per-
sonage ; but it bears now only private seals
of modern date, such as those of Muhammad
Mahdi, A.H. 1110, and Sayyid Murtaza ul-
Husaini, A.H. 1153. It passed into the
hands of Edward Galley, A.D. 1783, and was
purchased by Sir John Malcolm in 1805.
Add. 27,302.
Foil. 622 ; 19 in. by 12 ; 25 lines, 5| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in four
columns, ornamented and bound precisely
in the same manner as the preceding ; dated
A.H. 994 (A.D. 1586).
The Shillmiimali, with a preface. .
The doxology of Baisunghar's preface
occupies two illuminated pages, foil. 2 b and
3 a. But the preface itself, foil. 3 b — 7 «,
which begins thus :
is quite distinct from either of those which
have been already mentioned. Beginning
with an account of Mahmud's first attempts
to obtain a poetical version of the Book of
Kings, it is chiefly taken up with a short and
legendary life of Firdusi, who is called Abul-
Kasim Hasan B.'Ali, and is said to have had
a younger brother, Husain B, 'Ali. It con-
tains the celebrated satire on Mahmud
(Macan, vol. i. p. 63, Mohl's preface, p. 88),
and ends with an account of the deposition
of Hasan Mlmandi, and of the present which
the penitent Mahmud sent too late to the
slighted poet. A list of the ancient kings
of Persia is appended.
The poem consists, in the present copy,
of upwards of 56,000 Baits.
Copyist : L_-o\iJ\ j^.^'.^wWl ^^..j
The volume contains fifty-two whole-page
miniatures, in fair Persian style.
On the first page is a Persian note, dated
Rabl' II., 1248 (September, 1832), in which
the writer states that he was sending this book
as a souvenir to the English Prime Minister
,^^Kj\ wl& ijjj^i jlii? ^jj (Earl Grey). The
writer's seal bears the name of Muham-
mad Husain, i.e. HajT Muhammad Husain,
Amin ud-Daulah, the second minister of the
Persian court (see p. 392 6, notes).
Add. 5600.
Foil. 585; 12| in. by 8; 25 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in a small and neat Nestalik,
in four gold-ruled columns, with rich 'Un-
vans and ornamental headings, apparently
in the 16th century ; bound in glazed and
painted covers. [N. Brassey Halhed.]
The Shahnamah, with a version of the
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
537
older preface, foil. 2 b — 7 b, which differs in
some parts from the text of Add. 21,103.
The total number of distichs amounts to
about 51,000.
The volume contains ninety miniatures,
each of which occupies the larger part of
a page. They are executed in the best In-
dian style, and are signed by different artists.
The names of Kasim, Kamitl, Shimal, Ban-
warl, and RhagwatI, recur frequently.
On the first page is a Persian note stating
that this Shahnumah had been bestowed by
His late Majesty Jahangir on the least of his
servants, Ilahrirdl Chelah, in the 8th year of
the reign (A.H. 1022), and had been pre-
sented by the latter to his brother Khwfijah
Muliammad Rashid. On the opposite page
are found the seal and signature of Muham-
mad *Arif, son of the last named Muham-
mad Rnshid, and those of some later owners.
IlAhvirdi, a Turk, who traced his origin to
the Saljfiks, entered in early life the service
of Sultan Parviz, and afterwards that of
Jahangir, with whom his skill in hunting
soon made him a great favourite. Ho rose
in the reign of Sliuhjahan to high military
commands; but was put to death by Prince
Shuja' in the 32nd year of the reign. See
his life in Maa^ir ul-Umara, Add. G567, fol.
50 *, and Tajskirat ul-Umara, Add. 16,703,
fol. 14 b.
Add. 7724.
Foil. i71 ; 13* in. by 8J ; 27 lines, 5^ in.
long, in a page; written in Nestalik, in four
gold-ruled columns, with 'Unvan; dated
Rabi' 1., A.H. 1021 (A.D. 1612).
(CI. J. Rich.]
Tlie Shfihnumah, with the preface of Bai-
sunghar, foil. 1 b — 11 a, the first two pages
of which have been restored by a later hand,
aa well as foil. 135—6, 192—3, 23G— 7,
310—342.
VOL. 11.
The number of distichs in this copy is not
much over 48,000.
The volume contains ten whole-page minia-
tures in Persian style, most of which are
somewhat rubbed and discoloured.
Copyist : ^^,^\ JL^ ^ ^^y• s-^
Add. 16,761.
FoU. 525 ; 11| in. by 7^ ; 25 lines, 4.i in.
long; written in small Nestalik, in four
gold-ruled columns, with rich 'Unvans and
illuminated headings ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H.
1023 (A.D. 1614). [Wm. Yule.]
The Shahnamah with the older preface,
foil. 1 6—7 a.
To the ordinary conclusion of the poem
are added some verses, partly taken from the
satire on Sultan Mahmud.
The total number of distichs does not
exceed 48,000.
This volume contains forty miniatures, in
good Persian style, each of which occupies
the greater part of a page.
Copyist : ^FJV^ {^^^ wS '***^ *:-*^^-~* '^'^
Add. 27,258.
Foil. 6G0 ; 14J in. by 9^ ; 25 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four gold-ruled
columns, with 'Unvans; dated Ramazan,
A.H. 1037 (A.D. 1628.)
[Sir John Malcolm.]
The Shahnamah, with the preface of Bai-
sunghar, foil. 1 b — 11 a.
The poem is divided into four parts, each
with a separate *Unvan. The first ends with
the fight of Rustam and the Div Akvan
(Macau's edition, p. 753), fol. 243 a ; the
second with the reign of Kaikhusrau (ibid.
p. 1030), fol. 366 b ; the third with the reign
of Kubad (ib. p. 1617), fol. 529 b; and the
fourth completes the poem.
The text is perhaps the longest, or most
interpolated, in existence. The total number
P
538
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
of distichs is, according to a calculation
entered on the first page, 61,266.
This copy is mentioned by M. Mohl in
his preface, p. 82, as the main source of the
text published by Lumsden, Calcutta, 1811.
The MS. contains sixty-three miniatures,
in fair Persian style, each occupying half a
page or more.
Copyist : J* ji* ^^ (.Uai
Add. 4943.
PoU. 283; 12^ iu. by 7^; 25 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four columns,
with a 'Unvan ; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1054
(A.D. 1614).
The latter half of the Shshnamah, cor-
responding to pp. 1155—2096 of Macau's
edition.
On the first page is written ; " Presented
by Claud Russell, Esq., Oct. 5, 1781."
Add. 6609.
Poll. 611 ; 11 in. by 7| ; 25 lines, 4| in.
long, in a page ; written in Nestalik, in four
gold-ruled columns, with several rich TJn-
vans, apparently in the 17th century. It
is partially injured by damp and torn.
[J. P. HUI.L.]
The Shahnamah, in about 48,000 distichs.
Prefixed to the poem are :— 1. The older
preface, in a fuller recension than in Add.
5600, fol. 1 6. 2. An extract from a work
on general history, with tabulated lists of the
early kings of Persia, fol. 8 a. 3. A short
alphabetical glossary of obsolete words, be-
ginning ^jj]^\ Xi) J Ui)\ ^\j, fol. 10 b.
The poem, which begins on fol. 13 b, is
divided into two parts, the first of which
closes with Daklki's apparition to PirdusI
in a dream (Macau's edition, p. 1065), fol.
338 a.
- Single leaves are missing after fol. 30
(Macan, pp. 46 — 48) and after fol. 583 (ib.
pp. 1679—1681).
Pive miniatures, in Indian style, more or
less defaced, which have been inserted,
foil. 61, 81, 219, 398, 446, once belonged to
other MSS. The same leaves contain por-
tions of older texts.
This copy was written by Haidar Muham-
mad Tabriz! for an officer called Mirza 'Ivaz
Beg Salmani. Of the date of transcription
the last figure only, 8, is legible. An 'Ivaz
Beg, afterwards 'Ivaz Khan, held a military
command at Kabul in the first year of
Shahjahan (A.H. 1037—8), and died A.H.
1050; see Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 70 6, and
Maagir ul-Umara, fol. 377 b.
At beginning and end is impressed the
seal of Sayyid Jalal 'Alamgirshahl {i.e. an
Amir of Aurangzib's reign), with the date
A.H. 1088.
Add. 6610.
Poll. 311 ; 13 in. by 8^ ; 25 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in four gold-ruled
columns, with a "Unvan, probably in the 17th
century. [J. P. Hull.]
The first half of the poem (Macau's edi-
tion, pp. 1 — 1065), with forty-seven half-
page miniatures, in a second-rate Indian
style.
Add. 18,804.
PoU. 358; 14 in. by 9|; 20 lines, 5^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four gold-ruled
columns, with 'Unvans ; dated Parganah of
Rajur, Rabi' I., and Rajab, A.H. 1131 (A.D.
1719).
The latter half of the Shahnamah, divided
into two volumes, corresponding to pp.
1028—1687 and 1688—2096 of Macau's
edition.
The concluding section contains some
verses of the satire on Mahmud.
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
539
Tlie MS. was written, as stated in the sub-
scriptions, for a man of rank called Ajagat
Singh y»^ ftii-. kzJ^\ tlx*, hy Khalil TJUah,
sumamcd Haft-Kalarai. It contains ninety-
seven miniatures, in fair Indian style, a few
of which only are whole-page.
Add 25,797.
Foil. 131; Hi in. hy S\; 25 lines, 6J in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four columns,
apparently early in the 18th century.
fWll. CURETON.]
The first quarter of the Shuhnamah (Ma-
can's edition, pp. 1 — 552).
The MS. is dated in the fourth year of the
reign, probably that of Bahadur Shah, A.U.
1121—2.
Copyist : i)l^ JJi- ^ ^J^
Egerton 682-685.
Four uniform volumes, containing respec-
tively foU. 198, 185, 157. and U2; 16^ in.
by 9|; 23 lines, 6^ in. long; written in
Nestalik, in four columns; dated Kundapili
(Condapilly, district of Masulipatan), Rabi' I.,
A.n. 1202 (A.D. 1788); bound in embossed
leather covers. [Adam Clarke.]
The Shiihnftmah, in about 58,500 distichs.
The first two volumes contain the first half
of the poem, corresponding to pp. 1 — 1030
of Macan's edition, the third corresponds to
pp. 1030—1595, the fourth to pp. 1696 —
2096, and has the satire on Sultan Mahmud,
in a recension which difiers considerably
from the printed texts.
Prefixed to the first volume is an English
notice on Firdusi, extracted from Jos.
Cliampion's " Poems of Ferdosi," Calcutta,
1785.
Copyist: j_y*i--*' ^J u— ^ **^ "^j j^^ ^
Add. 26,143.
Foil. 272; 12 in. by 9; 25 lines, 5 in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four columns,
apparently in the 18th century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
The first half of the Shiihnamah (Macan's
edition, pp. 1 — 982).
Add. 25,798.
Foil. 201 ; Hi in. by n\ ; 17 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Wm. Cureton.]
An abridgment of Firdusl's Shahnamah,
consisting of copious extracts from the poem,
connected by a prose narrative.
Author : Tavakkul Beg, son of Tulak Beg,
Beg. 0^-a»" J* OJlV li tJ^ J ••=-^.^*4-? •>♦*■
vw
•b ^
^../
It appears from the preface that in the
2Gth year of Shahjahan's reign, or A.H,
1063, tlie author was sent by Prince Dara
Shikuh, then Subahdar of Kabul, to Ghaznin,
as a confidential agent and news-writer, ^j^
jj-iy *j„\5j J , and that he wrote the present
compilation at the request of the governor
of that place, Shamshir Khan.
Shamshir Khiin Tarin, whose original
name was Muhammad Hayat, had entered
the imperial service in the first year of the
reign of Shahjahun. He was appointed Tha-
nahdiir of Ghaznin in A.H. 1060, and retained
that post till A.H. 1069, when he was
transferred by Aurangzib to the command of
Kabul. See Maiigir ul-Umara, fol, 357, and
Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 59.
The author is called in another copy. Add.
5619, Tavakkul Muhammad, son of Tulak
Muhammad ul-Husainl. The work is desig-
nated by the above title in three copies ; in
others it is called Khulnsah i Shahnamah
(Add. 6611, 27,269), Tarikh i Dilkushfii
F 2
540
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
Shamshlrkhani (Or. 371, Add. 5619), and
Tarikh i Shamshlrkhani. The history is
brought down to the reign of Ardashir Baba-
gan. The work concludes with a dry enu-
meration of that king's successors, and a
notice on the Shahnamah and Firdusl's life,
extracted from the older preface.
The SliamshirkhanT is the original of the
work published by J. Atkinson, " The Shah-
namah of Firdausi," London, 1832. It is
mentioned in Stewart's Catalogue, p. 20,
Mohl's preface, p. 79, Ouseley's Travels,
vol. ii. p. 540, and the Copenhagen Cata-
logue, p. 540.
Or. 371.
Foil. 232 ; 13| in. by 8J ; 17 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in large Nestalik, with *Un-
van and gold- ruled margins ; dated Sha'ban,
A.H. 1155 (A.D. 1742).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same work.
By some mistake of the transcriber the
first three pages of the notice on Firdusi,
which are found in their proper place, fol.
227 b, have been also written at the begin-
ning of the volume, where they are followed,
without any apparent break, by the preface
Tavakkul Beg.
This volume contains seventy-six minia-
tures, in Indian style, each occupying about
one third of a page.
It w^as transcribed by J-iLa31 i^^> for Mi-
yan Sukhan-Fahm Jiv.
Egerton 1105.
Foil. 263; 9^ in. by 5; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, at Murshidabad,
about the beginning of the 18th century.
[Adam Clarke.]
The same work.
Copyist : CJ-j uJ,^ j-^ Jj '^h-i ^j •^•-*^
Add. 6939.
Foil. 722; 13 in. by 8; written by the
Rev. J. Haddon Hindley, on paper water-
marked 1811.
A transcript of the preceding MS., with, an
English translation.
Add. 7725.
Foil. 157 ; 9^ in. by 5l; 20 lines, 3f in.
long; written in a cursive Indian character;
dated Rabi* I., A.H. 1198 (A.D. 1784).
[CI. J. Rich. J
The same work.
Copyist : J-^ ,^ .^Jj i^^^ J*^ y^^
Add. 6611.
Foil. 270; 9i in. by 7^; 13 lines, 5 in.
long; written in a cursive Indian character,
with ruled margins ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H.
1212 (AD. 1798). [J. F. Hull.J
The same work.
This copy does not contain the life of Fir-
dusi, but ends with an extract from the
satire on Mahmud, foil. 268 6—270 a.
Add. 27,269.
FoU. 270; 11^ in. by 7; 15 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik, in the
18th century.
The same work, ending also with an ex-
tract from the satire on Mahmud.
On the fly-leaf is written : " From His
Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, to John
Macdonald Kinneir."
Add. 5619.
Foil. 214; 10 in. by 6^; 17 lines, 4 in.
long; written in Nestalik, in the 18th cen-
tury. [N. Brasset Halhed.]
The same work, without the life of Fir-
dusi.
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
541
Add. 6949.
FoU. 19; 9 in. by 7i ; written by the Rev.
John Haddon Hindlcy.
A transcript of the first six folios of the
preceding MS.
Add. 24,415.
Foil. 160 ; lOi in. by 7 ; 17 lines, 4^ in.
long, in a page; written in Indian Nestalik,
at Vellore, A.D. 1801.. fSir John Malcolm.]
The same work. At the end, and by
another hand, is added a second and different
recension of the satire on Mahmud.
Copyist: ^^j» ^y\i. ^^-^ j»».1 Jj ^--J .v^
The above shows that the MS. was written
after the death of the transcriber's father,
Ahmad Husain Khiin, which, according to
a versified chronogram written on the fly-
leaf, took place in Zulhijjah, A.H. 1218
(April, 1804). A note, in the hand of Dr.
John Leyden, states that he perused it in
November, 1804.
Royal 16 B. xiv.
FoU. 118; lOi in. by 6^; 19 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated in the
month of Shahrivar of the year 1010 of Yaz-
dagird (A.D. 1671). [Tiio. Htde.]
An abridgment of the Shahnamah in prose.
It appears from the preface that the au-
thor, a Parsce, wrote this abstract by desire
of Captain Aungicr,' ^J^\ jL-« y\JL^, who
bad no mind to read the bulky poem.
It may be noticed that the episode of
Barzu, which does not belong to Firdusi's
• Mr. Aangier wu President in Sunt, where he died
in 1677. See Bruce'i Annals of the East India Company.
work, is treated here at some length, foil.
70 a— 79 a.
At tlie end are some verses in the epic
metre, in which the author records the pre-
sentation of his book to Mr. Aungier, and the
reward he obtained from him.
On the fly-leaf is found the following note :
" This is a most excellent booke and not to
be gotten here amongst them. I got it from
our worthy President, Mr. Aungier. Tiie
learned Herbud was very loath I should part
with it before he had taken a coppy of it,
J)ut it could not be done, our ships being soe
near their departure."
From this it would appear that the MS.
contains the original draft, and that the
scribe, who in the subscription calls himself
Khwurshid, son of Isfandiyar, an inhabitant
of the town of Nausari, was the author
himself.
This MS. is described by Sir Wm. Ouseley
in his Travels, vol. ii. p. 540. See the same
scholar's Oriental Collection, vol. i. pp. 218,
359, and vol. ii. p. 45, Hyde, Historia lleli-
gionis Persarum, p. 319, and Mohl, Preface
to the Shuhniimah, p. 79.
Add. 6938.
Foil. 171; 13 in. by 8; written by the
Rev. J. Haddon Hindlcy, on paper water-
marked 1812.
A transcript of the first portion of the
preceding MS., foil. 1 b — 95 b, with an
English translation extending to the first
three quarters of the text.
Add. 7664.
Foil. 72; 8i in. by 6^; 11 lines, 3g in.
long; written in large Nestalik; dated A.H.
1222 (A.D. 1807). [CI. J. Rich.J
'J^^J^b^
An abridgment, in prose, of Firdusi's
account of the Pishd.ldis.
542
POETRY.— FIRDUSL
Autlior; Paridun B. Muhammad Kasim
Halalkhwur Mazandajrani, ^'i s*^ ^^ uJ'^J
Beg. Lfj^ Jiip'-i» v2A-.iji5j^ <uutf>ji> ^^j>■
Por this composition we are indebted to
the curious taste of Path 'Ali Shah, who, as
is quaintly stated in the preface, being ex-
tremely fond of the Shahnamah, gave, in
A.H. 1216, the order to turn it into prose.
The task was divided, the Kayanis devolving
on Mirza Muhammad Ri?a Tabriz], the Ash-
kanis on Mirza 'Isa Parahani, the Sasanis on
Mirza 'Abd ul-Vahhab Isfahani, and the Pish-
dadis on the present writer.
The above title, written at the top of the
first page, apparently applies to the aggre-
gate of the four versions.
The present copy breaks off in the account
of Kavah's rising against IJahljak (Macan's
edition, p. 36).
Add. 24,095.
Poll. 16; 16 in. by 11|; 29 lines, 5| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, apparently in the 17th cen-
tury.
Pragments of the Shahriyar-Namah.
Author: Mukhtari, i^jbi?
This is one of several poems written in
imitation of Pirdusi, and engrafted as episodes
on the Shahnamah. Its hero is Shahriyar,
son of Barzu, the son of Suhrab, and con-
sequently great-gi-andson of Rustam. The
scene of his adventures is laid in India.
The title and the author's name are found
in the concluding lines, which are as follows r
O-ir-'S-^
^^ tiJuJSjJ JUjIj ^iSii
»L^ JLJLj C^-jJ^ ^\n.'x.>
SV" i^»-» y ,.)V«',w.>
w
J t
^^JJ^ U^ ^J^^^-^.
\j j(_M ^^\
^ J'^ LS^ ^■'^ ^J
^J j\^,>i._j
^"•-f f»-^j^^ r''^"* iiy—*-^
jU ,_^ U^ LS""'^ 'M.'-i-'''
i\^j.ij\
-J> &S=3
t>'^ jLi ^^.\ t/^ Lu a-lju**
It will be seen from the above that Mukh-
tari wrote the Shahriyar Namah, in the
space of three years, by order of Mas'ud
Shilh, not from his own invention, but from
a narrative which he had to put into verse.
The poet concludes by claiming the reward to
which he was entitled, but adds, in evident
allusion to Pirdiisi's diatribe against Mah-
miid, that, even should none be vouchsafed,
he will never think of resorting to satire.
The last couplet is a transition which leads
back to a passage of the Shahnamah, in which
Isfandiyar is described as going forth to
battle.
The king, who is called in the above verses
"the rose of the garden of Mahmud," is
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
543
apparently Mas*ud, the son and successor of
the great Mahmud Ghaznavi. Mas'ud wrested
the throne from his brother Muhammad in
A.H. 422, and was himself expelled from his
realm by the Saljuks, A.H. 432.
There is, however, no record of a poet
called Mukhtari at that period. The earliest
poet known by that surname is Siraj ud-Din
'U^man B. Muhammad, of Ghaznin, who first
used 'U§man as his Takhallus, and adopted
towards the end of his life that of Mukhtari.
He was in great favour with Sultan Ibrahim
B. Mas'ud, who reigned from A.H. 451 to
481 (see the Kamil, vol. x. pp. 3, 110), lived
afterwards in Kirman, at the court of Arsliin
Shah B. Kirman Shah (A.H. 491—536; Ja-
hanara, fol. 97), and died in Ghazn'm, accord-
ing to Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 16, A.H. 654,
or, as stated in the Atashkadah, Add. 7671>
foL 69, A.H. 544. Mukhtari is said to have
excelled in every kind of poetry. He is men-
tioned with high praise by Saniil, who calls
him his master. Notices of Mukhtari will be
found in Dauhitshah's Tajkirah, fol. 48, and
Hammer's Re<lekiinste, p. 104, Haft Iklim,
fol. 137, and Riya? ush-Shu*ara, fol. 405.
H the Shahriyar-Namah is to be ascribed
to this poet, the Mas'iid Shah for whom it
was written can bo no other than Mas'ud B.
Ibrahim, who was, not the son, but the great-
grandson, of Mahmud, and reigned from A.H.
481 to 608 (see the Kamil, vol. x. pp. Ill,
353).
It must he remarked, however, that no
mention of a similar poem is to be found in
the notices on Mukhtari above quoted.
The first and longest of the three frag-
ments included in this volume, foil. 1 a —
11 a, begins with the single combats in
which Fammurz (Rustam's son) engages,
first with Raihan, a black giant, and then
with the chief of the Indian army, who turns
out to be his grand-nephew Shahriyfir. After
mutual recognition they part, Faramurz
returning to Iran, and Shahriyar proceeding
to the palace of Faranak, Queen of Sarandib,
whom he enjoins to release her captive Ar-
zang. She feigns submission, but treache-
rously causes Shahriyar to fall into a well,
in which she keeps him in dui-ance.
In the meanwhile Arjasp, the king of Tu-
ran, who was besieging Luhrasp in the city
of Balkh, dispatches the Div Arhang, son of
Puladvand, with an army to Sistiin. Zal, in
the absence of Rustam, then far away in Kha-
var land, sends his second son Zavarah to
oppose the Dlv, and, after a first encounter
in which the latter is worsted, marches forth
himself, and puts him to flight.
The next fragment, foil. 12, 13, which pro-
bably belongs to an earlier part of the poem,
relates the arrival of Zal at the court of King
Salomon. The latter tests the wit of Zal by
means of a riddle relating to the twelve sons
of Jacob, and his strength by a fight with a
Demon called Ahriman.
Fol. 14 contains the end of the poem, and
concludes with the lines quoted above.
The last two leaves of the volume, foil. 15
and 16, contain two detached fragments of
the Shahnamah, both relating to Isfandiyar.
In the first he enters the brazen fortress, and
slays Arjasp (see Macau's edition, pp. 150 — 1);
in the second he claims the crown from his
father Gushtasp (ib. pp. 1163—5).
Twelve out of the above sixteen folios
have on one side whole-page miniatures, in
a good Indian style of the 17th century.
Add. 6941.
Foil. 197 ; 9 in. by 7^ ; 22 lines, about
3 in. long ; written by the Rev. J. Haddon
Hindley on paper water-marked 1811.
A poem written in imitation of the Shah-
namah, and treating of the exploits of Sam,
544
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
son of Nariman, and his love adventures
with the Cliinese princess Paridukht.
Author: Khwaju,^^ji.
Beg. t/Uifcj :>)i\ (j^>i^ J^ o«La_->
The . author gives his name towards the
end, in the following distich, fol. 197 a :
and describes his poem, in the next-follow-
ing lines, as a rivulet from the sea of Firdusi,
to whom he is like an atom to the sun, and
a drop to the ocean.
The poem begins with a short doxology
and an extensive passage of the Shahnamah,
relating to the court held by Miniichihr after
his accession, and his allocution to Sam, the
Pahlavan (Macau's edition, pp. 95, 96). The
original composition begins, fol. 6 a, with
Sam's setting out on a hunting expedition.
The concluding sections relate how Siim, after
slaying the emperor of China, and seating the
Vazir's son, Kamartash, on his throne, pro-
ceeds with Paridukht to the land of Khavar,
and returns from thence to the court of Mi-
niichihr. The narrative is not drawn from
national tradition, but from individual fancy,
and has all the features of a Persian fairy
tale of the modern type.
Professor Spiegel has given in the Zeit-
schrift der Morgenlandischen Gesellschaft,
vol. iii. pp. 245 — 261, an analysis of the Siim
Namah, from a MS. belonging to the East
India Library, in the subscription of which
the author is called Khwaju Kirmanl. This
is the name of a well-known poet, who died
about A.H. 745, and whose works will be
mentioned further on. This identification is
confirmed by the substance of the Sam
Namah, which, as remarked by Spiegel,
agrees to some extent with that of the Hu-
mai Humayun, a poem undoubtedly due to
Khwaju Kirmani. It must be observed,
however, that the biographical notices of the
latter poet make no mention of the Sam
Namah.
Jules Mohl gives a short account of the
Sam Namah, without naming the author,
from a complete copy in his possession, which
contained 11,000 distichs. See the preface
to the Shahnamah, p. 59. Another copy,
containing 30,000 distichs, is mentioned by
Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 694. See also
Aumer, Munich Catalogue, p. 7.
The present copy contains no more than
4200 distichs. It has been transcribed from
a MS. dated the tenth of Rajah, A.H. 1084.
In an English notice, prefixed to the
volume by J. H. Hindley, the work is de-
scribed as " the first historical poem of the
Shah Namu by the celebrated Abool Kau-
sim Pirdoosee of Toos."
Or. 346.
Poll. 275; 8 in. by 5; about 15 lines,
3;^ in. long ; written in a cursive Indian cha-
racter, probably in the 18th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Another copy of the same poem, wanting
both beginning and end.
It begins in the midst of the account of
the first meeting of Sam with the princess
Paridukht (Add. 6941, fol. 8 b.)
The text differs considerably from that of the
preceding copy. It is more copious, and con-
tains much additional matter. The latter part
deals with Sam's warlike deeds in the Magh-
rib, and comes abruptly to an end after his
victory over 'Auj the 'Adite, king of Tanjah,
when the latter sends a message to his
mother Khaturah, imploring the aid of her
witchcraft against his foe.
The poet's name occurs in the following
verse, fol. 85 a: —
POETRY.— FIRDUSI.
5i5
The corresponding verse in the preceding
copy, fol. 99 i, is,
The present MS., in its imperfect state,
contains upwards of 8000 distiehs.
It bears the stamps of the kings of Oude.
Add. 24,093.
Foil. 222 ; lOi in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 2J in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, with *Unvan ; dated Muhar-
ram, A. II. 1055 (A.D. 1645) ; bound in
neatly painted covers. [Wm. H. Morlet.]
Yusuf and Zulaikhft, a poem.
Author: Firdusi, ^j-»ji/
Beg. ^J]f-^ j<> j» j^j^^ ^Lij
It is stated in Bitisunghar's preface to the
ShahnAmah (Macan's Persian preface, p. 55,
and Add. 7724, fol. 10). that Firdusi com-
posed this poem in Baghdad in order to in-
gratiate himself with the Khnlif, who saw
with displeasure the praises bestowed in the
ShahnAmah upon heathenish kings. Macan
asserts, however, in the English preface,
p. 62, and on the authority of a copy of the
Yusuf u Zulaikha in his possession, that
Firdusi " wrote it at the instigation of the
governor of Irak."
Tlie prologue of the present copy makes
no mention of the latter personage ; but it
contains a short panegyric on a prince, de-
signated in the heading as "Sovereign of
Islamism," ^^| iLIjU, by which is meant,
no doubt, the reigning Khalif, al-Kudir Bil-
lah (A.H. 381 — 442). In the next-following
section Firdusi says, in evident allusion to
the Shuhnamah, that he had hitherto sung
the fabulous deeds of ancient kings, but that
VOL. II.
now, that old age held him tight in its claw,
'■^^ ijjiP, '^^J^ <s^j^ \j*, he turned to a
truer and more holy theme.
The Yusuf u Zulaikha is mentioned by
'All Kuli Khan in the Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 332, and by Lutf 'All Khiln in the Atash-
kadah, p. 82. Both allow that it is worthy
by its style of the great master ; but the
former takes objection to its metre, as one
unsuited to any but heroic subjects, while
the latter remarks that it shows a genius
enfeebled by age and grief. See also Molil,
pjeface to the Shiihnamah, pp. 42, 46, Ouse-
ley's Biographical Notices, p. 91, Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 65, Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 519,
and Sprcnger, Oude Catalogue, p. 407. Two
lithographed editions of the poem are men-
tioned in the Fihrist i Kutub, or list of books
issued from the press of Naval Kishor, p. 61.
Copyist: ^ (JF;>»*« ^J•3^J* w^^ '-r*'^ *Jl\j-ai
Further down, and in the same hand-
writing, is a note dated the ninth of Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1055, stating that the MS. had been
collated and corrected in the town of Patnah
l)y MuUa Kasim and Kiizi 'Abd ul-Majid
Sivistilni.
The number of Baits in the present copy
scarcely exceeds 6500, while the MSS. of
T. Macan and Sir Gore Ouseley are said to
contain 9000. Pencilled notes in the margins
show that the late owner, W. H. Morley, had
compared it with the former of those MSS.,
and had found important differences.
The following notice on the fly-leaf is
signed by the last-named scholar, and dated
1810: " This poem was for a long time sup-
posed to be lost. There are but four MSS.
of it now known to exist — one in the library
of the College of Fort William in Bengal ; a
second in the collection of N. Bland, Esq.,
which is probably copied from the last, and
was purchased at Major Macan's sale; a
third in the library of the Boyal Asiatic
546
POETRY.— A. H. 400—500.
Society, which is correct, hut imperfect at
the bcginninf^ and the end ; and the present
MS., which is more correct than Mr. Bland's
MS., and more copious than either that or
the MS. of the Eoyal Asiatic Society."
Prefixed to the volume is a short note
signed Kazimirski, from which it appears
that the MS. owes its elegant binding to
Hasan *Ali Khan, the Persian ambassador at
the French court, to whom it had been lent.
Or. 330.
Poll. 109 ; 6f in. by 4^ ; 8 lines, 2^ in.
long, in a page ; written in large Nestalik,
with gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
18th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Quatrains of 'Umar Khayyam, arranged in
alphabetical order.
Beg. U *fj\^ j 1^ fjj^ j^T
The author, who calls himself in his
Arabic works Abul-Path 'Umar Ibn IbraliTm
al-Khayyami, is no less celebrated as mathe-
matician and astronomer, than as the writer
of the witty, often cynical, epigrams called
Eubri'iyfit.
Niziim ul-Mulk, who was born A.H. 408,
states in a passage of his Vasayfi (see p.
446 a), which has been quoted at length in
the Rauzat us-Safa, vol. iv. p. 61, abridged
in IJabib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 2, p. 69, and
translated by S. de Sacy, Notices et Extraits,
vol. ix. p. 143, that Hakim 'Umar Khayyam
of Nishapur, was of the same age as himself,
and had attended with him the lessons of the
Imam Muwaffak in that city. "When Nizam
ul-Mulk was raised by Alp Arslan to the
office of Vazlr, he bestowed upon his former
schoolmate a pension of 1200 tumans. In
the reign of Malak, Shah 'Umar Khayyam
came to Marv, and soon reached the highest
station to which a man of science can attain.
'Umar Ibn Ibrahim al-KhayyamI is men-
tioned in the Kamil, vol. x. p. 67, as the
first of the astronomers who were summoned
by Malak Shrdi in A.H. 467 to institute
astronomical observations, and he was the
editor of the Zij in which they were re-
corded; see Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 570. Ac-
cording to Daulat Shah he also enjoyed the
favour of Sultan Sanjar, who used to give
him a seat by his side on the throne. 'Umar
Khayyam is stated to have died in Nishapur,
A.H. 517. See Hyde, De Religione Veterum
Persarum, Oxon., 1700, p. 498, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 464, and Vienna Catalogue, vol. i.
p. 496.
His treatise on algebra has been published,
with a Prench translation, by F. Woepcke,
Paris, 1851. The quatrains have been edited
in Teheran by Sanjar Mirza, A.H. 1278. The
same text has been reproduced with a few
additions, and accompanied with a French
version, by J. B. Nicolas, Paris, 1867. Some
select Ruba is, 101 in number, have been ren-
dered in English verse by Edward Fitzgerald,
London, 1859, 1872 and 1879. others in Ger-
man, by A. F. von Schack, Stuttgart, 1878.
Notices on 'Umar Khayyam are to be
found in Daulatshah, Or. 469, fol. 110, Haft
Iklim, fol. 312, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 155,
and Atashkadah, p. 124. See also the Cal-
cutta Review, No. 59, Reinaud, Geographie
d'Aboulfeda, preface, p. 101, Hammer, Re-
dekiinste, p. 80, and Jahrbiicher, vol. 66,
Anzeigeblatt, p. 29, Garcin de Tassy, Journal
Asiatique, 5" Sdrie, vol. ix. p. 548, and Sddil-
lot, ib., vol. ii. p. 323.
The present copy contains 423 qua-
trains, and ends with No. 400 of M. Nicolas'
edition.
The last three pages contain some verses
composed by Shah 'Alam Padishah during
his captivity. On the fly-leaf is a seal bear-
ing the name of 'Abd ul-Majid Khan, with
POETRY.— A.H. 400—500.
547
the date 1143 ; also a note stating that the
MS. is in the handwriting of Mir Abul-
Hasan.
Or. 331.
Foil. 92; ^ in. by 2^; 12 lines, If in.
long; ^vritten in small Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, dated Kul J/ a-oJ, Ramaz.ln.
A. II. 1033 (A.D. 1624).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.)
Another copy of the Ruba'iyat, slightly
irapcrftKJt in the beginning, and containing
540 quatrains. The first is No. 11 of M.
Nicolas' edition, the last. No. 426.
A modem title on the fly-leaf, j««^ (j:.>U&b^
^J^i s->ji*i*, wrongly ascribes the work to
Sarmad, a later poet, also renowned for his
Rubals. Tliis Sarmad was a Jew, bom at
Kfishan, and whoso original name was Sa'id.
He embraced Islamism and went to India,
where he led the life of a Fakir. He incurred
the displeasure of Aurangzlb, who put him
to death shortly after his accession (A.H.
1068), on the charge of infidelity. See Riyjiz
U8h-Shu*ara, fol. 220 b., Mirut ul-'Alam,
fol. 483 b, Atashkadah, p. 204, and the Oude
Catalogue, pp. 96, 112.
Add. 27,318.
Foil. 67; 9^ in. by 5; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in small Nestalik, in two
gold-ruled columns, with TJnvan, apparently
in the 10th century. [Duncan Forbj:s.]
The Divan of Abul-Faraj Runi.
Beg. wJJ^ cl*a» «_.>l:jT ^^jj c^j^^^x^
Abul-Faraj B. Mas'ud Runi was, according,
to 'AuTi (Oude Catalogue, pp. 5 and 308),
bom and educated in Lahore. He is also
mentioned among the natives of that city in
the Ilaft Iklim, fol. 14, and his NLsbah is
derived, according to BadaonI, Mimtakhab
ut-Tavrtrikh, vol. i. p. 37, from Run, au
ancient village, now ruined, of the district
of Lahore, a statement confirmed by the Ear-
hang i Jahfinglri and the Burhan i Kati',
which call Run a town of Hindustan. The
Atashkadah, liowever, p. 122, derives it from
Runah, in Dasht i Khavaran, while the
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 5, and the Khulasat
ul-Afkar, fol. 5, place the poet's native town
Run in Sistan, owing apparently to a confu-
sion with an earlier poet of the same name,
Abul-Faraj Sijzi, or Sijistanl, who lived under
the Amir Abu 'All Simjur in the fourth cen-
tury of the Uijrah; see Daulatshah, Or. 469,
fol. 28, and Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 45.
Abul-Faraj Rfmi lived in the latter part of
the fifth century, under Sultan Ibrahim
Ghaznavl, and his sou and successor Mas'ud
B. Ibrahim, to both of whom several pieces
of his Divan are addressed. Sultan Ibrahim
succeeded to his brother Farrukhzad A.H,
450 or 451, and died, according to the Kamil,
vol. X. p. 110, and the Rauzat us-Safa,
vol. iv. p. 43, A.H. 481, or, as stated in the
Tabakat i Nasirl, Nizam ut-Tavarikh, and
Guzldah, A.H. 492. Mas'ud, who succeeded
immediately to his father, reigned till A.H.
508.
If the latter, and more probable, date for
the accession of Mas'ud be atlopted, the state-
ment of the Mir'ut ul-'Alam that Abul-Faraj
Runi died A.H. 482 is necessarily incoiTCct,
for he addresses Mas'ud B. Ibrahim in several
poems as the reigning sovereign.
Abul-Faraj has been highly praised and
imitated by Anvarl, and other poets of a
subsequent period. A contemporary poet,
Mas'ud i Sa'd i Salman, prides himself, in a
verse quoted in the Haft Iklim, on being his
pupil.
The Divan is not alphabetically arranged.
It consists almost entirely of Kasldahs,
which are in praise of the two sovereigns
above-mentioned, of the Vazlr 'Abd ul-Harald
548
POETRY.— A.H. 400-500.
(who held that office, as stated in Hahib
us-Siyar, vol. ii. Juz 4, p. 32, during the
latter part of Ibrfihim's reign), of the Sadr
ul-Islam, Mansur B. Sa'Id, and other digni-
taries of the court of Ghaznin. At the end,
foil. 51 — 57, are found some Kit'ahs and
Eubais; among the former, a piece on a
palace juaS belonging to the above-named poet,
Mas'ud i Sa'd, and the latter's answer in
praise of Abul-Faraj.
Egerton 701.
Foil. 201 ; 8i in. by 4| ; 16 lines, 21 long ;
written in a small and neat Nestalik, in two
gold-ruled columns, with two 'Unvans ; dated
Ramazan, A.H. 1008 (A.D. 1600).
[Adam Clarke.]
The Divan of Mas ud B. Sa'd B. Salman.
'AufI says that Mas'Qd was born in Hama-
dan, while in the Tazkirah of Daulatshfih and
the Atashkadah he is called a native of Jur-
jan. Both statements are contradicted by
the poet himself, who says in the following
lines, fol. 162, that the envious can only
reproach him with being a youth and a
native of "this city":
alii* _j ^yij^ ^^\ [jii]};^ ft^ljT'
J\j».j_J J^^,_^- ^;_*f*' ^JJ^\ j-i j£s>]
The poem contains a eulogy on Mahmud
Saif ud-Diu, the son of Sultan Ibrahim, and
was apparently composed in the royal resi-
dence, Ghaznin. After rising to a position
of high rank at the Ghaznavi court, Mas'ud
incurred the displeasure of Ibrahim, who
suspected him of plotting with his son,
prince Saif ud-Din Mahmud, and sent him a
prisoner, A.H. 472, to the hill-fort of Kai.
There Mas'ud underwent a long period of
captivity in the life-time of Ibrahim, and
again during the reign of his successor,
Mas'ud B. Ibrahim. After his final release
he adopted a religious life, and died, accord-
ing to Nizami *AruzT, quoted in Eiyaz ush-''
Shu'ara, A.H. 516, or, as stated by Taki Kashi,
A.H. 525.
Daulatshah gives under the name of Mas'ud
B. Sa'd B. Salman (Or. 469, fol. 39, and
Redekiinste, p. 42) the life of a poet who
lived at the court of Minuchihr B. Kabus
(A.H. 409 — 424). He has evidently con-
founded, with his usual inaccuracy, Mas'ud
with his father, Sa'd B. Salman. The two
lives are curiously blended into one in a
notice prefixed to the present copy of the
Divan, foil. 1—6.
Notices on Mas'ud i Sa'd will be found in
the Haft Iklim, fol. 416, Biyiiz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 407, Badaoni's Muntakhab, vol. i. p. 36,
Atashkadah, p. 147, Subhat ul-Murjan, Or.
1761, fol. 98, Haft Asman, p. 19, and Khu-
laaat ul-Afkar, fol. 282. The story of his
chequered life has been told at some length
by Dr. Sprenger, Journal of the Asiatic
Society of Bengal, vol. xxii. pp. 442 — 4,
and by N. Bland, Journal Asiatique, 5®
Serie, vol. ii. pp. 356—369.
'Aufi's statement regarding three Divans
left by Mas'iid, namely in Arabic, Persian,
and Hindi, is confirmed by Amir Khusrau
in his preface to the Ghurrat ul-Kamal, Add.
21,104, fol. 175 a.
The present Divan, which is not alpha-
betically arranged, consists chiefly of Kasi-
dahs in praise of three sovereigns of the
Ghaznavi dynasty, viz. Ibrahim, Mas'ud B.
Ibrahim, and Bahram Shah, who reigned,
according to the Kamil, vol. x. p. 356, vol.
xi. p. 124, from A.H. 512 to 548. Others
are addressed to prince Mahmud, son of
Ibrahim, to the poet's master Abul-Earaj
Runl, and to some dignitaries of the court
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
549
of Ghaznin. Several pieces contain the
author's laments on his protracted captivity.
The latter part of the volume contains a
Masnavi, fol. 149 ft, some Marsiyahs, fol.
174 a, MukattaVit, fol. 182 b, and RuhuMyat,
fol. 193 a.
An extract from this Divan is mentioned
in the Munich Catalogue, p. 8.
Add. 7793.
FoU. 244; 7| in. by 4|. [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1— 1(U; 14 lines, 2| in. long;
written in Ncstalik; dated Ramadan, A.U.
1005 (A.D. 1597).
Another copy of the preceding Divan,
containing about two thirds of the poems
found in the last, but in a different order.
Tlic first Kasldah, which begins thus:
is found at fol. 67 of the preceding MS.
II. Foil. 165—241; 12 lines, 2| in. long;
written in Ncstalik ; dated Haidarabad, Itama-
?jin, A.H. 1021 (A.D. 1612).
Another copy of the Div&n of Abu 'l-Faraj
Runi (see p. 5-47 a).
Tlie contents arc nearly the same as in the
first copy, but the arrangement is somewhat
different.
Copyist : ^ji^j\JL^':iy ^JJ^f^ ^^ ^ s^
Add. 16,777.
Foil. 386 ; 10 j in. by 6i ; 15 lines, 3J in.
long; written in fair Ncstalik, with gold-
ruled margins ; dated A.H. 1076 (A.D. 1665).
[Wm. Yule.]
The " Garden of Truth," a poem on ethics
and religious life.
Author : SanaH, ^JUu*
Beg. J^J\ ^jt c/jjy, yjjj J\
Abul-Majd Majdud B. Adam Sana I was, as
he states in the present poem, fol. 372, &» .^
^-■^^ (itt^j^ V" ■^3*} a native of Ghaznin, and
lived in the reign of Bahram Shah (A.H.
512— 548). A great part of the fourth book
is devoted to a panegyric on that prince and
a description of his court. The Hadikah
was completedj as stated in the concluding
lines, A.H. 525 :
^jii *- ji (_j'ji' i^\ ±^ tVi,
*U3 CJji
j^b
Some copies however have A.H. 535. The
former date is adopted by Jami, Nafahat,
p. 693, who adds that Sanal died in the same
year. See also Hablb us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4,
p. 33, Haft Iklim, fol. 132, Majalis ul-
'Ushshak, fol. 53, Majrdis ul-Milminin, fol.
300, Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 40, Haft Asman,
p. 20, and Riya? usli-Shu'ani, fol. 201. Jami's
statement is fully confirmed by a preface pre-
served in Or. 358, and noticed further on. Taki
Kaslii, in spite of his usual accuracy, places
Sanu'i's death in A.H. 545 (see the OudeCata-
logue, p. 558), and Daulatshali, a very unsafe
guide, in A.H. 576. The former is followed
by the Atashkadah, fol. 63, and the latter by
Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 102, and by Ouseley,
Biographical Notices, p. 184.
Khwand Amir points out. I.e., the glaring
anachronism committed by Jami, who repre-
sents Sana'i as composing in his youth poems
in praise of Sultan Mahmud, who died A.H.
421. The author of the Khuhisat ul-Afkar
states, fol. 105, without quoting his authority,
that Sana'i was born A.H. 437.
Ijlakim Sana'i, as the author is generally
called, is the earliest of the great Sufi poets.
The greatest of all, Jalrd ud-Din Rumi,
refers to him as his master in spiritual
550
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
knowledge, and his Hadikah is one of the
favourite text books of the sect. It is divided
into ten books (Biib), the contents of which
are stated in the Jahrbiicher, vol. 65, Anzei-
geblatt, pp. 1 — 5. See also Stewart's Cata-
logue, p. 57, the Oude Catalogue, p. 557, the
St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 326, the Munich
Catalogue, p. 7, and the Vienna Catalogue,
vol. i. p. 498.
At the end of the poem, fol. 384 b, is found
an epilogue written in the same metre. It
is addressed to the Imam Burhan ud-Din
Abul-Hasan 'All B. Nasir, surnamed Bir-
yangar,^(^b^*j i_-SU^ a doctor of Ghaznln,
who was then staying in Baghdad. The
author beseeches him, for old friendship's
sake, to state fairly his opinion on the pre-
ceding poem, and to shield him from the
malignant aspersions of some ignorant pre-
tenders in Ghaznin.
On the first page of the present copy is
found the seal of Sultan- Muhammad, a ser-
vant of Padishah 'Alamgir, with the date 1080.
• Add. 25,329.
Foil. 298; 7| in. by 4|; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; wi-itten in small Nestalik, with gold
headings; dated Safar, A.H. 890 (A.D.
1485). [Adam Clarke. J
The same work, wanting the latter part
of the epilogue.
On the first page is the Persian seal of
Archibald Swinton, dated A.H. 1174.
Or. 358.
Poll. 317 ; 6f in. by 8| ; 17 lines, 2 in. long ;
written in small Nestalik, in two gold-ruled
columns, with two 'Unvans, apparently in
the 16th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same poem.
This copy contains two prefaces in prose.
The first, foil, 2 b — 12 a, which begins thus :
j>\jji\ cJ^.*^. ji^\ J^^\ \ij\^, ji^^ ajj j^^
is due to Muhammad B. *Ali Rakkam, who
calls himself the humblest of Sana'i's disci-
ples. He states that the present sovereign,
Yamin ud-Daulah Bahramshah B. Mas'ud,
informed of the holy life of Sanii'i, had
offered him a post at his court, but that the
latter, who had led for forty years a life of
retirement and poverty, had begged leave to
retain his independence. As a token of his
gratitude for the Sultan's acquiescence, Sanfi'i
began to write for him the present work, to
which he gave the title of &«^;.iJ\j &ajka*r ' ikib>i».
&!^jiaJ)j. While he was yet engaged upon its
composition, some portions were abstracted
and divulged by certain ill-disposed persons,
and the author determined to complete it
without further delay. The writer of the
preface had made, by order of Bahramshah,
a fair transcript of the few thousand lines of
which it consisted, when the poet's soul took
its flight to a better world. The preface
concludes with a rhymed table of the ten
books of the Hadikah.
This preface is mentioned by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii. p. 40, who calls the writer Muham-
mad B. 'All ur-Raffa. See also the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 498.
The second preface, foil. 12 b — 15 a, which
is by Sana'i himself, and begins : o-U-»
J (j'«i JiT*^ t^^. {^f'^- *^= ul*~4C.ji.Axi {J^l^^
\^^ {J^'> is imperfect in the end.
Sana'i says that, while he was immersed
in sadness at the thought that he should
depart from this world without leaving any
good work behind, he had been accosted by
a loving friend, Ahmad B. Mas'ud Mustaufi,
who endeavoured to comfort him, and, pro-
bably, suggested to him the composition of
the Hadikah. But here the preface breaks
off" after the sixth page.
The last four leaves of the MS. have been
supplied by a later hand.
The first page bears the seal of Shah 'Inayat
UUah, with the date A.H. 1178.
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
551
Add. 16,778.
FoU. 301; 10 in. by 6i; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in NestalLk ; dated A.H. 1040
(A.D. 1631). [Wm. Yule.]
The same work, with marginal notes and
additions. The date of composition in this
copy is A.H. 535, which has been corrected
in the margin to 525. [Wm. Yolb.]
Add. 26,150.
Foil. 246; 10 in. by 5^ ; 19 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with ruled mar-
gins and a 'Unvan, apparently in the 17th
century. [Wx. Erskine.]
The same poem, with a few marginal notes
and additions in the first pages. The date
of composition at the end is A.H. 535.
Add. 27,311.
Foil. 302; 8} in. by 4}; 20 lines, 2% in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 16th cen-
tury. [DiwcAN Forbes.]
The Divan of Sanal.
B®S- ue?-^ fjj »^^**^ i-f.>-J^ »^u^
It contains Kasidahs, Ghazals, and Ruba*is,
without alphabetical arrangement, or any
apparent system, except that the RubaMs are
placed at the end, foil. 277—302. It includes
some pieces in praise of Bahrarashah.
The DivAn of Sana'i comprises, according
to Daulatshah, thirty thousand couplets.
The present copy does not exceed eleven
thousand.
Or. 269.
Foil. 75 ; 9i in. by of ; 15 lines, 38 in. long ;
written in Nestalik, apparently in India, in
the 18th century. [Geo. Wm. IIamilton.]
The Divan of Ahmad of Jam.
Abu Nasr Ahmad B. Abul-Hasan, sur-
named Zliandahpil J-is^*, was called Na-
maki from his birth-place, Namak, a village
of the district of Jam, but his usual desig-
nation is Shaikh ul-Islam Ahmad i Jam.
His countryman Jami devotes to him a long
notice in the Nafahat ul-Uns, pp. 405 — 417,
an abstract of which has been given by
Sprenger in the Oude Catalogue, p. 323.
He was born A.H. 441, adopted a religious
life in his twenty-second year, brought
thousands to repentance, and died in great
renown of sanctity A.H. 536, a date fixed,
as stated in the Javahir ul-AsrSr, fol. 148,
by the chronogram tj^ (_>-^ ^V 'W*'^ Al-
though illiterate, he composed several Sufi
tracts, the best known of which is entitled
j^jJLJI -\j^. Other notices will be found
in the Majalis ul-'Ushshak, fol. 57, Haft
Iklim, fol. 282, Habib us-Siyar, II., Juz 3,
p. 71, Uiyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 9, Khulasat ul-
Afkar, fol. 4, and Atashkadali, p. 73.
The Diviin comprises Ghazals alphabeti-
cally arranged, a few Masnavis, fol. 43 a,
and some Ruba'is, foil. 54 a— 60 a. The
poet calls himself mostly Jami, and, in a
a few places, Ahmad i Jam.
The latter part of the volume contains —
1. A letter written by Jahangir to his son
Sultan Khuram (Shahjahan), when he sus-
pected him of treasonable plots, and Khuram's
answer, the latter in Magnavi rhyme, fol.
60 h. 2. A love-poem, entitled mU Ca**?
Beg. *J ^U \ ^ »j^ J^\
The poem appears to have been written
in the reign of Akbar, at the request of
Prince Diiniyrd. The author designates
552
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
himself hy the name of iS^ i>\j ^^^ ; see
fol. 71 a. On the first page of the volume
are the stamps of the kings of Oude.
Or. 327.
Foil. 70; 7^ in. hy 4; 17 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, apparently
in the 16th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
ji\jo \^2i\ (j|^.i
The Divan of Adih Sabir.
Adih Srihir, a native of Tirmiz, was one of
the favourite poets of Sanjar, and his great
contemporary, Anvari, ranked him, in a verse
quoted in Jami's Baharistan, above himself.
Historians state that Adih Sabir was sent by
Sanjar with a friendly message to Atsiz, and
retained by the latter in Khwarazm. Having
frustrated by a timely warning an attempt of
that crafty vassal on the life of his sovereign,
he thus incurred his anger, and was drowned
by his order in the waters of the Jihun.
This event is placed in the Guzldah, fol. 137,
and the Rauzat us-Safa, vol. iv. p. 107,
before A.H. 542, and by TakI Kfishi, Oude
Catalogue, p. 16, in A.H. 540. Later dates
are given in some Tazkirahs, viz. A.H. 546,
in Daulatshah, fol. 47, and the Atashkadah,
fol. 152, and A.H. 547 in the Haft Iklim,
fol. 248. See also Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii.,
Juz 4, p. 104, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 10,
Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 6, Hammer, Eede-
kiinste, p. 121, and Sprenger, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 313.
The Divan consists chiefly of Kasldahs;
it includes also a Tarji*-band, fol. 55 a,
Mukatta at, fol. 59 b, and Ruba'iyat, fol 68 b.
Some of the laudatory poems are addressed
to the Sultans Sanjar and Atsiz (see foil. 23 a,
34 a, 15 a); but most of them are devoted
to the praises of the poiet's earliest patron,
Sayyid Majd ud-Din Abu '1-Kasim 'Ah B.
Ja'far, Ea'is of Khoriisan, whom, as is stated,
fol. 55 a, Sultan Sanjar used to call his
brother. The same personage is called in
some of the above notices Abu Ja*far 'Ali B.
ul-Husain ul-Musavi, Ea'is i Khorasan.
This copy bears the stamps of the kings df
Oude.
Add. 10,588.
Poll. 227 ; 8i in. by 5^ ; 19 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century.
The Divan of ]\lu'izzl.
Beg. ^J\i ^^ >y ^j\ ^/si^yij\^\
AmTr Mu'izzi's original name was Muham-
mad B. *Abd ul- Malik. His birth-place is not
ascertained. Daulatshah names Nasa, the
Haft Iklim, fol. 309, Nishapur, Taki Kashl
(Oude Catalogue, p. 16), and the Atashkadah,
fol. 157, Samarkand. Nizami 'Aruzi, who
knew him personally, relates, as quoted in the
Haft Iklim, and the Iliyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
409, the following particulars of his life : —
After the death of his father, Burhanl Sa-
markand!, a poet of the court of Alp Arslan,
he lived some time in obscurity, until he was
introduced to the notice of Malak Shah by
the Amir 'AH B. Faramurz (a vassal of the
SaljQkis, who ruled Yazd from A.H. 443 to
488j and to whom Alp Arslan had given his
sister in marriage; see Jahanara, fol. 66).
The king, charmed with some impromptu
verses of the poet, bestowed upon him a
princely reward and the surname of Mu'izzi,
derived from his own title, Mu'izz ud-Din.
Mu'izzi rose still higher under Sanjar, who
conferred upon him the title and office of
Malik ush-Shu'ara. He was accidentally
POETRY.— A.H. 500— GOO.
653
killed by a stray arrow from tbe bow of San-
jar, A n. 542. See also Guzidah, fol. 242, Ha-
bib us Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 103, Khulasat
ul-Afkar, foL 260, Hammer, Redekiinste,
p. 77, and Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 501.
The Diviin of Mu'izzi contains, according
to the Haft Ikhm, 15,000 couplets. The pre-
sent copy does not exceed 8000. It consists
chiefly of Kasldahs, not alphabetically ar-
ranged, a few Ghazals and Kit'ahs, fol. 216 a,
and Rub'i'is, fol. 224 a.
The first and last pages have been supplied
by a later hand.
Add. 16,791.
Foil. 176; 9i in. by 4|; 19 lines, 2i in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with gold ruled
margins and a 'Unvan; dated Ramazun,
A.n. 1063 (A.D. 1663). [Wm. Yule.]
1»|^J O^j U^^i
The Divan of Rashid Va^vat.
Beg. \j_/ f^\ iJi-y y lU ^\
Rashid ud-Din Muhammad B. *Ab<l ul-Jalil
ul-'Umari {i.e. a descendant of the Khalif
*Umar), a native of Balkh, surnamed Vatviit
or "swallow," on account of his dwarfish
size, held the post of chief secretary «_.ii»l«
>UJ\ ^^j}ji under two sovereigns of the
Khwarazm Shnhi dynasty, viz. Atsiz (A.H.
635 — 651), and his son Il-Arsliin (A.H.
651—668). The author of the Guzidah, fol.
137, quotes verses composed by him on the
accession of Atsiz, on his death, and on the
accession of Tukush, which took place in
A.H. 668. He died in his 97th year, A.H.
678, and left, besides the present Diviin, a
treatise on poetry ^^^ jJ'j-, a work entitled
M'^A^i oJ)y, and a metrical translation of the
sentences of 'Ali «j/j^ fc»».y. Notices on
his life will be found in the Guzidah, fol.
VOL. n.
243, Jilmi's Baharistan, fol. 63, Daulatshah,
fol. 45, Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, pp.
169, 174, Haft Ikllm, fol. 243, Riyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 178, Atashkadah, fol. 138, and
Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 100. See also Ham-
mer, Redekiinste, p. 119, and Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 541.
This Divjin consists of Kasldahs in alpha-
betical order. At the end are found some
Tarjl'- and Tarklb-bands, fol. 136 a, and
further on, Mukatta'at and Ruba'ls, fol. 158 b.
Most of the pieces are in praise of Sultan
Atsiz, here called Abu l-Muzaffar 'Ala ud-
Dln Muhammad ; a few are addressed to II
ArsLln, to the Vazlr 'Ala ud-Dln Muhammad,
and some other personages of tbe court of
KhM'arazui.
Or. 283.
Foil. 130; 10 in. by b\] 19 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The poems of Rashid Vatvat, not alpha-
betically arranged. The first Ka.sldah, whicli
is the second of the preceding copy, begins
thus :
This volume bears the stamps of the kings
of Oude.
Add. 16,826.
FoU. 29 ; 7J in. by 4| ; 6 lines, 2| in. long ;
written in fair Naskhi, with gold and with
blue ink, and in neat Nestalik, with a rich
TJnvan and illuminated borders, probably in
the 16th century. [Wm. Yule.]
A hundred maxims of 'All B. Abu Talib
«j^^ «-5lp »Jklfr «-»K *)U, with a paraphrase
in Persian quatrains by Rashid ud-Dln Vatvat
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 511.
This is the work above mentioned as «vry
fcji' s^, and edited by Fleisher in 1837. It
forms the fourth part of a collection including
554
POETEY.— A.H. 500—600.
the sayings of the first four Khalifs, which
was dedicated A.H. 559 to Sultan Shah Abul-
Kasira Mahmud, son of II Arslan Khwarazm
Shah. See Fliigel, Vienna Catalogue, vol. i.
p. 125, and the Leyden Catalogue, vol. i.
p. 192.
Four leaves are wanting after fol. 12.
Copyist : ,_^-— * (-->V»y^ s^ \^ j5lii)\ jop
Add. 25,019.
Foil. 360; 9 in. by 5; 17 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik ; dated Ahmadabad,
Gujrat, Shavval, A.H. 1083 (A.D. 1672).
The Divan of Anvari.
Beg. /i>^ ^^j'^ •— *^ ' *? "^ {jji^*
Auhad ud-DTn Anvari, the first of KasTdah
writers, was born in Mahanali (Yakut's
Maihanah), in the district called Daslit i
Khavaran, near Abivard, and took from his
native pi-ovince the poetical surname of
Khavari, which he afterwards exchanged for
Anvari. In early life he applied himself to
the pursuit of science in the Madrasah
Mausuriyyah of Tus, but subsequently em-
braced the more lucrative profession of court-
poet, and became a great favourite of Sultan
Sanjar, to whom most of his Kasidahs are
addressed.
An incident related in the Tarikh i Guzidah,
and repeated in the Rauzat us-Safa andHabib
us-Siyar, shows that he lived on to the reign
of Sultan Tughrul B. Arslan. A conjunction
of the seven planets in the third degree of
Libra was expected in the month of Rajab,
A.H. 581,* and some astronomers, first and
foremost of whom was Anvari, predicted a
» A conjunction of .five planets in Libra took place,
according to the Kamil, vol. ju. p. 348, on the 29th of
Jumada II., A.H. 582.
terrific convulsion of nature, so that people
fled in alarm to mountains and caves. When
the dreaded day came, there was not enough
wind to winnow corn or blow out a lamp.
The historian remarks that the prophecy was
fulfilled in another sense, for in that year
Chinglzkhan became the chief of his people^
while the prop of the empire, Atabak Muham-
mad, was laid low. However, the discomfited
astronomer, finding himself the butt of
satirists, retired to Nishilpur, and afterwards
to Balkh, where he spent the rest of his life.
Various dates are assigned to Anvari's death.
Taki KashI, Oude Catalogue, p. 16, gives
A.H. 587, Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 474, A.H.
592, and Daulatshah, A.H. 547. This last
date is refuted by the fact recorded in the
Guzidah, and by the evidence afforded by
several passages of the Divan, that the poet
had survived Sanjar (see fol. 108 a).
Notices on Anvari will be found in Jami's
Baharistan, fol. 62, Guzidah, fol. 238, Habib
us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 103, Haft Iklim,
fol. 228, Majalis ul-Muminin, fol. 536, Biyaz
ush-Shu'ara, fol. 16, and Khulasat ul-Afkar,
fol. 11. See also Hammer, Bedekiinste,
p. 88, and Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 331.
The Divan is divided as follows : Kasidahs,
without systematic arrangement, fol. 1 a.
Shorter Kasidahs, fol. 202 b. Mukattaat,
in alphabetical order, fol. 205 a. Mukatta at,
without alphabetical arrangement, fol. 287 a.
Ghazals, not in alphabetical order, fol. 295 a.
Masnavis, fol. 333 a. Ruba'is, fol. 338 a.
The names which recur most frequently
in the laudatory poems are those of Sultan
Sanjar, and the Vazir of the latter part of his
reign, Nasir ud-Din Abul-Fath B. Fakhr ul-
Mulk, who was a grandson of the great Nizam
ul-Mulk, and died A.H. 548 (see Kamil, vol.
xi. p. 121, and Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii. Juz 4,
p. 103) ; of Tughrultigln and 'Imad ud-Din
Firiiz Shah, who both held sway in Balkh, of
the VazIr of Balkh, Ziya ud-Din Maudiid B.
Ahmad 'Usmi, the Khwajah i Jahan Majd ud-
POETRY.— A.n. 500—600.
565
Dm Abul Hasan'Imrilni, and Kazi Hamid ud-
Dln Balkhl, the author of the Makamat.
The same Divan, alphabetically arranged,
has been lithographed in Tabriz, A.II. 1266.
Copies are mentioned in Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 56, Mackenzie Collection, vol. ii. p. 139,
the 8t. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 319, the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 502, the Munich
Catalogue, p. 10, and the Gotha Catalogue,
p. 83.
Add. 7732.
Foil. 329; 9^ in. by 6; 19 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, about the begin-
ning of the 17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The same Diviin, in alphabetical order;
containing — Kasidahs, fol. 1 b. MukattaVit,
fol. 171. Ma^nans, fol. 235 b. Ghazals
(not alphabetically arranged), ful. 240 a.
Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 273.
Rubtt'is, fol. 309 a.
Beg. J/V- «.l*-J'-»r i J^)>r *»■ iji^J^
This beginning is by a later hand, and
only imperfectly supplies the deficiency of
the original MS., which has lost all the
Kasidahs in Alif but the last two.' Foil.
11— 31, 64—76, and 329 have been written
by the same modern hand, A.II. 1200.
The margins contain some additional pieces
of Anvari, and, on foU. 126—217, the Tuhfat
ul-'Irukain and some other poems by Khakani,
written in the same handwriting as the text,
and dated Ispahan, Zulka'dah, A.II. 1011
(A-D. 1603).
Add. 22,381.
Foil. 259; 9^ in. by 5^; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century.
Another copy of the Diviin of Anvari, con-
taining Kasidahs, fol. 1 a, and Mukatta'at,
fol. 163 o, without alphabetical arrangement.
It wants sixteen leaves at the beginning, a
few in the body of the volume, and some at
the end.
Add. 5617.
Foil. 280; 10 J in. by 6: 19 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins and two *Unvans, dated Zulka'dah,
A.H. 1087 (A.D. 1677).
[Nath. Bbassey Halhed.]
The Divan of Anvari, containing Kasidahs,
fiol. 1 b, and Mukatta'at, fol. 195 6, both in
alphabetical order, with the exception of the
first Kasidah, which begins:
This copy was written, as stated in the
subscription, for Shams ud-Din Muhammad,
Vazir of the Subah of Tatah, by 'Abd ul-
Majld Kiitib Tata'i.
Add. 16,763.
Foil. 202; 94 in. by 5^; 17 Unes, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated the 6th
year of Farrukhsiyar, A.H. 1129 (A.D. 1717).
[Wm. Yule.]
The Kasidahs of Anvari, in alphabetical
order, beginning like the preceding MS.
A curious feature of this collection is that,
while consisting for the most part of authentic
poems of Anvari, it includes some Kasidahs
which are not found in the preceding copies,
and which, according to what is known of
the poet's life, cannot bo attributed to him ;
for they bear internal evidence of having
been composed in India, and many years
after the latest date assigned to Anvari's
death. Thus we find a Kasidah addressed to
Shams ud-Din Iltatmish, who reigned in
India from A.H. 607 to 633, fol. 60 b ; four
B 2
556
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
poems in praise of his son Rukn ud-Dln
Firuz Shah, who succeeded to his father, and
was deposed after a reign of six months,
A.H. 634, foil. 40 b, 42 a, 62 a, 135 b ; one
containing the name of another son of Iltat-
mish, Ghiyag ud-Din Muhammad, who at the
time of his father's death was in possession
of Oude, fol. 43 a; lastly, three Kasldahs
addressed to the Vazir of Iltatmish and his
successor, Nizclra ul-Mulk Muhammad Junaidi
(see Tabakat i Nasirl, Raverty's translation,
pp. 613, 639), foil. 44 a, 46 b, 62 b.
To the first of the above poems a precise
date can be assigned; for it records the
reception by Shams ud-Din Iltatmish of a
robe of honour sent to him by the Abbaside
Khalif Mustansir, an event which is stated
by a contemporary historian to have taken
place A.H 626 ; see Tabakat i Nasiri, trans-
lation, p. 616.
The poet, whose name does not appear,
says in the following lines, fol. 45 «, that he
had come to India from Khorasan :
BadaunI mentions in his Muntakhab, vol.
i. p. 65, two poets who repaired from Iran to
the court of Iltatmish, namely Nasiri and
Amir Riihani.
Or. 362.
Foil. 153 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A commentary on the Kasidahs of Anvari.
Author : Muhammad B. Da'iid 'Alavi
Shadiyabadi, t^<il)T i^iiU- i^-\s- jijb ^^ j..^
Beg. ]j^^.^ ^\^j» lijoo ijtJ.V^j ^*v ^J^}^^
The author states in the preface that,
having once recited a poem of Anvari before
the exalted throne of Sultan Nasir ud-Din,
who deigned to admit him to his assemblies,
he received His Majesty's command to write
a commentary upon the difficult verses of
that poet. Hence the present work.
Tlie author was apparently a native of
Shadl-abad, commonly called Mandu, the
capital of Malvah, and the above-named
sovereign is, no doubt, Nasir ud-Din KhUji,
who reigned in Malvah from A.H. 906 to
916. See Firishtah, vol. ii. p. 509.
The commentary does not follow the al-
phabetical order. The first three Kasidahs
commented upon are those which begin as
follows : jik* Ojjl) cJ\ lo «j jjfjjJU, Tabriz
edition, p. 124, CL*-»UiJ aj ^Ul^ JW J^sf ^il,
ib., p. 26, and ji^\ ^\ e^ **i^:* cjr'j^ ^j^j^
jJUb, ib., p. 197. The last is a Kitah
beginning *\a« m till* ^\j ^J", ib., p. 222.
Add. 25,820.
Foil. 129 ; 81 in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3| in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Sha'ban, A.H. 1232 (A.D. 1817).
[Wm. Cuketon.]
The same commentary, with some marginal
additions.
Or. 361.
Foil. 92 ; 9J in. by h\ ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, probably in the
I7th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A commentary on some Kasidahs of
Anvari.
Author : Abul-Hasan, ^^^-Jii y>\
Beg. ^aW>- "^i ji Jp- J'^/'i^jj '} *i ^'u-.
Tahir Naslrabadi, who in his Tazkirah,
composed A.H. 1089, mentions Mir Abul-
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
557
Hasan, a Husainl Sayyid of Farahan, as a
contemporary poet and the author of a
commentary upon Anvari, states that after
staying some time in Nasirabad, a suburb of
Ispahan, Abul- Hasan settled in Shiraz, where
he entered the service of the governor Imam
Kuli Khfin, but was eventually put to death.
See Add. 7087, fol. 208, Sprengor, Oude
Catalogue, p. 332, and Melanges Asiatiques,
vol. iv. p. 64.
The author states in a short preamble
that he had confined himself to the explana-
tion of the difficult verses and of some rare
words. In conclusion he claims the readers'
indulgence for what he calls the first literary
attempt of his youth, and adds that the
work had been circulated before he had
intended to make it public.
The commentary follows the alphabetical
arrangement, lx»e^nning with the first Kasi-
dah of the Tabriz edition, and ending with
the poem beginning ^^ ^jjl* jUiLi-', ib.
p. 205.
Or. 298.
Foil. 56 ; 6| in. by 3 ; 1 i lines, 1 J in.
long; written in small Nestalik, probably in
the 16th century. [Geo. Wm. IIamilto.n.]
The Divan of 'Imadi.
Beg. ^> jj j\ yl^\j\x^ ^ J3U J^
The best account of Imiidi is to be found
in the Haft Iklim, foil. 436—439, where he '
is called *Imadi Shahriyftri, and placed
among the natives of Rai, Shahriyar l)eing
the name of one of the richest Buluks of
that city. Some of the best authorities, we
are told, identify him with 'Imadi Ghaznavi,
while others hold that there are two distinct
poets of that name. *Aufi knows only one
Imadi, whom he classes with the poets of
Ghaznin, although the verses he quotes under
his name are, in some good copies, ascribed to
'Imadi Shahriyari. The original Divan of
'Imadi is lost ; but about two thousand Baits
have been preserved. Among the numerous
pieces inserted in the Haft Iklim, several of
which are found also in the present copy, are
two in praise of Sultan Tughrul, the second
of which contains, according to Ahmad Razi,
an allusion to Kizil Arslan. It was evidently
written after Tughrul had thrown off the
yoke of the Atabaks, as he did after the
death of Jahan Pahlavan, A.H. 582 ; see the
Kiimil, vol. ix. p. 437. The date assigned
by Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 16, to
the death of 'Imadi, namely A.H. 573, is
accordingly too early.
Other notices on 'Imadi will be found in
the Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 294, the Khulasat
ul-Afkar, fol. 173, and the Atashkadah,
p. 102. Sec also Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 439. In the first of the above works the
poet is called Hakim 'Imadi Ghaznavi, and
described as the panegyrist of 'Irnad ud-
Daulah Dailami. It is added that he was
also called Sultani and Shahriyari, and that
he was, according to some authors, a son of
Mukhtari Ghaznavi (see p. 543 a), — a very
doubtful statement, repeated in the Atash-
kadah.
The present collection, which contains
little more than 1400 Baits, consists princi-
pally of Kasidahs, arranged without any
apparent system, with some Ghazals, Kit'ahs
and Ruba'is. It affords no evidence of the
poet's connexion with Ghaznin, but much of
his residence in Mazandaran and the ad-
joining countries. Two Kasidahs are in
praise of Sultan Tughrul, who was the
nominal sovereign of Irak from A.H. 573
to 582, and an independent ruler from the
latter date to his death in A.H. 690 (Kamil,
vol. xi. pp. 265, 347, vol. xii. p. 70). One
is addressed to Jahan Pahlavan (the Ata-
bak Muhammad B. Ilduguz), who reigned
558
POETRY.— A.H. 600—600.
A.H. 568—582 (ib. vol. xi. pp. 255, 582),
and another to Tughan (i. e. Tughan Shah B.
Muayyad, who ruled in Nishapur A.H.
568 — 581 or 582; see Journal Asiatique,
4° Serie, vol. vii. p. 446).
But by far the greater number of the
laudatory poems are in praise of a prince of
Mazandaran called Saif ud-Din 'Imad ud-
Daulah B. Faramurz, who appears to have
been the poet's special patron, and from
whose title he took, no doubt, his Takhallus
'Imadi. He is thus designated, fol. 19 a.
and fol. 19 b.
iiJjjJ\ <i'-^ ij^.i^'^ *— *i^ *^
In a Kuba'i composed after his benefactor's
death, fol. 54 b, the poet wonders at his
beholding laid low in the dust him who had
raised him from it :
5j3T ^^y- ii^ uilli- (^ i^A J^
In a poem in praise of Faramurz, apparently
the father of 'Imad ud-Daulah, the poet
describes himself as a humble follower in the
prince's army, fol. 10 a:
Of 'Imad ud-Daulah no record has been
found. His father was perhaps the same
Faramurz, who is mentioned by Zahir ud-
Din, Geschichte von Tabaristan, p. 223,
"about A.H. 512, as the nephew of the
reigning Ispahbad, 'Ala ud-Daulah 'All.
Another prince caUed 'Abd ur-Rahman,
described as a powerful sovereign in no less
than three pieces, foil. 17, 36, 37, has not
been identified.
The poet designates himself throughout
by the Takhallus of 'Imadi ; but he refers in
two passages, foil. 30 a, 34 b, to the change
of that surname to Sultani, as consequent
upon his entering the service of Sultan
Tughrul.
The first page bears the stamps of Tiket
Rai, the Oude minister, and of the kings of
Oude.
Add. 25,808.
Foil. 386 ; 9| in. by 5^ ; 19 lines, 2| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 16th cen-
tury. [Wm. Cureton.]
The Divan of Khakani.
Beg. Jiib ^^b| Jil^ ^^j C^\ ^ j^^ ^j" J J
Afzal ud-Din B. *Ali Najjar, or son of 'All
the carpenter, a native of Shirvan, adopted
in the first instance the poetical surname of
Haka'iki, but received subsequently that of
Khakani from his master Abul-'Ala GanjavT.
His original name was, according to most
biographers, Ibrahim. But he says himself,
in the following verse, quoted in the Haft
Iklim, fol. 529, that he had been called by
his father Badil, or " Substitute," because
he filled the vacant place of Sana'i, the great
mystic :
and he adds in another place, Add. 16,772, fol.
264, that one magician (Sana'i) had just been
buried in Ghaznin when Shirvan gave birth
to another (Khakani):
Hence it may be inferred that he was born
about A.H. 525 (see p. 549 b).
His life was principally spent at the court
of two successive sovereigns of Shirvan,
namely Khakan Kabir Minuchihr, from whose
title the poet's surname is derived, and his son
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
559
Akhsatan (in our AESS. Akhtashan ^^\^^\)*
who died after a long reign in, or shortly
after, A.H. 584, the year in whicli Nizami
dedicated to him his Majniin u Laila. (See
also Khanykov, Bulletin de la Classe Histo-
rique, tome xiv. pp. 353 — 370). Most of
Khakan'i's laudatory poems are addressed to
Akhsatan.
Hamd Ullah says in the Guzidah that
Kliakani died in Tabriz A.H. 582, and that
statement has been repeated by Daulatshah,
fol. 76, by Ahmad Rjizi, Haft Iklim, fol. 529,
and in the Atashkadah, fol. 18. But there
is in his Divan ample evidence that he lived
on to a later period. He survived his patron
Akhsatan (see Khanykov, I.e. p. 356); he
composL>d several poems in praise of the
Atlbak Nusrat ud-Din Kizil Arslan, who
reigned from A.H. 582 to 587 ; finally, as
has been noticed by Khwand Amir, Habib
us-Siyar, vol. ii. Juz 4, p. 176, he addressed
a Kasidah to Sultan Tukush KhwArazm
Shah after the taking of Isfahan, A.H. 590.
The date assigned to his death inMir'at ul-
Khayol, fol. 23, Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 78, and
Nata'ij ul-Afkikr (in the margin of I^Iablb us-
Siyar, I.e.), viz. A-H. 595, is probably correct.
Other notices on Khakani will t)c found in
Jfimi's Baharistan, fol. 65, Nafahat ul-Uns,
p. 707, Majrdis ul-Muminin, fol. 534r, Mir'at
uI-Khayal, fol. 23, and Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 153. See also Hammer, Redekiinste,
p. 126, Ouseley's Notices, p. 157, Sprenger,
Oode Catalogue, p. 461, and Khanykov,
Mdmoire sur Khacani, Journal Asiatique,
6* S^e, vol. iv. p. 137, vol. v. p. 296, and
Mdlanges Asiatiqucs, vol. iii. p. 114.
The Divan is arranged according to sub-
jects. The following are the principal
divisions : — Poems on religious or moral
topics. Laudatory poems addressed to
princes, vazirs, and men of rank, fol. 55 b.
Tarj'-lmnds, fol. 182 b. Mara^ii, or funeral
• In AniMiuan, "AkhMiimn." See Don, Caapia, p. 304.
poems, fol. 204 a. Short pieces of ascetic
character, epigrams, satires, etc., fol. 246.
Copies are described in the Jahrbiicliei*,
vol. Ixvi., Anzeigeblatt, p. 26, the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 508, the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 328, etc.
Add. 16,773.
Foil. 379; 9^ in. by 5^; 19 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with *Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
16th century. [Wm. Yule.J
The same Divan.
Add. 7726.
Foil. 310; 9j in. by 6; 15 lines, 1| in.
long, with about 30 half-lines written round
the margins in continuation of each page,
in neat Nestalik, with gold-rided margins,
apparently in the 16th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The same Divan.
Add. 7727.
Foil. 329; 10 in. by 5|; 21 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 17th cen-
tury. [CI. J. Rich.]
The same Divan, slightly imperfect at the
end.
The first Kasidah of this copy is the second
of the preceding MSS.
Add. 25,809.
Foil. 402; 10 in. by 5i ; 19 lines, 3.f in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; appa-
rently in the 17th century.
[Wm. Cureton.]
The same Divan, slightly imperfect at the
end, with many marginal notes, especially in
the first half of tlie volume.
On the fly-leaf at the end, and in a later
560
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
hand, is written a ghazal popularly, ascribed
to Khakani, beginning :
It has been printed at the end of Dr.
Forbes' Persian Grammar.
Add. 16,772.
Poll. 283; 12| in. by 6^; 25 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century. [Wm. Yule.]
Another copy of the Diviin of Khakani,
in which the Kasidahs are alphabetically
arranged.
Beg. \jC> Jdj» Ui^jd ij'i^jji ^jyo ^^j=.
Add. 25,018.
Poll. 358; 8i in. by 4|; 14 lines, 2| in,
long, with about 24 half-lines in the margins ;
written in neat Nestalik, with 'Uiivans and
gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 16th
century.
The complete works of Khakani, namely
his Divan and the Tuhfat ul-'Irakain. The
MS. is divided into the following sections,
each of which has a separate 'Unvan: I. Kasi-
dahs in alphabetical order, with the exception
of the first, which begins :
^b y,bj Jflla ^^j lI*— »ji«i>^ ^J* J»i
II. Mukatta'at in alphabetical order, fo\
206 6.
Beg. *i)j>- *iVi» ^;J^^J'^ ii^-^V.
III. Ghazals in alphabetical order, with
some Ruba'is at the end, fol. 239 b.
Beg. Vj^- ^^ ^'^ '^^'^ lai- \j |j» |,U.
IV. Preface «»- V^.ii of the Tuhfat ul-'Irakain,
fol. 296 b.
Beg. «3bj^^^' *J^ »5^ '),^ *.a:»M.^
The preface concludes with a dedication to
the Vazir Jamal ud-Dln. This was the title
of Muhammad B. 'Ali ul-Ispahani, who was
at the head of the government of Mausil
from A.H. 541 to 558, when he was deposed
by the Atiibak Kutb ud-Din Maudud. See
the Kamil, vol. xi. pp. 74 and 202, and Ibh
Khallikan's translation, vol. iii. p. 295.
V. Tuhfat ul-'Irakain, ^\j^\ XftaS, fol. 299 b.
Beg. tiJli- tj^jj^ *a»- ^^i^ ufJlus^ ^j^^ a^^
The "Present to the two Iraks" is a
Magnavi poem, in which the poet describes
his journey from Shirvan to Mecca and his
return. Its precise date is not stated ; but in
his ode to Ispahan (Journal Asiatique, 6* Serie,
vol. V. p. 329) Khakani says that he was in
Mausil, where he stayed some time on his
return journey, in A.H. 551.
An abstract of the contents has been given
by Khanykov, Journal Asiatique, 6" Serie,
vol. iv. pp. 173 — 179. See also the Jahr-
biicher, vol. 64, Anzeigeblatt, pp. 16 — 18,
and the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 506. A
selection from the Tuhfat ul-'Irakain has
been printed in Lahore, 1867.
Add. 7728.
Poll. 124 ; 8 in. by 4| ; 13 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 16th cen-
tury. [CI. J. RiCH.J
The Tuhfat ul-'Irakain. See the preceding
MS., art. V.
Add. 25,810.
Poll. 118 ; 10 in. by 6^ ; 15 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in Nestalik ; dated Haidarabad, Dec-
can, Muharram, the 20th year of 'Alamgir,
A.H. 1088 (A.D. 1677). [Wm. Cueeton.j
The same work, with marginal annotations
in the hand of the copyist.
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
561
Add. 23,553.
Foil. 103; 9| in. by 5^; 17 lines, 2| in.
long, in a page ; written in Nestalik ; dated
Rajpur, district of Kalpi, Rajab, A.H. 1096
(A.D. 16S5). ( Hob. Taylor.]
The same work, with corrections, various
readings, and glosses, in the same hand-
writing as the text.
Foil. 2—8 a contain extracts from Hafi?
and other poets.
Add. 16,776.
Foil. 93; 75 in. by 4; 17 lines, 23 in. long;
written in a cursive hand, apparently in the
17th century. [Wm. Yule.]
The same poem, imperfect at the beginning
and wanting a few lines at the end.
It begins with ^^ ^\p j iJ.»L>. ^^ ^J\
(Add. 25,810, fol. 6 a).
Add. 16,775.
Foil. 116; 7i in. by 44; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. (Wm. Yule.]
The same poem, with the prose preface
noticed p. 560 a.
This copy belonged to Muhammad Shfihid,
son of Rah mat Khan Da'udzai, whose seal
and signature are found on the last page.
Add. 16,774.
Foil. 114; 7 in. by 4; 15 lines, 2|^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Wn. Ycle.]
The same work, with marginal notes.
The prose preface, written by a later hand,
occupies foil. 1 b—6 b.
Add. 25,811.
FoU. 235; 8i in. by 5^ ; 17 lines, 3| in.
VOL. U.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Shawal, A.H. 1080 (A.D. 1670).
[Wm. Cureton.]
A full commentary on forty-four Kasidahs
from the Dlviln of Khtkkani.
Author : Muhammad B. Da'ud B. Muham-
mad B. Mahmud Shfidiyabadi, ijb ^^ j..^
Beg. J^ ^jjj ^ (_^U-,jftljj jk\^
' The author, who has been already men-
tioned, p. 550 a, says that he had acquired
considerable skill in unfolding the abstruse
meaning of ancient poets, and had been
urged by some intimate friends to write the
present commentary. The Kasidahs selected
for explanation do not follow the alphabetical
order, nor the usual arrangement of other
copies. The first three are those which
begin as follows :
See Add. 25,808, foil. 1, 21, 29.
Or. 363.
Foil. 357 ; 9i in. by 4j ; 19 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, apparently in the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Another copy of the same commentary,
including about twenty minor poems not
found in the preceding.
On the first page are some seals of the
reign of Shahjalian, the earliest of which is
dated A.H. 1045.
Add. 27,315.
FoU. 210 ; 8| in. by 5 ; 19 lines, Z\ in.
s
562
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Zulka'dah, A.H. 1107 (A.D. 1696).
[Duncan Forbes.]
A commentary on some Kasidalis of Kha-
li: anl.
Author : 'Alavl Lahijl, ^"li ^j^.
Beg. j_j-H* »'i;iV-' fj^^>^ J>.i^ f^ ^j^^p"
The author, who calls himself in the pre-
face an old servant of Jahanglr, says that at
the time of the Emperor's accession he was
staying in Mecca. After a long sojourn
there he returned to India hy way of Irak
and Khorasan, and presented to His Majesty
the ahove commentary, together with some
Kasldahs in his praise.
This preface is the only part of the work
which is 'Alavi's original composition. Eor
the commentary is simply transcribed, with
some trifling alterations, and without any
acknowledgment, from the preceding work.
It contains, however, to'vvards the end, some
minor poems and a few verses from the
Tuhfat ul 'Iralcain, which are not to be found
in Add; 2.3,811, and which differ from the
additional pieces of Or. 363.
A Kasidah in praise of Jahanglr, with
which, according to the preface, the work
was to conclude, is not found in the present
copy.
Add. 8993.
Foil. 44; 6f in. by 3^; 14 lines, 2 in.
long, in a page ; written in minute Nestalik,
with gold-ruled margins; dated Sha'ban,
A.H. 1016 (A.D. 1607).
The Divan of Mujir ud-Dln Bailakanl.
Mujir ud-Din, born in Bailakan, a town of
the province of Arran, was a dependent of
the Atabaks of Azarbaijan, namely Ilduguz,
and his son Kizil Arslan, who is the principal
object of his panegyrics. He left the latter,
however, according to the Haft Ikllm, fol.
543, to attach himself to Sultan Tughrul.
In the latter part of his life he was employed
in the revenue collection in Isfahan, where
he made fierce enemies by his satires. He
was finally assailed in a bath by an infuriated
mob, and put to death. *Aufi, quoted m
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 403, states that Kizil
Arslan, displeased by Mujir's remissness in
his attendance, called two rival poets, Aglr'
AkhsikatI and Jamiil ud-Din Ashhari, to his
court, and bestowed his favour upon them.
Mujir's death is placed by Taki Ktlshi,
Oude Catalogue, p. 16, in A.H. 594, and by
the author of the Eiyaz, 1. c, in A.H. 568.
As his Divan contains, fol. 27, an elegy on
the death of Kizil Arslan, which took place
A.H. 587, the latter date is evidently wrong-.
Other notices on Mujir will be found in
Daulatshah, fol. 99, Atashkadah, fol. 14, and
Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 267. See also Ham-
mer, Redekiinste, p. 129, and Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 503. Amir Khusrau, who
mentions Mujir in the preface of his Ghurrat
ul-Kamal, places him above Khakani, who is
generally called his master.
The present copy, which is imperfect at
the beginning, contains Kasidalis, which are
not in alphabetical order, with a few Kifahs
and two Ruba'is at the end. The first com-
plete Kasidah, probably the second of the
Divan, begins thus :
Copyist: ^\j uiJ,-* j..**.*
Add. 19,498.
Foil. 115 ; 7i in. by 5 ; 14 lines, 3l in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, on gold-
sprinkled paper, with gold-ruled margins,
probably in the 16th century.
The Dlviin of Zahir ud-Din Faryabl.
POETRY.— A.H. 500—600.
563
Beg. y^ ^^ Oj> isi£^ tj3^
Zabir ud-Dln Abul-Fazl Tiihir B. Muham-
mad, bom at Faryab, in the province of
Balkb, applied himself to the sciences, espe-
cially to astronomy, as well as to poetry. He
composed in early life poems in praise of
Tughan Shah, who ruled in Nishapur from
A.H. 569 to 581, and of Husfim ud-Daulah
Ardashir, who reigned in Mazandaran from
A.H. 567 to 602 (see Ibn Isfandiyar, Add.
7633, fol. 69). From the latter country he
proceeded to the court of the Atiibaks of
A;arb:iijan, and lived in great honour under
Muhammad B. Ilduguz (A.H. 668—582),
and under his brother and successor, Kizil
Arslan (A.H. 582—687), whom he left to
attach himself to the former's son, Nusrat
ud-Din Abu Hakr. He ended his life in
retirement, and died, according to the Guzi-
dah, fol. 211, in Tabriz, A.H. 598.
He is noticed in Jami's Baharistan, fol. 66,
Daulatshah, fol. 95, I;;Iabib us-Siyar, vol. ii.,
Juz4, p. 127, Haft Iklim, fol. 215, Riyaz
ush-Shuar.!, fol. 280, and Atashkadah, fol.
1^. See also Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 130,
Ouseley's Notices, p. 154, and Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, pp. 16 and 579.
Contents: 1. Kasidahs in alphabetical
order, fol. 1 b. 2. Two Tarji'bands, fol. 86 4.
3. Ghazals, not alpliabetically arranged, fol.
90 a. 1. [Mukatta'at, fol. 93 b. 6. Ruba'is,
fol. 110 a.
Copies of the Diviin are mentioned by
Krafll, p. 62. in the Upsala Catalogue, p. 102,
and in Bibllotheca Sprenger., No. 1523.
The first page bears the Persian seals of
Mr. Henry Vansittart, and of Mr. Charles
Boddam.
Add. 7733.
FoU. 140; 6i in. by 3 J ; 14 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins; dated Shavval, A.H. 1035
(A.D. 1620). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same Divan, differently arranged.
■"^a- jjj^ L?!/^ f»j^ ("^ ^ (•'^ ij-a->
This copy comprises the following classes
in which the alphabetical order is not
observed : — 1. Kasidahs, fol. 1 b. 2. Mu-
kattaVit, fol. 90 b. 3. Ghazals, fol. 127 b
4. Rubals, fol. 131 a.
Or. 268.
Foil. 188 ; 10^ in. by 6 ; 12 lines, 3 in.
leng ; written in fine Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
15th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Asir Akhslkatl.
Beg.
W w
c^.'
;V ^jj<
JJJJ
(j^ • ^-J
ȣ3
A§ir ud-Din, a native of Akhslkat, a town
of Farghanah, is placed by most Persian
critics in the same rank of excellence as his
great contemporaries, Anvari and Khakani.
The fame of the latter attracted him to Irak,
and he soon became a favourite court-poet of
Sultan Arslan B. Tughrul, who reigned from
A.H. 555 to 571. After a time he retired to
Khalkhal, a mountainous canton of Azarbai-
jan, whither he had been called by the local
ruler, and where he spent the remainder of
his life in seclusion. See Daulatshah, fol.
101, and Haft Iklim, fol. 602. Taki Kashi
places his death in A.H. 608. He is noticed
in the Guzidah, fol. 239, the Riyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 8, and the Atashkadah, fol. 147.
See also Hammer, Redekiinste, and Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, pp. 10 and 345.
The Divan contains Kasidahs, arranged
according to the persons to whom they are
addressed, Ghazals, fol. 84 </, Mukatta'at, and
some additional Kasidahs, fol. 140 b. In the
82
564
POETliY.— NIZAMI.
first class are found poems in praise of Arslan
B. Tughrul, (see foil. 9 a, 11 a, lib, 71 6,
73 a, etc.), of Kizil Arslan, son of Atabak
Ilduguz (see fol. 03 «), and of 'Ala ud-Dau-
lah Fakhr ud-Din Shall, who is styled king
of Kuhistiin, and appears to have been the
poet's special patron (see foil. 16 b, 18 a, 19 6,
22 a, etc.). The last is probably the ruler of
Khalkhal mentioned in the above notices.
Add. 7729.
Foil. 316 ; 7i in. by 5 ; 22 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in small Persian Naskhi, in
four columns, with six *Unvans ; dated Shav-
val, A.H. 802 (A.D. 1400). [CI. J. Kich.J
The five poems of Nizami.
NizSmi (Nizam ud-Din Abfl Muhammad
Ilyas* B. Yusuf) is universally acknowledged
as the greatest of Magnavi-writers, and his
poems have remained to the present day the
classical standards of that kind of composi-
tion. He is mentioned in the Haft Iklim,
fob 398, among the poets of Kum ; and the
Atashkadah, fol. 102, names Tafrish, in the
province of Kum, as the birth-place of the
poet, or of his father. Kizaml himself refers,
in the Iskandar Namah, to the hilly district of
Kum as his place of origin, *-»'^v^ ij^^^^ j' ijj-
But he spent nearly the whole of his life in
Ganjah, a town of Arran, the modern Blisa-
betpol, where he died in great renown for
sanctity. It is said of him that he never
courted the favour of kings, but that kings
vied with each other for the honour of being
named in his poems. His writings show,
however, that, although he shunned the
courts, he lavished praises with no sparing
hand on those princes from whom he expected
some return.
* Nizami gives his proper name Ilyas in the prologue
of Laila u MajnQn, fol. 90 b.
Most conflicting statements have been
made regarding the date of Nizami's death.
Daulatshah, fol. 101, gives A.H. 676, the
Atashkadah, A.H. 686, the Jahanara, fol. Ill,
A.H. 697, Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 176, A.H.
696, the Subh i Sadik (marginal note to
Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 112), A.H.
602, and Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 17,
A.H. 606.
An ingenious attempt to reconstruct Ni-
zami's life from his own writings has been
made by Dr. Wilhelm Bacher, in his Memoir
on the poet, published in German, Leipzig,
1871, and in an English translation, London,
1873. Although his results, owing to the
insufliciency of his materials, are not free
from errors of detail, it cannot be denied
that he has succeeded in establishing the
chronology of the poet's life and writings on
a safe basis.
Of several references made by Nizami in
various passages to his age the most precise
is found in the prologue of MajnQn u Laila,
fol. 90 a, where he says that he counted then
seven times seven years :
0^_y_!»- %-*-M d^a* -<'&ff».»rsC°
As the whole poem was written in the
course of A.H. 584, it follows that the poet
was born in A.H. 635.
We have, on the other hand, a contem-
porary record of Nizami's death in a short
rhymed epilogue added to the second part of
the Iskandar Namah by an unknown person,
who evidently stood in a close relation to the
poet, and witnessed his last moments. It is
there stated that he did not long survive the
completion of that poem, and that, at the
time of his death, he had reached the age of
sixty-three years and six mouths. See fol.
313 b, Add. 25,900, fol. 317 b, and Sprcnger's
edition, p. 182 :
»V_^ i\ut ^V-JLMt'j
.V^ CL.
>\
L^
.Lk
;_)
.\<M
P>*-?
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
5G5
JU
If Nizami was born A.II. 535, and lived
63i years, he must have died A.H. 698 or
690.
Besides the works above referred to Nizami
b noticed in the Guzldah, fol. 213, Bahfi-
ristan, fol. 66, Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 708, Habib
us-8iyar, vol. ii., Jnz 4, p. 112, the Kiyaz
ush-Shu*ur;i, fol. 410, and Haft Asraan, pp.
25 — 14. See also Hammer, Redekiinste,
p. 105, Ouseley's Notices, p. IS, and Sprcnger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 519.
Tlie Khamsah of Nizami, which is often
called Panj Ganj, " The Five Treasures," has
been Utbographed in Bombay, 183 li and
1838, and in Teheran, A.H. i261. Copies
are described in Fleischer's Dresden Cata-
logue, p. 1, the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i.
p. 503, the St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 32,
the Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 31,. and the
Munich Catalogue, p. 10.
It contains the following poems : —
I. Fol. 1 b.
••The Storehouse of Mysteries," a Sufi
poem, in which moral and religious maxims
are illustrated by anecdotes.
Beg. ^jS< ,^)\ iSi\ ^
r'/^.
The poem is divided into twenty sections
(Makrdai), the subjects of which have been
stated by Ilammer, 1. c, p. 106. It was, as
stated by Nizami in the Iskandar Niimah,
the author's first composition. The prologue
contains, fol. 5, a dedication to Fakhr ud-Din
Bahram Shuh, son of DaTid, who is described
as king of Armenia and Rum.
This Bahrum Shfih, a grandson of a Saljuki
Amir, Manguchak GhazT, was the hereditary
ruler of the principality of Arzanjan, and a
vassal of Killj Arslan (A.II. 558—578), who
had given him a daughter in marriage. He
died after a long reign A.H. 622. See the
Kamil, vol. xii. pp. 279, 312, Jahanara, fol.
Ill, and Haft Iklim, fol. 399.
The poet refers in the same passage,
fol. 6 6, to two books bearing the name of
Bahr£m Shuh,
namely, his own, and another (the Hadlkah
of Sanft'i ; see p. 549 a), dedicated to a sove-
reign of the same name, who reigned in
Ghaznin. The allusion has not been under-
stood by Dr. Bacher, who translates, 1. c,
p. 20 : " Two letters came to toe from two
renowned places," etc.
One of the following copies, Or. 1216,
fol. 31, contains in the conclusion two
couplets stating that the poem was completed
on the 24th of Rabi' I., A.H. 559 :
The same lines are given in a full notice on
tbe Makhzan ul-Asrftr by Agha Alimad 'Ali, in
the Haft Asman, pp. 53 — 63, and the date has
been also recorded by Haj. Klial., vol. v. p. 365.
Another copy, Add.19,500, has in the last line
A.H. 582: J^j\ ^^Jy\ ji .>VjL1* j JmojU. The correct
reading is probably j4> .aVSa* or t^ i^'Jit, for the
poem is undoubtedly anterior to the Kliusrau
u Shirin, dated A.H. 576. It must be noticed,
however, that these verses, which are want-
ing in the best copies, are of very doubtful
authenticity. The earlier date is, besides,
highly improbable ; for it can liardly be sup-
posed that Bahram Shah, who died A.H. 622,
had begun to reign sixty-three years before.
566
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
A safer indication of the time of composition
is to be found in Nizami's allusion to his age
in the prologue, fol, 8 a : (j^j^l jj^^ Jt?- (_r*j>'
^^^y-' If the poet was then about forty years
old, the poem cannot have been written much
before A.H, 575.
The Makhzan ul-Asrar has been edited by
. Nathaniel Bland, London, 1844, and litho-
graphed in Cawnpore, 1869. An English
translation by J. Haddon Hindley is pre-
served in manuscript, Add. 6961.
II. Fol. 29 b.
Khusrau and Shirin.
Beg.
eLi.^
J^'Vj
J \jo,^^
In the present copy the prologue occupies
only three pages, and has no dedication. But
in Add. 25,900, 16,780, in the Teheran edition,
and other copies, it contains extensive eulogies
on the reigning Sultan Tughrul, Add. 25,900,
fol. 33 b, on Shams ud-Din Abu Ja'far Mu-
hammad, in whom, the poet says, fol. 34 b,
the departed soul of his mighty father, Atabak
Ilduguz,j-S J^ ^j\i\, had come to life again,
and thirdly, fol. 35 a, on Kizil Shah, »^ JjS
C.»-«*U ^J^i'J iy>J>'^ evidently meant for Kizil
Arslan, the brother, and afterwards successor,
of Atabak Muhammad, whose full name
could not be made to fit into the metre. The
work is dedicated to the second of the above-
mentioned personages, to whom the poet
offers apologies for not attending his court
in person.
The poem must, therefore, have been
written between the accession of Sultan
Tughrul B. Arslan, in A.H. 573, and the
death of the Atabak Muhammad, surnamed
Jahan Pahlavan, who ruled in the Sultan's
name, and died A.H. 582. The following
lines in the conclusion of the poem, fol. 81 a,
contain its precise date, A.H. 576 :
The same reading is found in Add. 25,900,
fol. 97 b, Add. 27,260, fol. 109 6, and other
old copies, as well as in the Teheran edition.
In an epilogue, which must have been sub-^
sequently added, foil. 81 — 83, Nizaml, after
referring to the death of Atabak Muhammad,
relates how he was summoned to the pre-
sence of his successor, Kizil Arslan (A.H.
582 — 587), and describes the gracious recep-
tion he met there, and the favours conferred
upon him by the new sovereign. He concludes
with a eulogy on the heir-apparent, Nusrat
ud-Din Abu Bakr B. Muhammad.
The Khusrau u Shirin has been litho-
graphed in Lahore, A.H. 1288. See for the
contents Hammer's " Schirin, ein persischcs
romantisches Gedicht nach morgenlandischen
Qucllen," Leipzig, 1809.
HI. Fol. 83 6.
Laila and Majnun.
Beg.
■^s.\
r" '^■rrt
A
.\3 , .-J
The author had received, as he states in
the prologue, a letter from the Shirvfinshah,
requesting him to take for his next theme,
after the completion of his Khusrau and
Shirin, the loves of Laila and Majnun. He
hastened to comply with the king's desire,
and wrote, as he states in the introduction,
fol, 88 a, the present poem, consisting of
upwards of four thousand couplets, in the
space of four months. He adds that it was
completed at the end of Rajab, A.H. 584 :
«._:l.u>^,o
Jb Vi _, ^-1> (»^>.j ^ ji>
d^ b (j:^b i^
Lj
>
^l-::^*
Further on is found a panegyric on the above
king and his presumptive heir Minuchilir.
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
567
The king's name is given in full as follows :
Jalal i Daulat u Din Abul-MuzaflFar Akhta-
sban 1^112^^ (in Add. 16,780, fol. 109, ^^L-Ii-Oi
son of Minucbihr. Tbis king of Sbirvan,
wbose real name appears to bave been Akb-
satiin, bas been already mentioned, p. 559 o,
as tbe special patron of Kbakani.
Tbe Laila u Majnun bas been litbograpbed
in Lucknow, A.ll. 1286, and an Englisb
translation bas been published by James
Atkinson under tbe title " Laili and Majnun,
a poem from tbe original of Nazami,*' London,
1836.
IV. Fol. 136 b.
" The seven images," a poem comprising
seven tales told by tbe seven favourites of
the king Bahram Gur.
Beg. y j\ ^^^ >y %Mji J^ ^j\
p } cr-i-^ ^i-^ *J^H ^
It is stated in the concluding lines, fol.
192 A, Add. 16,780, fol, 211 a. Add. 25,900,
fol. 205 a, Or. 1363, fol. 224 «, that tbe poem
uas completed on tbe lltb of Kama^n,
A.U. 593.
w'jir^ yr 1;**^ cri^ (^
It was composed, as stated in tbe prologue,
fol. 139 a, at the desire of a sovereign called
'Ala ud-Din Karb [?] Arslfin, tbe pride of tbe
lineage of Aksunkur :
j/jy^ ^"iL^j^ t-r*^ »L:»
3j\ ^^\J^^^^\y
The name is written as above in some of
tbe earliest copies, as Add. 25,900, fol. 154s a,
and Add. 27,260, fol. 174 b, ^^^X-.J\ «j/, in
Add. 23,5 i7, fol. 163 J, and ^j%^j\ w in
Or. 1363, fol. 165 b. In other copies the
more familiar names j^j\ ^\ (as in the
present MS.), and J^j^ J^, bave been sub-
stituted for it. Towards tho end of the
chapter devoted to his praise his two sons
are also mentioned. The first is called Nus-
rat ud-Din Muhammad, tbe second Ahmad.
No record has been found of that king,
'who is described by Nizaml as giving pros-
perity to the fifth climate y^^V^ yj\jyiS ^^t^
levying tribute on Greeks and Russians,
^^ O-jj 3 C3j *^^ \J^.fr> ^'^^ having the
^bab of Dailam for one of bis servants, »'.^
^^-J^y ~S\j^ 1^ S Jjj. His successful en-
counters with tbe Georgians are alluded to
in tbe following verse, Or. 13G3, fol. 16G A,
and Or. 1578, fol. 6 a :
Tlie main branch of the line of Aksunkur,
to which be belonged, was represented at
that period by tbe Atfibak of Mausil, Nur ud-
Din Arslan, who succeeded to his father, 'Izz
ud-Din Mas'ud, A.H. 589, and died A.H. 607.
See the Kamil, vol. xii. p. 191, and Ibn
Kballikfin's translation, vol. i. p. 174.
It bas been stated by Sir G. Ouseley, Flii-
gel, and others, that tbe Haft Paikar was
dedicated to Kizil Arslan. But a compari-
son of dates suffices to disprove it; for the
poem was written A.H. 593, while the Ata-
bak died A.H. 587. Dr. Bacber's asser-
tion that it was written for tbe Atabak Nus-
rat ud-Din is not confirmed by any of our
copies.
The Haft Paikar has been lithographed in
Bombay, 1849, and in Lucknow, A.H. 1290.
One of tbe seven tales has been published
568
POETRY.— NIZ AMI.
with a German translation by F. von Erd-
mann, " Beliramgur und die Russisclie Fuer-
stentochter," Kasan, 1844
V. Tol. 193 b.
The Book of Alexander.
Beg. ci^A-y ^Ui i>\> y V?" ^}'^ ■
The poem consists of two distinct parts.
The first treats of the career of Alexander as
a conqueror. The second describes him in
the character of sage and prophet ; it relates
also his journeys to the end of the world
and his adventures at sea. That those two
parts form only one and the same poem is
shown by a line at the end of the first, in
which Nizami says that he has now completed
ne half of the book, JLi-b^ wli fs^j^ ^»-
The Iskandar Namah is frequently desig-
nated by the titles of Sharaf Namah and
Ikbal Namah i Iskandari. The first is taken
from ;i,^_5/-^ **^ 1— J/-j a name applied by Ni-
zaml in the prologue to a poem which he
once contemplated writing as a complement
to the Shahnamah, and from another pas-
sage in the beginning of the second part
(fol. 275 a, Spreuger's edition, p. 8) \ sA^J^
Oj^ ^lij/ tj\J, in which Sharaf Namah desig-
nates the Iskandar Namah itself. The second
is borrowed from this verse of the same pro-
logue, fol. 203 a, in which the poet refers
to the present work under the title of Ikbal i
Iskandari,
and from another passage in the epilogue of
the second part, fol. 314 6, in which he
designates it by the name of Ikbal.
Much confusion has been created by the
arbitrary application of those titles by tran-
scribers to one or the other of the two part?
of the poem. The second part has also
been called Khirad Namah, from the word
^ with which it begins.
The prologue of the first part contains a
glowing eulogy Dn a king designated by his
title, Nusrat ud-Din,
^ li;^.^^ C^j^ J^yi^ ^^\^
i ljt»- dlii ^y>- dyf t-\:f£-\j^
who had desired the poem to be dedicated to
him:
The prince's proper name {/j> yi\) is only
alluded to as one consisting of six letters :
cc^-J ^> ^ J.U ^^ t\/
Nusrat ud-Din Abu Bakr, son of Jahan
Pahlavan Muhammad, succeeded to his uncle
the Atabak Kizil Arslan, in Tabriz, A.H. 587,
and died A.H. 607.
The date of composition, A.H. 597, is stated
in the following verses quoted in the Haft
Asman, p. 29, but which the author thinks to
be of doubtful authenticity :
uV" j*^ ]} **^ u^^ tr* f^
The same date is found in some late copies,
as Add. 26,147, fol. 226, Add. 26,146, fol. 143,
and Add. 25,799, fol. 176.
There can be no doubt, however, that the
Iskandar Namah, or at all events the present
recension, was written subsequently to the
Haft Paikar, viz. after A.H. 593 ; for that
poem is mentioned in the prologue, fol. 203 a,
as the last of the previous compositions of
Niziiml :
There are, however, some copies, as for
instance Add. 26,144, fol. 169 b, in which
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
569
the enumeration of the former poems con-
cludes with Laila u Majnua.
The second part of the Iskandar Namah
begins on fol. 273 b, as follows :
^ \J>\ j;U» li». ^Uj
It is called in the heading »-lj v_ip. The
prologue contains in the present copy, fol.
276 b, a panoiryric addressed to the ruler
of Mausil, Malik Kahir 'Izz ud-Din Abul-
Fath Mas'ud B. Nur ud-D'm (Arsliin) :
The same verses are found in Add. 16,780,
fol. 211 b, and in Add. G013. fol. 2G7 6.
Nur ud-Din Arslan Shah died on the 28th
of Rajah, A.H. 607. His son al-Malik al-
Kahir'lzz ud-Din Mas'ud, whowas then seven-
teen years of age, was immediately seated
on the throne, lie died A.M. G15. Seelbn
Khallikun's translation, vol. i. p. 171, vol. iii.
p. 361, and the Kamil, vol. xii. pp. 191, 217.
If the alwve lines were really written by
Nizumi, it follows that he was still alive at
the close of A.H. 607. The death of his
former patron, the Atabak Nasr ud-Din Abu
Bakr, which took place in that very year
(Ijahib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz. 4, p. 127),
would naturally account for his dedicating
the poem to the youthful sovereign who had
just been seated on the throne of Mausil ; and
the recurrence of the same name, *lzz ud-
Din Mas'ud, in the epilogue which will be
presently mentioned, would not require any
other explanation.
On the other hand, the great weight of
evidence in favour of an earlier date for
Nizami's death must throw some doubt on
the authenticity of that dedication. It is
VOL. u.
wanting in most of the early copies, as well
as in the printed texts, and a suspicious
circumstance is that it is found on examina-
tion to be almost entirely transcribed, with
the exception of the proper names, from the
eulogy on Nusrat ud-Din prefixed to the first
part of the Iskandar Namah.
In other copies the second part is dedi-
cated, like the first, to Nusrat ud-Din. The
prologue contains also, fol. 273 b, a mournful
reference to the death of Shah Arslan, i.e.
Kizil Arslan, the uncle and predecessor of
.Nusrat ud-Din, who died A.H. 687,
^^ J* uii-- j^ u^P w^ t;^
and the description of a recent earthquake
(Sprenger's edition, p. 10). We learn from
the Kamil, vol. xii. p. 72, that a destructive
eartli quake took place in Irac and the neigh-
bouring countries in the month of Eabi I.,
A.H. 590.
At the end of the second part, fol. 314 a,
is found an epilogue addressed to a king
called 'Izz ud-Din,
jJJj ^ »C>\ ji^\ jft cii3A«
whose proper name Mas'iid is given further
on, fol. 315 o, ib j^-^ J'i ^J^ ^0 j».
After describing the splendours of 'Izz ud-
Din's court, the poet says that he sends to
the king *' two pearls brought up from his
ocean," namely his son and his poem, here
designated by the names of Mukbil and Ikbal,
and claims for both a favourable reception.
*Izz ud-Din Mas'ud, son of Kutb ud-Din
Maudud, succeeded to his brother Saif ud-
Din Ghazi on the throne of Mausil A.H. 670,
and died in Slia ban, A.II. 689. See Ibn
Khallikan's translation, vol. iii. p. 356, and
Kamil, vol. xii. p. C6.
Dr. Bacher looks on the above epilogue as
a fragment of an earlier recension of the
Iskandar NSmah, and finds its date in an
incidental reference to the age of Nizirai's
570
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
son, who was then seventeen years old 5j-i»
C— * *> j^L* ^^_si eJU. »ji*. As the same
son is described in Laila u Majnun, A.H. 584,
as a youth of fourteen, fol. 90 b, aJU» sjjU- ^J^
^^^ ij, tlie present epilogue must have been
written three years later, viz., in A.H. 587,
the very year in which Kizil Arslan was
found murdered in his bed. It was appa-
rently the unsettled state of Azarbaijan after
the Atabak's death which induced Nizfimi to
look for a new patron in the neighbouring
state of Mausil.
Passages of later dates, however, have
been mixed up with that earlier epilogue.
Thus in the following verse, fol. 315 a, and
Add. 25,900, fol. 319 a, Nizfimi says tliat he
had reached the age of sixty years : j-«T tl*-^
In other copies, as Add. 26,144, fol. 280 a,
Add. 17,329, fol. 367 b, and in the Calcutta
edition, p. 182, the epilogue is addressed, as
well as the prologue, to Nusrat ud-Din. In
the Calcutta edition, it is stated in one of the
last lines, p. 190, that the poem had been
completed on the tenth day of Ayar, A.H.
599. The same date is found in Add. 16,782,
fol. 117
>^^>a^b: &L^
,3/
w liy.
The first part of the Iskandar Namah has
been edited with a commentary in Calcutta,
1812, and reprinted in 1825. The text alone
has been printed in Calcutta, A.H. 12G9,
and lithographed editions with marginal
notes have been published in Lucknow,
A.H. 1282, and in Bombay, A.H. 1277 and
1292. Extracts will be found in Franz von
Erdmann's work, " De Expeditione Eussorum
Berdaam versus," Casan, 1826, and in Char-
moy's "Expedition d' Alexandre contre les
Busses," St. Petersburg, 1829. See also
Spiegel, '« die Alexandersage bei den Orien-
talen," Leipzig, 1851, pp. 33 — 50.
The second part has been edited under the
title of Sikandarnamah i Bahri, by Dr. Spren-
ger, Calcutta, 1852, and 1869. A short
statement of the contents will be found in
Erdmann's work, vol. i. p. 24, and a fuller
abstract in Bacher's Memoir, pp. 101 — 171.
See also Dr. Ethe, Alexander's Zug zum
Lebensquell, Sitzungsberichte der Bayeri-
schen Akademie, 1871, pp. 343 — 405.
Add. 25,900.
Poll. 316; 7i in. by 4|; 25 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in a minute and elegant Nes-
talik, in four gold-ruled columns, with illu-
minated borders and headings, dated A.H.
846 (A.D. 1442) ; bound in painted covers.
The five poems of Nizami, viz. Makhzan
ul-Asrar, fol. 5 b. Khusrau u Shirin, fol.
31 b. Laila u Majnun, fol. 101 b. Haft
Paikar, fol. 151 b. Iskandar Namah, Part 1,
called Sharaf- Namah i Iskandari, fol. 206 b ;
Part 2, fol. 279 b.
The MS. contains twenty whole-page
miniatures in Persian style, of the highest
degree of finish, on foil. 1, 2, 16, 39, 42, 68,
75, 118, 112, 119, 138, 159, 171, 187, 230,
233, 244, 249, 268, 279. Pour pages at the
beginning are covered with rich ornamen-
tation.
On the fly-leaf is found the last owner's
name, " James E. Ballantyne, Nov. 1837."
Add. 16,780.
Poll. 326; lOi in. by 7; 23 lines, 4 in.
long; written in neat Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with a rich border enclosing
the first two pages, five smaller 'Unvans and
ornamental headings ; dated Muharram, A.H.
936 (A.D. 1529). [Wm. Yule.j
The same poems, viz. Makhzan ul-Asrar,
fol. 1 b. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 27 b. Laila
u Majnun, fol. 104 b. Haft Paikar, fol. 155 b.
Iskandar Namah, Part 1, fol. 211 b ; Part 2,
fol. 254 b. .
The second part of the Iskandar Namah
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
571
contains, fol. 214 b, the dedication to Malik
Kahir 'Izz ud-Din Mas'ud, which has been
noticed p. 569 a.
Copyist : s^'^\ ^^ ^\
Sixteen miniatures in Persian style occupy
about half a page each.
It appears from a Persian note, dated
A.H. 1183, that this MS. came from a library
in Kashmir, and was given to the writer in
Dchli. It bears the seal of the Oude
minister, Mahariijah Tiket Rai.
Or. 1216.
Foil. 391; 9 in. by 5J; 18 lines, 3^^ in.
long; written in four gold-ruled columns, in
small Nestalik, with five 'Unvans and orna-
mented headings; dated Ramaziln, A.II. 961
(A.D. 1551). f Alkx. Jaba.]
The same poems, viz. Makhznn ul-Asrar
(wanting the first three pages), fol. 1 a.
Khusrau u Shlrin, fol. 32 b. Laila u Majnun,
fol. 122 A. llaft Paikar, fol. 186 b. Iskan-
dar NAmah, Part 1, headed mU wJ^, fol.
2J5 A; Part 2, entitled yjjA>i^\ j-'j JjJ\,
fol. 339 b.
The last lines of the Makhzan, fol. 31 a,
written in a diflerent handwriting, apparently
in the 15lh century, include the date of
composition, A.II. 559, mentioned p. 5G5 b.
The Haft Puikar is dated A. II. 598 in the
following lines, fol. 2-15 a :
The volume contains fifteen miniatures in
Persian style, occupying about two-thirds of
a page, on foil. 11, 17, 49, 57, 80, 135, 149,
160, 201, 220, 231, 279, 301, 323, and 354,
Copyist : s^'^\ ^'i
Add 26,144.
Foil. 282; 9^ in. by 7; 21 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with five 'Unvans; dated
Jumada II., A.H. 968 (A.D. 1561).
[Wm. Erskine.]
The four following poems of Nizaml :
Makhzan ul-Asr.lr, fol. 4 h. Khusrau u
Shirin, fol. 32 h. Laila u Majnun, fol. 104 h.
Iskandar Namah, Part 1, endorsed Sharaf-
Namah, fol. 160 b ; Part 2, endorsed Khirad
Namah, fol. 238 a.
In the record of the author's death, fol-
280 o, his age is stated to have been sixty-
two years and six months,
Copyist : t_-j\i^ ijyai.
Add. 17,329.
FoU. 369; 9| in. by 7; 19 lines, 4 J in.
long; written in small Nestalik, with six
'Unviins, and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Muharram, A.H. 994 (A.D. 15S5).
Tiie five poems of Nizriml, viz. Makhzan
ul-Asriir, fol. 1 b. Khusrau u Shirin, fol.
32 b. Lailil u Majnun, fol. 107 b. Haft
Paikar, fol. 169 b. Iskandar Niimah, Part 1,
fol. 234 b ; Part 2, entitled Khirad Namah,
fol. 324 b.
The Iskandar Namah is dated at the end,
fol. 369 a, A.H. 590 :
Copyist : i^j^- j^ u,\iai-» ^ji J^^)
Add. 27,260.
Foil. 362 ; 12 in. by 7 ; 21 lines, 4 in. long,
in a page ; written in a small and neat Nes-
talik, in four gold-ruled columns, with six
rich 'Unviins, and ornamental headings,
apparently in the 16th century. Bound in
gilt and stamped leather.
[Sir JoHJf Malcolm.]
The same poems, viz. Maklizan ul-Asrar,
fol. 2 b. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 32 b. Laila
T 2
572
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
u Majnun, fol. 113 h. Haft Paikar, fol. 171 6.
Iskandar Nfiraah, Part 1, with the heading
Sharaf-Namah i Iskandan, fol. 235 b ; Part 2,
fol. 292 b. Owing apparently to a trans-
position in the MS. from which this copy-
was taken, the latter half of the first pai't of
Iskandar Namah is followed, without any
break, by the latter half of Part 2, foil. 270 b
— 292 a, and, vice versa, the former half of
Part 2 by the latter half of Part 1, foil.
316—362.
There are eighteen miniatures, in good
Persian style, occupying about two-thirds of
a page each.
Or. 1363.
Foil. 347; 11^ in. by 6|; 22 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with six 'Unvans and gold-
headings, apparently in the 16th century.
[Sir Charles Alex. Murray.]
The same poems, as follows : Makhzan ul-
Asrar, fol. 3 b. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 30 b.
Laila u Majnun, fol. 106 b. Haft Paikar,
fol. 162 b. Iskandar Namah, Part 1, fol. 224 b;
Part 2, fol. 310 b.
The volume contains twenty-nine whole-
page miniatures in Persian style.
Add. 23,547.
Poll. 307; lOi in. by 6^; 21 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, with five
Unvans and gold-ruled margins, probably in
the 17th century. [Robert Taylor.]
The same poems, viz. Makhzan ul-Asrar,
fol. 2 b. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 31 b. Laila
u Majnun, fol. 107 b. Haft Paikar, fol. 160 b.
Iskandar Namah, Part 1 only, fol. 224 b.
Add. 26,145.
Poll. 375; 9i in. by 6^; 21 lines, 4 in.
long, in a page ; written in cursive Nestalik,
in three columns; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 1042
(A.D. 1632). [Wm. Erskine.]
The same poems, viz. Makhzan ul-Asrar,
fol. 2 b. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 39 b. Laila
u Majnun, fol. 121 b. Haft Paikar, fol. 194 b.
Iskandar-Namah, Part 1, slightly imperfect
at the end, fol. 273 b.
Add. 6613.
Poll. 300; 10| in. by 6; 25 lines, 3| in.
long; written in fine Nestalik, with five
double-page 'Unvans, gold-ruled margins,
and gold-headings; dated RabI' IL, A.H. 1076
(A.D. 1665). [J. P. Hull.]
The same poems : Makhzan ul-Asrar, fol.
1 b. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 28 b. Laila u
Majtiun, fol. 90 b. Haft Paikar, fol. 138 b.
Iskandar Namah, Part 1, fol. 196 b ; Part 2,
fol. 264 b.
The MS. contains forty-one miniatures, in
fair Persian style, each of which occupies
about two-thirds of a page.
It was written for Taja Mirza Abul-Hasana
liu-k' ^1 \jjx^ Is-U, by a copyist who calls him-
self ijyj^\ i_.ol^\ A^\ ^yi> c^ r^y^ •^'^}'
Add. 25,800.
FoU. 112; 9| in. by 6i; 21 lines, 4f in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with two
TJnvrms and gold-ruled margins, probably in
the 15th century. [Wm. Cureton.]
This volume, which is endorsed -^ a.^.^
ij.'Jjxi, contains only the first two poems of
the Khamsah, viz. Makhzan ul-Asrar, fol. 2 b,
and Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 31 b.
At the end is impressed the seal of a court
librarian, jl^wUi' ^^jj i^ji ^»j1), with the date
A.H. 934. The first page is covered with
'Arz-Didahs of the time of Auran2:zlb.
Add. 25,801.
FoU. 36 ; 12| in. by 8 ; 18 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in four columns, in fine Nes-
POETRY.— NIZ AMI.
673
talik, with 'Unvan, gilt headings, and gold-
ruled margins; dated Jumfida II., A.H. 865
(A.D. l-i61). The broad margins are covered
with designs of flowers and animals in gold
and colours. [Wm. Cubetox.J
The Makhzan ul-Asrar by Nizami (see
p. 565 a).
Copyist : <^.»4^1 J* ^j'^J^
This celebrated calligrapher died in Herat
A.H. 919. See Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii.,
Juz 3, p. 341.
There are two miniatures in fair Persian
style at the end, and two more in unflnished
outline at the beginning.
Add. 16,781.
Foil. 76 ; 7i in. by 4£; 13 linea, 2^ in. long ;
written in plain Indian Nestalik; dated
liabi I., A.H. 1028 (A.D. 1619). [Wii. Yule.]
The same poem.
In the concluding verses A.H. 559 is given
-as the date of composition (see p. 565 b).
Add. 19,500.
Foil. 168; 8 in. by 5; 7 lines, 2J in. long;
written in cursive Indian Nestalik; dated
Muharram, the 29th year of Aurangzib,
A.H. 1097 (A.D. 1686).
The Makhzan ul-Asrar, with copious mar-
ginal notes.
In the concluding lines the poem is said
to have been completed on the 2-lth of Itabi' I.,
A.H. 582 (see p. 565 b).
Add. 23,548.
Foil. 95; %\ in. by 5i ; 12 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in a cursive Indian character,
about the close of the 18th century.
[Robert Taylor.]
The same por^m.
.ji j^
Add. 26,149.
FoU. 227; 9| in. by 5 ; 19 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Wm. Ebskixe.]
A commentary upon the Makhzan ul-
Asrar.
Author: Muhammad B. Kivam B. Rustara
etc., ul-Balki)i, commonly called Karkhl,
. . J-^. -i.yOI J^^ [*il;^J
Beg. y 1^^ id\3 t^\j^Ki»y, (J-U-. J A»»-
The author, who states that he had pre-
viously written glosses to the Sikandar-
Namah, professes to explain in the present
work 1310 difficult dystichs, out of 3263 of
which the entire poem consists. He appears
to have lived in India, and quotes a poetical
extract on Niziimi's writintrs from the Badi'
ul-^ikayat by Mughi§ ud-Dm Hiinsavi, whom
he calls the most eminent man of the age.
According to the Oude Catalogue, p. 521,
the time of composition is expressed in a
versified chronogram by the words -ji ^^j
^lUi^=A.H. 1091. The present MS. must
contain an earlier recension ; for it bears on
the first page a note of purchase dated A.H.
1089.
The text breaks off fol. 216 b, shortly
before the end of the thirteenth Makalat.
The next following leaves, foil. 217—229,
contain miscclluneous extracts.
Add. 6966.
Foil. 82; T\ in. by Q\; written by John
Haddon Uindley, on paper water-marked
1806.
" Instructive Apologues from Nizumi."
This volume contains twenty short narra-
tives, all from the Makhzan ul-AsrSr, with
574
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
an English version written under the text.
Another MS. by the same hand, Add. 6963,
contains the English of the first eleven
stories, with the same title, to which is added
'' by a young student."
Or. 1578.
Foil. 71 ; 13 J in. by 8| ; 19 lines, 4 in.
long; written in minute and elegant Nes-
talik, in four gold-ruled columns, with gold
headings, and gilt designs on the margins;
dated A.H. 952 (A.D-. 1545).
[SiE Henry C. Rawlinsgn.]
llaft Paikar by NizamI (see p. 567 a).
This fine copy is the work of a known
calligrapher, who signs Shah Malimud Nisha-
pilri, Lf^y^ li^-^ »^'
Shah Mahmud of Nishapur was a pupil of
his maternal uncle Mulhi 'Abdi, who was
himself a pupil of the famous penman Sultan-
'Ali Mashhadi, and died about A.II. 955.
Shah Mahmud, who took in verse the poetical
surname of Mukhlis, was still alive in A.H.
957. See Tulifah i Sami, fol. 76. Shah
Mahmud is also mentioned in the A'in i
Akbari, Blochmann's translation, p. 102.
The MS. having lost eleven leaves, viz.
foU. 1, 28, 39, 40, 43, 47, 49, 51—51, which
apparently contained miniatures, they have
been replaced by a clever imitation of the
original writing. We learn from a note on
the first page, and from the subscription,
that this was done A.H. 1264 by Ahmad Khan
B.'Abd ul-Husain Khan, grandson of Muham-
mad Husain Khan Sadr i A'zam Isfahani, for
the owner of the MS., the deputy-governor
Parhad Mirza, son of the heir apparent.
Harleian 503.
Poll. 199; 7| in. by 5; 17 lines, 3^ in.
lono-, in a page; written in plain Nestalik
about the close of the 16th century.
The first part of the Iskandar-Namah
(see p. 568 a).
Add. 26,147.
Poll. 226; 9^ in. byS^; 15 Hues, 3^ in. long ;
written in a cursive Indian character; appa-
rently in the 17th century. [Wm. Erskine.J
The same part, wanting about three leaves
at the beginning.
Poll. 224 — 226 have been supplied by
another hand. They contain the date of
composition, Jl-» oi* jy A-aub ^J^. (see
p. 568 b), and, at the end, the date of trans-
cription, 7 Eabi' I., A.H. 1090 (A.D. 1679).
Add. 26,146.
Poll. 143 ; 9 J in. by 5^; 13 lines, 2^ in.
long, with 24 oblique lines in the margins ;
written in Indian Nestalik; dated Kuajari,
Jumada I., A.H. 1117 (A.D. 1705).
[Wm. Euskine.]
The first part of the Iskandar Namah, with
the same date of composition, A.H. 697, as
in the preceding copy.
Add. 6614.
Poll. 202 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 17 lines, S^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, probably in the
17th century. [J. P. Hull.J
The same part.
Some leaves at beginning and end have
been supplied by a later hand.
Add. 16,783.
Poll. 162 ; 9 in. by 6^ ; 13 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in a cursive Indian character,
in the 18th century. [Wm. Yule.]
The same part, wanting some leaves at
the end.
Add. 26,148.
Poll. 226; 9| in. by 5|; 15 lines, 3 in.
long; written in a cursive Nestalik, probably
in the 18th century. [ Wm. Eeskine.]
The same part, wanting about five leaves
at the beginning.
POETRY.— NIZAMI.
575
Add. 25,799.
Poll. 176; lOi in. by 6.^ ; 20 lines, 3i in.
long; written in plain Nestalik; dated SQrat,
Zulhijjab, A.H. 1227 (A.D. 1816).
[\Vm. Cckbton.]
The same part.
This copy was written for Lieut. Eigby by
Munshi Gbulam Muhammad.
Add. 16,782.
Foil. 117; 8J in. by 5^; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in plain Indian Nestalik, pro-
bably in the 18th century. [Wm. Yule.]
The second part of the Iskandar Namah
(see p. 509 a).
Add. 7731.
Foil. 67; 7J in. by 5; 10 lines, 22 in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, on gold-
sprinkled paper, with 'Unvan, gilt headings,
and gold-ruled margins, probably in the 16th
century; bound in gilt and stumped leather
covers. [CI. J, Rich.]
Select verses from the Kharasah of Nizami,
with a short preface in prose.
Beg. ^^^j OoiCi i^jjl J uJjJ i»^W*^ j>
The verses are arranged under thirty-seven
heads according to the religious or moral
sentiments th«'y express, and under each
head in the order of the poems from which
they are taken.
Copyist : Jy s^^
See Bibliothcca Sprcngcr., No. 1476.
Add. 7730.
Foil. 48; 8 J in. by SJ; 12 lines, 3J in.
long, in a page ; written in plain Nestalik ;
dated Baghdad, Safar, A.H. 1231 (A.D. 1816).
[CI. J. HiCH.J
The same work, without preface.
This copy was written for Mr. Eich by
his Munshi Muhammad 'All ul-Hasanl ul-
Larljanl.
Grenville xxxviii.
FoU. 39 ; lOi in. by 6^ ; 12 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in a fine Nestalik, with illu-
Hiinated borders on every leaf, apparently in
the 17th century.
Another recension of the same work.
The table contained in the preface enu-
merates thirty-five chapters, which, however,
are not distinguished in the body of the
work.
Copyist : ^J^ oUp
Appended is a letter of Lord Clare, dated
April 18th, 1831, from which it appears that
the MS. had been sent to him by the Imaum
Muscat.
Add. 27,270.
Foil. 158 ; Hi in. by 7 ; 17 lines, 4^ in.
long, in a page ; written in Indian Nestalik,
on coarse Indian paper, about A.D. 1816.
[John Macdo.nald Kinneir.]
The story of Khusrau and Shirin, after the
poem of Nizaml (see p. 666 «), told in easy
Persian prose, interspersed with poetical ex-
tracts, by Gbulam yusain Khan Munshi, .^li.
Beg. ji i^iH^s? J jis- ^j». «/ ^_^U j-^
The author states in a short preface that
he had written the present work at the
576
POETRY.— 'ATTAR.
request of some English officers in the reign
of Muhammad 'Aziz ud-Din Padishah Ghazi,
A.H. 1230, A.D. 1815.
On the first page is written : " From Gho-
1am Hussein [the author] to John Macdonald
Kinneir,"
Add. 16,787.
Foil. 413; 9 in. by 5| ; 21 lines, 3| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with 'Unvans; dated Sha'ban,
A.H. 1191 (A.D. 1777). [Wm. Yule.]
Six Magnavi poems by Farid ud-Din 'At-
tar (see p. 344 a), as follows : —
I. Fol. 3 b, jaWI jki*, "The language
of birds," an allegorical poem.
Beg. \j ufJL). ^^.;^~\ t:,W liHjJ'i^
The contents hare been described by
Hammer, Redekiinste, pp. 141 — 154, and
Jahrbiicher, vol. 65, Ang. Bl. p. 5. The
text has been edited by Garcin de Tassy,
Paris, 1857, and lithographed in Lucknow,
A.H. 1288.
II. FoL 64 b, **U ^_^T, Ilahi Namah, a
Sufi poem.
Beg. ^ijJ'jLs-'] \j «_«\_j j_j^T
(In other copies) ^j/jb c>j'ju- x/jd
See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 357,
and Stewart's Catalogue, p. 61.
III. Fol. 144 b, W>j\j^\ "The book of
mysteries."
Beg. lib ^^,li jy yV »ioT ^l-:^
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 358, the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 510, and the
St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 332.
, " The book of
J-»a-
IV. Fol. 184 6, «-0
affliction,"
Beg. Ij ^'j J uDU ^Uj\ uDb
to'ee the Oude Catalogue, p. 349, the Gotha
Catalogue, p. 85, and the Upsala Catalogue,
p. 100, clxii., where the same work is noticed
under the title of Nuzhat Namah.
V. Fol. 277 b, ^<i }j^-^ , "Khusrau and Gul,"
an abridgment of 'Attar's previoiis poem,
Beg. cL*i-V-» ^jW- J ,•-»■ ^ *^T ^Ib
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 352.
VI. Fol. 370 b, sxU ys-^, " Mukhtar Na-
mah " (see p. 577 &).
Beg. J^.,J» j^ ty^ y J^, crl
Three of the above poems, viz. Ilahi
Namah, Mukhtar Namah, and Mantik ut-
Tair, are to be found in a volume entitled
KuUiyat i Farid ud-Din 'Attar, lithographed
in Lucknow, 1872. They occupy respectively
pp. 771—943, 946—1047, and 1050—1165.
The MS. bears the seal of Maharajah Tiket
Rai, the Oude minister, with the date 1203.
Or. 353.
Foil. 240; 13 in. by 10; 25 lines, 1\ in.
long, with two transversal lines in the mar-
gin ; written in fair Naskhi ; dated Safar,
A.H. 877 (A.D. 1472).
[Geo. Wm. IIahilton.]
Three poems by 'Attar, viz. : —
I. FoL 2.
A Magnavi poem, treating of mystic love,
POETRY.— *ATTAR.
577
and correctly described by Hammer, Rede-
kiiaste, p. 154, and by Sprenger, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 351, as a rhapsody full of the most
tedious repetitions.
The Jauhar ug-Zfit occupies pp. 2 — 582 in
the Lucknow edition of the Kulliyat. See
also Stewart's Catalogue, p. 60, the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 518, and Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 351.
The present copy wants five pages at the
beginning, corresponding to pp. 2 — 8 of the
printed text, and two pages at the end, cor-
responding to pp. G86 — 770. The deficiency
at the beginning has been supplied, in ap-
pearance only, by foil. 2 and 3, written by a
modem hand in imitation of the original
character, and containing the beginning of
the Ilulii Namah (p. 576 a, ii.).
This poem, the title of which occurs in the
following line, fol. 191 o,^^?- ^J^ j^ ^^
oU)\ la also designated more than once by
the name of Javahir Nfimah, as in this line,
Lucknow edition, p. 581 :
II. Foil. 200—234 o. Tlie latter half of
the HailSj Namah, ^li ^V , » Ma^navi poem.
The Ilaililj Namah occupies pp. 583 — 770
of the Lucknow edition, where it begins
thus:
The present fragment corresponds to pp.
686 — 770. The poem treats of the absorp-
tion of the soul into the Divine essence, and
is a complement to the Jauhar uz-Zat, in the
conclusion of which it is announced. Hailaj,
which is, according to the Burhiin Kftti', a
Greek word meaning " water of life," is here
an arbitrary alteration of the name of the
famous mystic, Mansur ^allaj, whom 'Attar
introduces in the prologue as the revealer of
divine mysteries, and to whose inspiration
VOL. II.
the poem is by him ascribed. Thus we read,
pp. 599 and 600 :
.^>1
y
—^ jyo^ ^J^ lib (^ W
See "Hellaj Nameh," Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 60.
III. Foil. 4 — 234, in the margins, and
foil. 234 6—240, in the body of the page.
A collection of Rubais (see p. 576 6), with
a prose-preface, foil. 2 — 15.
In the preface, which wants a few lines at
the beginning, the author enumerates his
previous works, apparently in the order of
composition, viz. Khusrau Namah, Asrar
Namah, Mantik ut-Tair, Muslbat Namah,
and a Divan. They are designated as follows :
j\j^\ _,
^'Ji jJU
jj <j
\ " ■ -H' ■-■
«*\i Sjm\
j^ t^Uli. ^^\s.j» Joy) J ji» j^
s_;: ->i-^- Cajuo^ j '^ir'j '—J^ i}^ [) rhj^ aJuo^
jj^i-Ui ^Jyi_,i ^^\Jl^ J d^ j/ji %z^}^ J '^ j^ **'>^
He adds that the Divan had not yet been
properly arranged, and that the six thousand
Rubais which it comprised had been reduced
by him to five thousand, out of which he
made, at the request of some friends, the
present selection. The preface concludes
with a table of the fifty sections (Bab) into
which the work is divided. See Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 363.
Add. 7735.
Foil. 208; 9i in. by 6|; 11 lines, 3 in.
long; written in fair Nestalik on gold-
sprinkled paper, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled
margins, probably in the 16th century.
[CI. J. Rich,]
V
578
POETRY.— 'ATTAR.
Mantik ut-Tair (see p. 570 a, i.).
The volume contaias nine whole-page
miniatures in Persian style.
According to a note written on the first
page, and dated A.H. 1117, this MS. had
been the property of Allah Verdi Khan, the
late Beglerbegi of Shirvan.
Or. 1227.
Poll. 165 ; 6 in. by 4^ ; 15 lines, 2\ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, apparently in
the 16th century. [Alexandre Jaba.]
The same poem.
Seven leaves at the beginning and five at
the end have been supplied by later hands.
Some additional verses at the end give the
date of composition, A.H. 573, as follows :
Add. 16,788.
Poll. M9; 9 in. by 5^ ; 14 lines, 3 J in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Muharram,
A.H. 1051 (A.D. 1641). [Wm.'Yule.]
The same work.
The date of composition at the end is
A.H. 570 :
Harleian 3285.
Poll. 178; 9 in. by 6; 15 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century.
The same poem.
Add. 7089.
Poll. 148; 8| in. by 6; 12 lines, 2 in.
long, in a page, with 26 half-lines round the
margins, in continuation of each page ;
written in Indian Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century.
Ilahl Namah (see p. 576 a, ii.).
The usual beginning is preceded by four
couplets, the first of which is :
d,^^ jlai u_*»-^ Jos- (J^i-sy
At the end are found twenty additional
distichs beginning thus :
Or. 332.
Poll. 185; 9| in. by 6|; 25 lines, 4J in.
long; written in small Nestalik, in four
columns, with three 'Unvans and gold-ruled
margins; dated Balkh, A.H. 1000—1004
(A.D. 1592—1596).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Three Magnavi poems by 'Attiir, as fol-
lows : —
I. Pol. 2 b. Ilahl-Namah (see p. 576 a, ii.).
II. Pol. 67 b. Musibat-Namah (see p.
576 b, iv.).
III. Pol. 150 b. Asrar-Namah (see p.
576 a, iii.)
Add. 7736.
Poll. 172; 84 in. by 6; 15 Hnes, 3| in.
long ; written in Naskhi, in two columns ;
dated Sha'ban, A.H. 968 (A.D. 1582).
[CI. J. Rich.]
Two Ma§navi poems by 'Attar, as fol-
lows : —
I. Pol. 2 b.
^u\!> jl^\
TJshtur- Namah, or the Book of the Camel.
POETRY.— *ATTAR.
579
Beg.
J]?.^
uT r^ji
,U J \s:i\
J^ ^Si\ >'jl1I ^'-«
The poem has in the present copy the
heading '!»& ^ »»«'j^ ^^lIi'; but its real
title occurs in the following line, fol. 21 o :
It treats of mystic love, and its name is
derived from a comparison of the yearning
soul with the pilgrim's camel represented as
longing for the Ka'lmh. In the introduction
'Attar mentions some of his previous works,
namely Mantik ut-Tair, Muslbat Namah,
Khusrau u Gul, and Uahi-Numah, adding
that, although these had been circulated, the
present work was to be kept secret. See
the Oude Catalogue, p. 352, and the Lcyden
Catalogue, vol. 11. p. 114.
II. Fol. 130 a.
"Vaslat-Namah, or the Book of Union," a
Sufi poem.
Beg. ^^:>J^ ^l_^ ^^ \^.si^\
The title of the poem is found in the fol-
lowing line, fol. 132 1/ :
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 355.
Add. 6621.
Foil. 74; 124 in. by 7i; 25 lines, 4| in.
long, in a page; written in four columns
in small and fair Nestalik, with TJnvan and
gold-ruled margins, probably in the 17th
century. [J. F. Hull.]
" The theatre of marvels," a Sufi poem by
Attar.
Beg. j^U J^j> i:;>^\ uV u>y^
The title of the work, which is given in
the following line of the prologue, fol. 3 o,
alludes to 'All, the true " theatre of marvels,"
to whom the poem is dedicated :
j\ ^X>j^ c-^ ^\ ^/ ^
In the same passage the author refers the
reader to several of his previous works,
namely Jauhar uz-Zat, TJshtur-Namah, Man-
tik ut-Tair, Asrar Namali, Musibat-Namah,
Khusrau u Gul, ILdii-Namah, Pand-Namah,
and Tazkirat ul-Auliya. See the Oude
Catalogue, p. 353.
This MS. has been evidently detached
from a larger volume. It is folioed with
Arabic figures from 77 to 149, and at
the end is a separate leaf numbered 558,
containing the concluding part of a poem
probably due to the same author. It treats
of the feelings of a true devotee, and the
last section begins thus :
The first page bears the Persian seal of
Archibald Swinton, with the date 1174.
Sloane 3588.
Foil. 94; 8 in. by 6| ; 19 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in a cursive Turkish character;
dater Zulhijjah, A.H. 1083 (A.D. 1673).
I. Foil. 1-24. jliaP «-U ^,
The " book of advice," or moral precepts
in Ma^navi rhyme, by Farid ud-Din *Attar.
580
POETRY.— 'ATTAR.
Beg. ^ till), ij^j^ ^J\ s»- ^ iX,*
Tliis is the most popular of the poems of
'Attar. It has been repeatedly printed in
Calcutta, Lahore, Bulak, and Constantinople.
It has been edited by J. H. Hindley, London,
1809, and translated into French by S. de
Sacy, Paris, 1819, and into German by
G. H. F. Nesselmann.
II. Foil. 25 — 94. A Turkish commentary
on the above work by Sham'I. See Haj.
Khal., vol. ii. p. 68.
Sloane 3264.
Foil. 221; 12 in. by 7 ; 12 lines, 4 in.
long ; written on one side of the paper, in
large Naskhi, about the beginning of the
18th century.
The Pand-Namah of 'Attar, with a Latin
translation by Salomon Negri. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 335.
Add. 7734.
Foil. 52; 7| in. by 5J; 9 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Turkish Naskhi; dated
Shawal, A.H. 1193 (A.D. 1779).
[CI. J. Rich.]
The same work, with Turkish glosses.
Harleian 5447.
Foil. 60 ; 6| in. by 4^ ; 15 and 17 lines,
3 in. long ; written in a Turkish hand, appa-
rently in the 17 th century.
I. Foil. 1 6—29 b. The Pand-Namah of
•Attar (see p. 579 b).
II. Foil. 31 a— 60 b.
A translation of the above in Turkish
verse.
Beg. i^Xw' r^ C^J^ ''^^
The translator, whose name does not
appear, states in the introduction, fol. 32 b,
that he had written this version in obedience
to the behest of his benefactor, the Padishah
Bayazid B. Sulaiman Khan.
On the fly-leaf is a short notice of the
Pand Namah written in Latin by Salomon,
Negri.
Add. 6960.
Folk 183; 104 in. by 8; 15 lines in a
page; written by the Rev. John Haddon
Hindley on paper water-marked 1802.
I. Foil. 5—34. The Turkish version of
the Pand-Namah [transcribed from the pre-
ceding MS.]
II. Foil. 35 — 44. Collation of three co-
pies of the Persian Pand-Namah, namely
Harleian 5447, Harleian 5464, and Sloane
3264.
III. Foil. 45—109. The Pand-Namah,
[transcribed from Sloane 3264], with English
glosses.
lY. Foil. 110—133. Glossary to the
Turkish version, and alphabetical list of
words occurring in the Persian text.
Prefixed to the volume, foil. 1 — 4, are
Sylvestre de Sacy's notices on the Pand-
Namah and the Bulbul-Namah, translated
into English.
Or. 473.
Foil. 361; 8| in. by 6; 17 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with TJnvan
and gold-ruled margins; dated Rabi^ II.,
A.H. 1007 (A.D. 1598).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Kamal Isfahan!.
Beg. «jLi.\>iJ1 ^^,J ];VW^ y^ JiJ>-9- ij\
POETRY.— A.H. 600—700.
581
Kamal ud-Dln Isma'il, sumamed, on ac-
count of the fertility of his fancy, Khallak ul-
Ma'anl, or " the great inventor of concetti,"
was the son of a poet of note, Jamal ud-Din
Muhammad B. 'Abd ur-Razzak Isfahan!, who
died, according to Taki Kashanl, A.U. 588.
He was, like his father, a panegyrist of the
noble Said family, especially of Rukn ud-
Din Said B. Mas'fid, the Sadr of Isfahan.
He perished, according to Daulatshah, in a
general slaughter of the inhabitants of Is-
fahan by the Moghul army under Oktui K&'an,
A.H. 635. His death is placed, however,
by the Mirat ul-'Alam, fol. 691, in A.H.639,
and by the Khuldsat ul-Afk&r, fol. 229, in
A.H. 628. Other notices will be found in
the Guzidah, fol. 242, Bahfiristan, fol. 67,
Hablb U9-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 190, Haft
Iklim, fol. 356, Riya? ush-Shu*ara, fol. 356,
and Atashkadah, fol. 80. See also Hammer,
Redekiinste, p. 156, and Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 45-li.
This Divan, which is not alphabetically
arranged, contains Kasldahs and Kit'ahs,
fol. 2 b, Ghazals, fol. 300 a, and RubiVis,
foL 341 b.
Some Kasldahs in the early part of the
Divan are addressed to the following sove-
reigns: Sultan *Ala ud-Din Tukush, who
reigned in Irak from A.H. 590 to 596, and
his grandsons Jalal ud-Din (A.H. 621—628)
and Ghiya^ ud-Din, the Atabak Sa'd B.
Zingi (A.H. 599 — 623), and bis successor
Abu Bakr B. Sa'd (A.H. 623—668), lastly the
Ispahbad Hasan of Mazandanm. Most of the
laudatory poems are in praise of the above
mentioned Sadr, Rukn ud-Din Sa'id.
Add. 18,414.
FoU. 443; 8^ in. by 4^; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins; dated Ramazdn, A.H.
1029 (A.D. 1620). [Wm. Yule.J
The same Divftn.
Add. 7092.
FoU. 312 ; 9i in. by 5^ ; 19 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with *Unvan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated Shavval, A.H.
1036 (A.D. 1627).
The same Divan.
This copy contains only fourteen Ruba'Is.
Copyist : ^-?-yj ^^.jJI J^
Add. 7748.
FoU. 365 ; 9| in. by 5^ ; 19 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, probably in the
17th century. [CI. J, Rich.]
The same Divfin, wanting the first page.
This copy contains a more copious text
than any of the preceding. It is furnished
through the first half with headings.
The last page of the MS. contains records
of the birth of the owner's children, the
earliest of which is dated A.H. 1043.
Or. 287.
Foil. 174; 9i in. by 6; 15 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated Muharram, A.H.
1007 (A.D. 1598). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Divan of Saif ud-Dln Isfarangi.
Beg. tJ^„^ i^>. *^ji rtJ y]i !; ^-^
The poet's native place Isfarang, or Isfarah,
is, according to Amin Razl, a hilly tract nine
farsangs to the south-west of Marghinan.
As to the period in which he lived there is
a wide divergence in the statements of
biographers. Daulatshah says that he
flourished in the reign of Ilarslan B. Atsiz
Khwarazm Shah (A.H. 551—567). He is
followed by the Haft Iklim, fol. 599, and
582
POETRY.— A. n. 600—700.
also by the authors of the Kiyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 206, and the Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 206,
who place Saif ud-Dln's death in A.H. 573
and 583. On the other hand, TakI Kashi,
Oude Catalogue, p. 17, states that he was
born A.H. 581 and died A.H. 666. We read
in the Atashkadah, fol. 147, in agreement
with the last writer, that Saif ud-Din of
Isfarang, surnamed al-A'raj, or the lame,
grew up in Khwarazm, attended in his youth
the court of Sultan Muhammad B. Tukush
(A.H. 596—617), and died A.H. 666, at the
age of eighty-five years. See also Hammer,
Redekunste, p. 123, and Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 561.
The evidence of the Divan is altogether in
favour of the later date ; for it contains
poems addressed to 'Ala ud-Din Muhammad
Khwarazm Shah, and designating him by
the title of Sanjar, a surname which the
Sultan assumed in consequence of his victory
over the Kara Khitais, A.H. 606 (D'Ohsson,
Histoire des Mongols, vol. i. p. 182). There
are also Kasidahs in praise of Nizam ul-Mulk
Muhammad B. Salih, who was Vazir to the
same Sultan during the latter part of his
reign, A.H. 606—613 (see Habib us-Siyar,
vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 183), and of Kutb ud-Din
Mir 'Amid Habash, who was at the head of
the government of Mavara un-Nahr under
Chaghatai Khan and his successors, Kara
Hulagu and Bisii-Munga, A.H. 617 — 649
(see Jahankushai, fol. 81, and Habib us-
Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 1, p. 46).
The Divan contains Kasidahs and some
Tarji'-bands arranged according to subjects,
and a few Ruba is at the end. Copies are
mentioned in the St. Petersburg Catalogue,
p. 330, and in the Bibliotheca Sprenger,
No. 1514.
Add. 7790.
FoU. 283; 9f in. by 5^; 17 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
16th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
Another collection of the poems of Saif
Isfarangi, richer than the preceding, endorsed
Beg. u^j^j^^ ^'^y* J^ VW" '^j'^^j^ yr
^ J
J^
J r*^ 1;
jutf ^j^ &:
&xa^
Contents: Kasidahs, fol. 1 b. Mukatta'at,v
fol. 207 a. Ghazals, fol. 247 a. Ruba'is,
fol. 269 a.
Add. 7766.
Poll. 109; 10 in. by 6f ; 21 lines, 5| in.
long ; written in four columns in small Per-
sian Naskhi; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. 863
(A.D. 1459). ' [CI. J. Rich.]
A poetical version of the book of Kalllah
and Dimnah, in the epic metre, the author
of which is called in the heading and in the
subscription, Ahmad B. Mahmud ut-Tusi,
known as Kani'i, j^^^\ ^_^^\ d^^ ^y-j x^\
(^
JUL)
Beg. iJ'^jW *^^'^J ;_/y ^}^
The work was composed for a king called
Ka'iis, to whom a few laudatorv verses are
addressed at the end of each section. He
is designated as the sovereign of Riim, and
the worthy successor of Kaikhusrau and
Kaikubad.
'Izz ud-Din Kaika'us, who is here meant,
succeeded as the eldest son to his father
Kaikhusrau, at the time of the Moghul
invasion of Asia Minor, A. H. 642, and
carried on for about twenty years a fitful
rule under the control of the Moghul sove-
reigns, and in a state of constant struggle
with his brother Rukn ud-Din Kilij Arslan,
with whom he had to divide the kingdom.
Ousted at last by the latter he repaired to
Constantinople, and was shortly after, A.H.
662, confined by the emperor Michael Paleo-
POETRY.— A.H. 600—700.
583
logus in the castle of ^nos. He was subse-
quently released by theMoghul BerekaiKhiin,
and obtained from him a principality in the
Crimea, where he died A.H. 678. See Abul-
faraj, Historia Dynastiarum, pp. 319 — 332,
Abulfeda, vol. v. p. 11, D'Ohsson, Histoire
des Mongols, vol. iii, pp. 92, 479, and Ham-
mer, Geschichte der Goldenen Horde, pp.
17Jr— 181.
The author gives in the prologue, fol. 8 b,
a brief account of his career, lie lived, he
says, in Khorasan in joy and comfort, a
matchless poet sought after by all,
when the Moghuls overran the country,
shedding blood by torrents, and drove the
Khwarazm Shiih in wild flight to the sea of
Mazandariin (A.H. 617). Having escaped
to India, he took ship to 'Adan, and, after
yisiting Medina and the holy shrines of
Mecca, and passing through Baghdad, he
repaired to Rum, where " in his distress his
heart was rejoiced by the sight of the sove-
reign of the world, Kaikubud" (A.H. 616 —
634):
He became his panegyrist, lived, thanks
to his bounty, in great opulence, and com-
posed a poetical record of the dynasty, en-
titled SaJjuk Namah, the bulk of which was
not much less than a camel's load. He en-
joyed also the favour of Kaikubnd's glorious
Bucoessor, Kaikhusrau (A.H. 034—641).
The poet says in two other passages, foil.
95 o, 108 a, that he had, during forty years,
celebrated the praises of three sovereigns of
the house of Saljuk (Kaikubad, Kaikhusrau,
and Kaika'Qs), that his poems filled thirty
volumes, and amounted to about three
hundred thousand distichs :
w4; ^^ ^V^ u^
ijb jj,L*U |,Li sL jjjj (^
JL-JL.
If, therefore, the arrival of Kani'i at the
court of Kaikubad took place, as appears
probable, in A.H. 618, the composition of
the present work must bo placed about A.H.
658.
The author's name is preceded in the
heading by the pompous titles \j>i^\ U\
\^^^ ^^i, and in the subscription he is
called "v*^^ ^\ ^ \^\ ^ilu. He was still
living in Kuniyah A.H. 672 ; for he is men-
tioned by Aflaki, the author of Manakib ul-
•Arifin, Add. 25,025, fol. 142, who calls him
Amir Baha ud-Din Kanil Malik ush-Shu*ara,
as one of those who paid a last tribute to the
saint Mauluna Jahil ud-Din Rumi, deceased
in that year. He may be identical with a
Kani'i called like him Bahu ud-Din Ahmad,
and also entitled Malik ush-Shu*ara, who is
mentioned in the Gotha Catalogue, p. 68, as
the author of a Kabus Namah. The latter,
however, is designated as Kazaruni, or native
of Kazariin, while our author came from
Khorasan.
The prologue of Kani'i treats at consider-
able length of the virtues and accomplish-
ments which befit a king, of each of which the
author shows his royal master to be the true
584
POETRY.— A.H. 600—700.
paragon. An easy transition to Nushirviin, the
traditional pattern of a just and wise ruler,
introduces, fol. 9 b, the main subject of the
work. At his court appears an Indian
envoy bringing the tribute of his country.
Questioned by Nushirvan about a wonderful
herb said to grow in India and to give eternal
life to those who eat it, he explains its true
nature. The herb is but an emblem of the
book of wisdom which the kings of India
keep as a sacred heirloom in their treasury.*
He entreats the king, however, not to betray
to his master that he has disclosed his secret.
Here follows, fol. 10 h, a detailed account
of Barzuyah's mission to India, and of the
means by which he succeeded in obtaining
a copy of the precious book.
The work proper begins on fol. 13 a with
the rubric y_^^ «jjj^ jjl::«»b j A^ ^'<;^ y^\.
The first section contains the life of Barzu-
yah, the pliysician, as told by himself, and
drawn up by Buzurjmihr. The nature and
arrangement of the remainder of the contents
will appear from the following headings :
The ox and the lion, fol. 17 «. Damnah and
the lion, fol. 20 a. The lion repents killing
the ox, fol. 40 a. The merchant's wife, the
parrot, the slave, and the men of Balkh, fol.
49 a. The pigeon with a collar, fol. 50 b.
The worldly friends, Uj ^XiS\ yb-»ji> (the crows
and the owls), fol. 61 6. The ape and the
tortoise, c.,^ ciAi-. . ^X fol. 74 a. The
hermit and the weasel, \yj ^ jjb\-, fol.
78 b. The mouse and the cat, fol. 80 a.
The king and the bird Kabrah, j Ji j tdli*,
fol. 83 b. The lion and the jackal, fol. 87 a.
The lion, the jackal, and the huntsman, fol.
93 a. The hermit and the traveller, fol. 97 a.
The dream of the king of India, fol. 97 a.
The snake, the ape, the leopard, and the well,
* A similar answer is recorded in the preface of Nasr
Ullah's Persian version, where it is put in the mouth of
a Brahman in India. See Notices et Extraits, vol. x.
p. 107.
fol. 102 a. The king's son and his com-
panions, fol. 103 a.
The arrangement is very similar to that of
the Persian version of Nasr Ullah. But
the author does not give any information as
to the original which he had followed. He
merely says that he was turning prose into
verse :
Add. 27,263.
Foil. 417 ; 13|; in. by 9 ; 17 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with rich 'Unvans and gilt
headings, apparently in the 16th century.
Bound in stamped leather.
[Sir John Malcolm.]
The Masnavl of Jalal ud-Din Eumi.
Beg. ij>i^* i-l^Ks- ^>j>- o ;1 ^jJ;o
Maulana Jalal ud-DIn Muhammad RumT,
the founder of the order of Darvishes called
after him Maulavis, is by general consent
the greatest of the Sufi poets of Persia.
His life forms the main subject of Manakib
ul-'Arifin (see p. 344 J), from which the
following particulars are extracted. He was
born in Balkh on the sixth of Rabi' I., A.H.
604, and died in Kuniyah on the fifth of
Jumada II., A.H. 672. His father, Muham-
mad B. ul-Husain ul-Khatibl ul-Bakri (a
descendant of the Khalif Abu Bakr), com-
monly called Baha ud-Din Valad, son of
a daughter of Sultan 'Ala ud-Din B.
Khwiirazm Shah, had acquired by his learn-
ing and his religious character so much
influence in Balkh as to rouse the jealousy
of the Sultan, and was obliged in consequence
to leave his native city. He proceeded with
POETRY.— JALAL UD-DIN RUMI.
585
his son Jalal ud-Din, who was then five
years old, hy way of Baghdad to Mecca,
from thence to Malatiyah, where he stayed
four years, and to LTirindah, where he
sojourned seven years. Subsequently, yield-
ing to the instances of the Sultan of Rum,
'Ala ud-Dln Kaikubsd, he settled in the royal
residence, Kuniyah, where he died on the
18th of Rabi' II., A.II. 628.
After Baha ud-Dln's death Jalal ud-Din
received his spiritual instruction from Say-
yid Burhiln ud-Din Tirmizi, a disciple of his
father, who joined him in Kuniyah in A.H.
629, and, afterwards, from a wandering Sufi,
Shams ud-Din Tabrizi, who from A.H. 642 to
bis death in A.II. 6l!5, was Jalal ud-Din's
constant companion, and whose name the
poet adopted, as a Takballus, in his Ghazals.
In the latter part of his life MauLlna was
worshipped as a saint by a crowd of devoted
disciples, and was treated with the utmost
regard by the Moghul governor, Mu*in ud-
Din Parviinah, who was at that time the
virtual ruler of the Saljuki empire. The
only son who survived him was Baha ud-
Din, b<'tter known as Sultan Valad, bom
A.H. G23, who became, ten years after his
father's death, the head of the Maulavis, and
died A.H. 712.
Other notices will be found in Nafahat ul-
Uns, p. 530 (translated in Mines de I'Orient,
vol. vi. p. 429), Daulatshah, fol. 96, Habib
us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 1, p. 66, Majalis ul-
Muminin, fol. 330, Haft Iklim, fol. 235,
Kiyaz ush-Shu*aru, fol. 400, and Atashkadah,
fol. 142. See also Ouseley, Notices, p. 112,
Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 163, Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 489, and George Rosen's
Mesnewi, preface, pp. 13 — 26.
The Ma^navi, or, as it is often called ,^yJL«
i/y-«-«, the "Spiritual Ma§navi," is the
favourite text book of the Sufis. It is a vast,
and somewhat rambling, collection of moral
precepts and religious reflexions, with com-
ments on texts from the Goran, and sayings
VOL. II.
of the Prophet, illustrated by numerous
anecdotes.
Chalabi Husam ud-Din, whom the author
addresses by name in several passages of
the Masnavi, was his favourite disciple. His
proper name was Hasan B. Muhammad B.
Akhi Turk. He had been appointed Khali-
fah after the death of Salah ud-Din Zarkub
in A.H. 657, and remained for ten years, from
the decease of Maulana to his own death,
which took place A.H. 383, the acknowledged
head of the order. Husam ud-Din had no
small share in the production of the poem.
Jt was he who, having noticed with how
much delight the disciples read the Masnavis
of Sana'i and Farid ud-Din 'Attar, suggested
to his master the composition of a poem
similar to the Ilahi Namah of Sana'i (sic),
but in the measure of the Mantik ut-Tair of
'Attar, and who, when Maulana carried out
that idea, wrote down the poem from his
master's dictation, reading it aloud to him
after each sitting, and correcting the text.
The work was interrupted during two years, in
consequence of the death of Husam ud-Din's
wife; but it was resumed, as stated at the begin-
ning of Daftar II., in A.H. 662, and continued
to the end. See Manakib ul-'Arifm, fol. 176.
The poem, which is divided into six books
called Daftars, has been the text of many
commentaries enumerated by Haj. Khal.,
vol. V. p. 375. It has been repeatedly
printed in the East, viz. in Bombay, A.H.
1262, 1266, 1273, 1280, and 1294, in Luck-
now, A.H. 1282, in Tabriz, A.H. 1264, in
Bulak, with a Turkish translation, A.H.
1268, and in Constantinople, A.H. 1289.
The contents have been stated by Hammer,
Jahrbiicher, vol. 65, Anz. Blatt, pp. 7 — 26.
Portions have been translated into German
verse by M. V. Hussard, Mines de I'Orient,
vol. ii. p. 162, etc., and by George Rosen,
Leipzig, 1849. A version in Englisli verse,
by J. W. Redhouse, Esq., is being prepared
for publication.
686
POETRY.— JALAL UD-DIN RUMI.
In the present copy the six Daftars begin
respectively on foil. 2 b, 69 b, 131 b, 212 b,
275 J, and 347 b. A rich border enclosing
the beginning of the poem contains the
following lines in its praise :
«-?Jj '^ji^ cs^v/ i^^^ ^
Tlie volume contains nineteen vrhole-page
miniatures, in fair Persian style.
Add. 26,151.
Foil. 471 ; 9i in. by 5^ ; 21 lines, 2^ in.
long, and 20 lines in the margin ; vi'^ritten in
Nestalik, in two gold-ruled columns, with
'Unvans, apparently in the 16th century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
The same poem.
This copy contains short prose prefaces to
the several Daftars. Those of the first, third,
and fourth are in Arabic, the others in Per-
sian. They are to be found on foil. 2 b, 73 b,
138 6, 235 6, 30i b, and 383 b.
At the end of Daftar IV. is a subscription
stating that the MS. had been written near
the shrine of the holy Shah of Ghaznl CJ^,iJ>
tj^ (_jj^' J>js- sU. jwjjj , by Sayyid Kabir
B. Sayyid Raja B. Husainl.
On the first page are the Persian seal and
the signature of Edward Galley.
Or. 1211.
Foil. 506 ; IQi in. by 6 ; 27 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in a large and cursive Persian
character, in two columns, probably early
in the 15th century. [Alex. Jaba.]
The Masnavi, with the prose prefaces.
. The six Daftars begin respectively on foil.
1 b, 80 b, 154 a, 248 b, 324 b, and 409 b.
Foil. 1—5, and 502 — 506, have been sup-
plied by a later hand.
Or. 1364.
Foil. 313 ; 12^ in. by 8; 23 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in small and neat Nestalik,
in four gold-ruled columns, with six 'Unvans ;
dated Rajab, A.H. 982 (A.D. 1574). Bound
in stamped leather covers.
[Siu Chas. Alex. Murray.^
The MagnavT, with the prefaces, beginning
respectively on foil. 3 b, 50 6, 94 b, 150 b,
iy7 b, and 254 b.
Add. 26,153.
FoU. 205 ; 11| in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long, with 32 lines in the margins ; written
in Nestalik, A.H. 1043 (A.D. 1633).
["Wm. Erskixe.J
Daftars I. — III. of the Ma§navi.
The MS. was written, according to the
subscription, by Ilahyar for Minuchihr Beg.
Add. 16,767.
Foil. 318; 12i in. by 8i ; 23 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with six 'Unvans; dated
A.H. 1049 (A.D. 1639) ; bound in stamped
and gilt leather. [Wm. Yule.]
The same work, with three prefaces, viz.
those of Daftar II., fol. 52 b, Daftar V., fol.
205 b, and Daftar VI., fol. 258 b.
Egerton 1107.
Foil. 362 ; 141 in. by 9^ ; 21 lines, 5| in.
long ; written in cursive Indian Nestalik,
in four columns ; dated Jumada II., A.H.
1077 (A.D. 1666). [Adam Clarke.]
The Magnavi, with the same prefaces as in
the preceding copy.
The copyist, Muhammad Shafi', describes
himself as tutor to the son of Faridun Beg,
Vaki'ah-Navis to Amir Khan, Subahdar of
Kabul.
POETRY.— JALAL UD-DIN RUMI.
587
Add. 7740.
FoU. 241 ; Hi in. by 7^; 31 lines, 43 in.
long ; written in Ncstalik, in four columns ;
dated Shalijahanabad, Zulka'dah, A.H. 1077
(A.D. 1667). [Cl. J. Rich.]
The Ma^navi, with all the prefaces but
that of Daflar I.
The transcriber, *13^ <.l*-»io jJj J**^ -y-*^
ij}>y^, states in the subscription that he had
written this copy for Mir Muhammad Vazih,
son of Iradat Khfin.
At the end of Daftar IV. it is stated that
the text had been corrected, A.II. 1083,
on the copy of Shah *Abd ul-Fattah Gujrati,
who had collated a large number of MSS.
Add. 5605.
FoU. 324; Hi in. by 7 ; 22 Unes, 4i in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four columns ;
dated Rabi' I., AIL 1082, the 13th year of
[Aurangzib's] reign (A.D. 1671).
[N. Brasset Halhed.]
The Ma^navi. The prefaces of Daftars
II. — VI. have been added by another hand.
Add. 5606.
FoU. 434 ; 10^ in. by 6^ ; 19 Unes, 2|
in. long, in a page, with 32 half-lines in
the margin, in continuation of each page;
written in two columns, in common Indian
Nestalik ; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1185 (A.D.
1771).
The same poem. [N. Brassey IIalhed.]
Add. 26,152.
FoU. 583; 10 in. by 6| ; 21 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in four gold-ruled
columns ; dated the 24th year of Aurangzlb
(A.H. 1091-2, A.D. 1680-1).
[Wm. Ebskine.J
The Masnavi, with the prefaces of Daf-
tars IV. and VI., and copious notes written
partly in the margins, partly on inserted
slips.
Add. 16,769.
FoU. 229; 9 in. by 5^ ; 17 lines, 2| in.
long, with 30 lines in the margins ; written
in smaU Nestalik, in two columns ; dated
Ujjain, Malvah, Rabl' II., A.H. 1093 (A.D.
1682.) [Wm. Yule.]
Daftars III — V. of the Masnavi, with the
first five folios of Daftar VI. Daftar III.
Wants sixteen folios at the beginning.
Add. 25,802.
FoU. 275; Hi in. by Oj ; 25 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Naskhi, in four gold-ruled
columns, with 'Unvans, probably in the 17th
century. [Wm. Cureton.]
The Ma§navi, with all the prefaces but
that of Daftar V.
Add. 16,768.
FoU. 255 ; 13 in. by 7% ; 27 Unes, 4>\ in.
long; written in cursive Indian NestaUk, in
four columns; apparently in the 18th century.
[Wm. Yule.]
The Masnavi, with the prefaces, and mar-
ginal additions.
According to a Persian note on fol. 1, this
MS. was bought in Jainagar, A.H. 1203.
Or. 1214.
FoU. 24; 9 in. by 7 ; 21 lines, 4| in. long;
written on four columns in smaU NestaUk,
probably in the 18th century.
[Alexandre Jaba.]
The seventh Daftar of the Masnavi, with
a prose preface.
Beg. j-«-. (^jJ< J^- J*' L.« ^J^
'i^j»j-> O/Li »JJoU) CXJjJ
X 2
588
POETEY.— JALAL UD DIN RUMI.
This seventh Daftar, which has been
printed at the end of the Bulak edition, was
first brought to light, A.H. 1035, by a com-
mentator of the Masnavl, Ismail Dadah
(Rusfikh ud-Din Isma'il B. Ahmad ul-Anki-
ravi), who gave out that he had found it in a
copy dated A.H. 814, and who stood out for
its genuineness, which, however, was gene-
rally disbelieved. See Haj. Kbal. vol. v.
p. 377, Hammer Eedekiinste, p. 167, and
Pliigel, Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 518.
Copyist : ^^L* .^^ !y).«b ^J-i >— a-?^ li-^
^jjjit ^j:>.y
Add. 14,051.
Poll. 508 ; 11 in. by 6^ ; 21 lines, 4f in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
Mu\iarram, A.H. 1081 (A.D. 1670).
The first volume of a commentary on the
Ma§navi, by Husain B. Hasan, ^^.^o- ^^ .-u,-^
Beg. C-o.^ J '^•*:t-? (_^*J^ J i-^?.^ J <^ J*-**-
The author, whose full name is Kamal ud-
Din Husain B. Hasan Khwarazmi, has been
already mentioned, p. 144 b. He states in
the preface that lie had, from his youth
upwards, eagerly studied the Magnavi, and
that he was constantly consulted by the
learned as to its meaning. He bad already
written on that subject a work entitled j^ii
^3J'liiJsi' j^*, ^ j^.la^', and was at length
induced by his friends' prayers, as well as by
the desire of the ruler of Khwarazm, to write a
fuller commentary, the present work. He
frequently mentions, as still living, his
spiritual guide Khwajah Abu'l-Vafa (a cele-
brated Sufi, wbo died A.H. 835 ; see Nafahat
ul-Uns, p. 499, and Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii.,
Juz 3, p. 144). The work is mentioned by
Haj. Khal. vol. v. pp. 375, 376, and Spren-
ger, Oude Catalogue, p. 493.
Contents: Preface, fol. 1 b. Ten pre-
liminary discourses, as follows : — 1. On the
great Sufis from 'Ali to Jalal ud-Din, fol.
8 a. 2. On Sufi terms, fol. 36 b. 3. On
the degrees of spiritual knowledge, fol. 41 a.
4. On the essence of the Divinity, fol, 43 b.
5. God's names and qualities, fol. 48 a, 6. On
the worlds, fol. 49 b. 7. On creation, fol.*
51 a. 8. On the great spirit, fol. 52 b.
9. On the soul's return to the spirit, fol. 55 a.
10. On the essence of love, fol. 64 a. Com-
mentary on Daftar I., fol. 71 b; on Daftar II.,
fol. 203 b ; on Daftar III., including the
Arabic preface, fol. 314 b.
On the first page is written, " Geo. Jervis,
Ahmudabad, 1814."
Add. 25,804.
Poll. 497 ; 12i in. by 8| ; 22 lines, 6 in.
long; written in large Naskhi, with ruled
margins, apparently in the 17th century.
[Wm. Cureton.]
cfiJa*
'{xi\ ^j^ J^ ^y** jlr**^ (—fl-lS'
A full commentary on the first two Daftars
of the Magnavi, with the text.
Author: 'Abd ul-Hamid B. Mu'in ud-Din
Muhammad B. Muhammad Hashim ul-Hu-
saini ul-Kattali ur-Rifa'i ut-Tabrizi, ^.x^ ^^
J'M J-x^^ 1^1* J^* ^ji a.^ (^.jJ\ j^,j*« ^^
Beg. oU«» c-^..i*-l cj^ii ii*j^ j_5-ljj _j ^ j^a-
The commentary is preceded by a short
preamble and nine preliminary chapters
(Mukaddimab), foil. 5 — 17, treating of the
principles of theosophy and the definition of
its technical terms. The entire text is in-
serted by paragraphs. Each of these is fol-
lowed by short verbal explanations of rare
words Cj\ii, and by extensive comments.
The most recent authors quoted appear to be
Khwajah Abul-Vafa, who died A.H. 835
(see the preceding no.), fol. 139a, and 'Abd ul-
POETRY.— JALAL UD-DTN RUxMI.
589
Karim ul-Jili, author of al-Insan ul-Kamil,
who was born A H. 767 (Haj. Khal., vol. i.
p. 459), fol. 143 b. At the end of Daftar I.,
fol. 265, is found a transcript of the sub-
scription of the author's original draft.
The first part of the same commentary is
described by Dr. Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 493.
On the first page is a seal of Muhammad
ilahdi dated A.H. 1141, and the Persian seal
of Archibald Swinton.
Or. 1213.
Foil. 222 ; 12 in. by 84 ; 31 lines, 5^ in.
long; written in a small Turkish hand, pro-
bably in the 17th century.
[Alexandre Jaba.]
A Turkish comnicntary upon the fourth
Daftar of the Ma^navi, by Sham'i ^^^t with
the text.
Beg. ij5yfcL. ^/*/^ 3 J-.T jj^ '*/^f* t>^«>-»»
The author states, in the preamble, that he
had undertaken the work by order of Sultan
Murad Khun B. Salim, and, at the end, that
lie had completed the present portion on
the 15th of Jumadu II., A.H. 999. See
Uaj. Khal., vol. v. p. 375.
Or. 1210.
Foil. 464; Hi in. by 6J ; 19 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four columns,
with 'Unvans and gold-ruled margins, ap-
parently in the 17th century.
[Alexandhe Jaba. J
A revised edition of the Ma§navi, by 'Abd
ul-Latif B. 'Abd Ullah ul-'Abbfisi, ..fl.Viin j^p
^^UjJ\ iJJ\ juc ^^, with marginal notes.
MuUh 'Abd ul-Latif, a native of Gujrfit,
was a dependent of Lashkar Khun Mashhadi,
Divan of Kabul under Jahangir, and after-
wards Sdbahdar of the same province under
Shahjahan. He passed into the imperial
service in the fifth year of the latter reign
as Divan i Tan, with the title of 'Akidat
Khan, and was some time employed as
court-chronicler. He died in old age in
the 12th year of the reign (A.H. 1048—9).
See 'Amal Siilih, fol. 708, where his commen-
tary on the Magnavi is mentioned with praise,
and Tazkirat ul-Umar:i, fol. 70.
In a preface entitled ^J^il^\ i\y,, and
^dated by the clironograra *yail t-iAJ to-U-?"^
iLliLi, t. e. A.H. 1032, foil. 10—19, the edi.
tor gives an account of the labour he had
bestowed upon the text. He collated it
with an authenticated copy in Kabul, A.H.
1024, and with several MSS. in Yulam Guzar,
near Pashawar, A.H. 1025, subjected it to a
critical examination, with the help of a friend,
while on a journey to thcDeccan in A.H. 1030,
and collated it again with four copies in Bur-
hunpur, A.H. 1031. He also verified the pas-
sagos of the Goran and the Hadig referred to
by the poet, and gave their original text with
interpretation in the margin, corrected the
Arabic prefaces which he found sadly cor-
rupt, and explained all the rare words and
difficult verses. lie adds that his comments
had been compiled in a detached shape, and
formed two separate works, entitled Latii'if
ul-Maani and Latt'if ul-Lughat.
Tables of contents, drawn up by the editor,
are prefixed to the several Daftars. The
preface is repeated in a condensed form at
the beginning of Daftars II. — VI.
It is stated, at the end of Daftars III. and
IV., that the MS. had been collated in Bur-
hanpur, A.H. 1100.
Add. 25,803.
Foil. 312; 12| in. by 8; 25 lines, 4.^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four columns;
590
POETRY.— JALAL UD-DIN RUMI.
dated Katak (Bengal), A.E. 1113 (A.D.
1701). [Wm. CCEETON.j
The same revised text, with the editor's
preface and marginal notes.
Add. 16,766.
Foil. 240 ; 15| in. by 9| ; from 25 to 27
lines, 5 in. long, with as many lines in
the margin; written in fair Nestalik, in
four gold-ruled columns, with 'Unvans, pro-
bably in the 17th century ; bound in stamped
and gilt leather. [Wm. Yule.]
The Ma§navi, with copious marginal notes
extracted from the Latii'if ul-Ma'navi (see
p. 589 b).
This MS. contains the following prefaces :
Persian preface to Daftar II., fol. 38 a.
Arabic prefaces to Daftar III. and IV. with
Persian paraphrase, foil. 70 a, and 112 b.
The preface of *Abd ul-LatIf to his recen-
sion of the Masnavi is prefixed to Daftar V.,
fol. 148 b, and again to Daftar VI. fol. 192 b.
It is followed in each place by his statement
of the contents of the respective Daftars.
Add. 16,770.
Foil. 206; lOi in. by Q%; 19 lines, 41 in.
long, in a page ; written in plain Nestalik ;
dated Jumada II., A.H. 1080 (A.D. 1669).
A Commentary on the Ma§navi, by *Abd ul-
Latlf B. 'Abd uUah ul-'Abbasi (see p. 589 b),
slightly imperfect at the end.
Beg. i^j^ i^LL* i^W-?' ^J^ j-/i»
The commentator states that he had brought
together in this work, with some additions,
the explanations of difficult verses and Ara-
bic texts, written in the first instance on the
margins of his revised copy of the Ma§navi.
An edition lithographed in Cawnpore,
1876, contains a dedication to Shahjahan,
which is not found in the present copy. See
also Stewart's Catalogue, p. 59.
Royal 16 B. xix.
FoU. 324; 7| in. by 5^; 14 and 15 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in cursive Indian Nes-
talik; dated Surat, Sha'ban, A.H. 1081
(A.D. 1670). [Thomas Hyde.]
A Glossary to the Masnavi, by the same
'Abd ul-Latif.
Beg. AjOjfr lOUJ J»^ J.«Ii.-o c::*-,.Aiijy ^^.1
The author, who calls himself 'Abd ul-La-
tif B. 'Abd Ullah Kabiriyyah lOjX^, enume-
rates in the preface some well known Arabic
and Persian dictionaries, and the Sufi glossa-
ries of Ibn 'Attar, and 'Abd ur-Razzak Kashi,
which he had used, and states that the present
work was the result of twelve years of study,
and had been compiled in view of his revised
edition of the text (see p. 589 b). It comprises
all the words found in the Ma§navT, with the
exception of those which belong to common
speech, and is alphabetically arranged ac-
cording to the initial and final letters. 'Abd
ul-Latif adds that he had been assisted
in the compilation by his friend Maulana
Ibrahim Dihlavi, who had attended his
lectures.
This glossary, known as Farhang i Masnavi,
has been lithographed in Lucknow, 1877.
See also Stewart's Catalogue, p. 132, and
Ouseley's Collection, No. 384.
Add. 6612.
Foil. 162 ; 14 in. by 10^ ; 25 and 23 lines,
6 in. long ; written in Nestalik ; dated
Rabi' I., the first year of Jahandiir Shah,
A.H. 1124 (A.D. 1712). [J. F. Hull.]
I. Foil. 1—94. The first two Daftars of
the Masnavi, with marginal notes.
POETRY.— JALAL UD-DIN RUMI.
591
II. Foil. 95 — 162. The glossary described
under the preceding number.
Or. 369.
Foil. 175; 9 in. by 6^ ; 23 lines, 3 in.
long; written in small and close Nestalik;
dated Ramazan, A.H. 1100 (A.D. 1689).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
An extensive commentary, entitled Mughni,
\iM, upon the third Daftar of the Ma^navl,
by Muhammad *Abid.
Beg. 4a\ ^'jT ^^yji ^^\ ^^ ^\Si\ Jii^\.
The author's name and the title are found
in this endorsement, (.i*-ii». ^Jy*x• j\ ^mm* jj^
OJ'^ o-^ ^ j\ ^^^ J-V »;-» /»' j_y»j5 ^^yi
ij*^ u*— •
«Jlfr m
In a Persian note on the same page it is stated
that this MS. is the author's first draught
%,£,^ j^j^ t_A:<a<* liy.^ {j-i}jf ^^^^ that he
began to write the commentary on Daftar I.
in A.H. 1100. Many mistakes, however, cor-
rected in the margins, show this copy to be
the work of a scribe. Extensive marginal
additions in a more cursive character may
have lieen written by the author.
Tlie commentary of Shaikh 'Abd ul-Latif
(p. 690 a), is frequently quoted. Ileference
is also made to the Muntakhab ul-Lughat,
which was written A.H. 10^ (see p. 510 a).
Or. 370.
Foil. 141; 8} in. by 4J; 21 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestidik; dated Muharram,
the 36th year of the reign (of Aurangzib, i.e.
A.H. 1104, A.D. 1692).
[Geo. Wm. Hakilton.J
A Commentary on the Ma§navl, by Mu-
hammad Na*im, ^ j.^
This commentary, which is confined to the
explanation of some difficult verses, is slightly
imperfect at the beginning; the first line
quoted is the ninth of the poem :
|)V* d^—i > ClJ^^ {J^\ f^\ ft£9 j-i
J
ti\> J iJUJ^ «j
Daftars II. — VI. begin respectively on
lol. 34 a, fol. 56 b, fol. 83 o, fol. 104 b and fol.
133 b. The last line commented upon is ^^\^)^^
j»- (_.»T **. jl^j (Bulak edition, vol. vi. p. 171).
The author's name appears in the sub-
scription :
Transcriber : ^JJ,^'^ t^\ ^_pVl^ ^ ^^ 4IH j-ft
A leaf prefixed to the MS. by a later hand
contains the beginning of the preface of
'Abd ul-Latif to his revised text of the
Masnavi (see p. 589 a).
This MS. bears the seals of the kings of
Oude.
Or. 367.
Foil. 230; 12 in. by 8^; 23 lines, 6 in.
long; written in Nestalik ; dated Bamazan,
the 50th year of Aurangzib (A.H. 1117,
A.D. 1705). [Geo. Wm, Hamilton.]
A full commentary upon the Ma§navi,
with the text. On the first page is found the
following title : \)'iy i^c.^~> ^j^*m^\ oU-yi
III* Mutf «_i*»L0 ^J«!\ s^, and the name of the
author, Maulana *AI)d ul-'Ali Sahib, has been
written by the same hand at the end of
Daftar I., fol. 137 b.
It begins with the first verse of the poem,
followed by a poetical paraphrase, the first
line of which is: —
The commentator quotes frequently Jilmi's
Nafahiit ul-Uns, and occasionally the com-
592
POETRY.— JALAL UD-DIN RUMI.
mentary of his predecessor, Shaikh 'Abd ul-
Latif (p. 590 a).
The present volume contains the first two
Daftars.
Or. 368.
Foil. 125; 12i in. by 8^; 26 and 23 lines,
. from 5 t6 7 in. long ; written by two different
hands, in cursive Nestalik ; dated A.H. 1103
(A.D. 1692). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same author's commentary upon
Daftar VI., endorsed 6i^j> ^\ s^j^ -jL,
. 'A t, Ik
This volume contains only short portions
of the text, preceded by the word *5y-
Add. 16,771.
Poll. 328 ; 8| in. by 5| ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
Zulka'dah, A.H. 1143, the 15th year of Mu-
hammad Shah (A.D. 1731). [Wm. Ytjlb.J
I. Foil. 1 — 176. A Commentary on the
Ma§navi, by Muhammad Nur Ullah Ahrari,
Beg. > J?^ ^^^ S-'W t>^^ J«5^ ^ ^-^^^
The author, who is called in the subscrip-
tion Mir Nur Ullah AkbarabadI, states in the
preface that, having applied himself from his
youth upwards to the study of the Masnavl,
he had been in the habit of putting down on
the margins of his copy any new meaning
that occurred to him, until, yielding to the
solicitations of his friends, he wrote out those
notes in a connected form.
The commentary deals only with detached
passages. The author frequently quotes his
predecessor 'Abd ul-Latif (p. 590 a), mostly
in order to correct him.
See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 495,
where the author, who is called Sliah Mir
Muhammad Nur Ullah Ahrari, is said to have
resided in Arcot.
II. Foil. 177—328. ^^ ^
Another commentary on the same poem,
by Afzal, of Ilahabad, ^jIj\^\ J^^
A summary of the contents of Daftar I. is '
followed by a prologue in verse beginning
thus :
fjjLlo J,3i Ji.ji.i_jJ S^J
The author says that he wrote this work
as a supplement to the commentaries of his
predecessors, 'Abd ul-Latlf 'Abbasi (p. 590 a),
and Mir Nur Ullah Ahrari.
The present copy contains only tlie com-
mentary on the first Daftar, including the
Arabic Preface.
Or. 1212.
Foil. 144; 81 in. by 5^; 15 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in two columns ;
dated Ramazan, A.H. 923 (A.D. 1517).
[Alexandre Jaba.]
Select verses of the Magnavi, beginning
with the first verse of Daftar I., and ending
with the last of Daftar VI.
Copyist :
,W*
Add. 9999.
Foil. 112; 8i in. by 51; 17 lines, 3^ in.
long, in a page ; written in cursive Nestalik,
apparently in the 17th century.
The " Rose Garden of Unity," a selection
from the Magnavi.
Author : Shahidi Maulavl, (^j5»* ^^^^U. (see
p. 513 b).
POETRY.— JALAL UD-DIN IIUMI.
593
Beg. ;_,-L*_» ^ ^^U3 ,_^ ^ jl.»j^
The author had extracted, as he states in
the prologue, some detached lines, six hun-
dred in number, from the Masnavi. At the
request of a friend he connected them by-
means of additional verses, inserting five
distichs of his own between each two of the
original. The date of composition, A.II.
937, is conveyed by the following chrono-
gram, fol. 2 b :
See naj. Khal., vol. v. p. 232, where A.H.
927 is given as the date of composition,
Orientalia, vol. i., p. 319, the Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. iii. p. 429, and the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. ii. p. 112.
Add. 7738.
Fol. 305 ; 13 in. by 7 ; 19 lines, 3^ in.
long, with 30 lines in the margins; written
in Ncstalik, apparently in the 10th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The Diviin of Jalul ud-Din Rumi, often
called " Diviin i Shams i Tabriz," because the
poet takes in it the name of his spiritual
guide, Shams ud-Din Tabrizi (see p. 585 a), as
his takhallus.
The contents of the present copy, which
is slightly imperfect at beginning and end,
are — Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. la.
Tarji'-bands, fol. 340 b. RubftHs, foil. 352 b—
359 6.
Foil. 300 — 306 contain a portion of the
editor's preface. It is extremely wordy,
confused, and, moreover, very incorrectly
written. The editor, whose name does not
appear, describes hiin.sclf as a devoted admirer
of Jal&l ud-Din, whom, however, he had
never seen. lie says that he had spent a
VOL. u.
year or two in collecting the scattered
poems written by scribes from Maulana's
dictation, revising them, and arranging
them in alphabetical order, adding that
the collection comprised thirty thousand
distichs.
Copies of the Divan are described by
Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 172, by Fliigel,
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 522, by Spren-
ger, Oude Catalogue, p. 497, and Bibl.
Sprenger,, No. 1458. For extracts, see KraflTt,
p. 05, Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 113,
Gotha Catalogue, p. 09, Munich Catalogue,
^ p. 10, and St Petersburg Catalogue, p. 214.
Select poems have been edited, with a trans-
lation in Gorman verse, by V. von Rosen-
zweig, Vienna, 1838.
Or. 289.
Foil. 255, leaves 17 lines, 4^ in. long;
written in Persian Naskhi ; dated Zulka'dah,
A.n. 824 (A.D. 1421).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
jiji^ cT^ ^!^^
The latter part of the same Divan, with
the heading, ^^ ^j.^ c^j.^ ^j>ji ^.^a jl»-
Beg- J^j J4» <j^. r** J* c;* r^ ^ y r^
It contains the Ghazals from J to j_y, some
Taiji'- bands, fol. 240 a, and a few Ruba'is,
fol. 253 a.
Copyist: i^>)\ wJji *».^^ ^^ ^..ii>\ Li^b*
Add. 7749.
Foil. 193; 5 J in. by 3^; 15 lines, 2 in.
long ; written in a small and neat Shikastah-
Amiz ; dated Baghdad, Zulka'dah, A.H.
1208 (A.D. 1791). [CI. J. Rich.]
The following works of Fakhr ud-Din
Iraki, J\^ ^y.Jl yi
Fakhr ud-Din Ibnihim B. ShahriySr 'Iraki
Y
594
POETRY.— A.H. 600—700.
left at the age of eighteen his native city
Hamadan, went in the guise of a wandering
kalandar to India, and attached himself in
Multan to Shaikh Baha ud-Din Zakariyya,
with whom he stayed twenty-five years.
After his master's death, which took place
A.II. 666 or 661, he performed the pil-
grimage, and proceeded from Mecca to Ku-
niyah, where he found another spiritual
guide in the well-known mystic, Sadr ud-Din
Kiiniyavi, who died A.H. 672 (Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 779 b). It was there, and while
attendino: Sadr ud-Din's lectures on the
Fusus ut-Hikam, that he composed his Sufi
tract. Lama at, which was approved by his
Shaikh. He left Rum after the death of his
patron Mu*in ud-Din Parvanah (A.H. 677 ;
see Geschichte der Ilchane, vol. i., p. 299),
and spent his latter years in wanderings
through Egypt and Syria. He died in
Damascus, A.H. 686, according to the Gu-
zidah, fol. 241, or A.H. 688, as stated
in the Nafahfit ul-Uns, p. 700, Majalis ul-
*Ushshak, fol. 91, Pirishtah, vol. ii. p. 760,
Haft Iklim, fol. 413, and Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 291. Daulatshah, however, followed by
Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 17, places his
death in A.H. 709. See Hammer, Rede-
kiinste, p. 226, and Sprenger, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 440.
I. Fol. 16. A Divan, containing — 1. Ka-
sidahs and some TarjI'-bands, without alpha-
betical arrangement. 2. Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, fol, 46 b. 3. Ruba'is, fol. 126 b.
Beg, «jLi-\j.il ^;^'»_)W- '^J^ uV ei-s!!^ j^l
Some of the Kasldahs are in praise of the
poet's Shaikh, Baha ud-Din Zakariyya.
II. Fol. 138 b. ju'o j^j^, the " Book of
Lovers," a poem in Ma§navi verse, varied by
Ghazals, treating in ten sections (Fasl) of
mystic love.
Beg.
^b ^lo- dj^ »ioT C<...-^lj
The prologue contains a eulogy on the
celebrated Vazlr, Shams ud-Din Muhammad
Sahib Divan.
III. Fol. 176 b. c^uj, " LamaVit," a tract
in prose and verse on mystic love (see the pre-
ceding column, and Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 333.
Beg. c.>l,jL..La=^ u-«'-*>- ^} j}^ ^'i>'^ ^ -^^
Add. 16,822.
FoU. 84 ; 6i in. by 3| ; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in small and neat Nestalik,
with *Unvan and gold-ruled margins, pro-
bably in the 16th century. [Wm. Yule.]
A commentary on the preceding work,
" LamaYit," by Nur ud-Din *Abd ur-Rahman
Jami (see p. 17 a).
Beg. ^•iJU\ jy jpj ol-«J tiip
(V^^ (J"J ^}^^ i^" ^ w*
The commentator says in his preface that
he had been, like many others, prejudiced
against the soundness of the Lama'at, until,
requested by his friend, Amir 'Allshir, to
revise the text, he had found in it a rich
storehouse of spiritual truths, which he under-
took to elucidate in the present work. The
date of composition, A.H. 886, is expressed
in a versified chronogram at the end by the
word ft-;^j\ : &*l^\ ^J3 Jli' U? \j.^ si »::^\ Jli i^j
This work is generally called oUJu\
Z^-
See Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 335, and Dorn, St.
Petersburg Catalogue, p. 371.
Copyist : jj-~i-
Add. 24,944.
Foil. 357 ; 14^ in. by 9^ ; 9 lines, 3J in.
long, with 22 lines in the margin; written
in elegant Nestalik, with rich 'Unvans, orna-
mental headings, and illuminated borders on
every page; dated A.H. 974 (A.D. 1566) ;
bound in gilt and stamped leather,
[G. LiBRI.]
POETRY.— SA'DI.
595
The KuUiyiit, or complete works of Sa'di.
Sa'di, the most popular of Persian poets,
took his name from the Ataliak of Pars, Sa*d
B. Zingi, who died A.H. 623. after a reign of
twenty-three years, and to whose service his
father was attached. He is generally called
Muslih ud-Din ; hut there is reason to believe
that his original name was Musharrif ud-Din,
and that Muslih ud-Din was the name of his
father. In a copy of the Kulliyat, dated
A.H. 905, lately belonging to Col. C. S.
Guthrie, there is a subscription to the Dus-
tiin, purporting to have been transcribed
from the author's autograph, in which he
calls himself ^x«J\ J-o* ^J-) uJ,!- In an
early collection of his works. Add. 18,411, in
Or. 5601, and in the present copy, his name
is written ^La« ^^ ^^J3!!^ <-Jj^, and in Btsu-
tun's preface ^V— ^' jLo* ^H^J^^ j J» j »U' .— iji*
^.aJL>J1 j . In the Guzidah the names are
inverted i-Jji-* ly-^ J^^^ while in the Na-
fahat ul-Uns they arc combined, with a
trifling alteration, to Ju« ^^_S^ s^ju
Sa'di refers frequently to Shlrfiz as his
native place. The date of his birth is not
accuratelv known. In the BustAn, which he
wrote A.II. G55, he addresses himself as
beptuagenarian,
from which it may be inferred that he was
1)om al)out A.II. 5R5. But if the Shaikh
Shams ud-D'in Abul-Paraj B. Jauzi, whom
he mentions in the Gulistiin, Bab ii., 20, as
the preceptor of his youth, is really identical,
as has been asserted, with the celebrated
doctor Jamal ud-Din Abul-Faraj Ibn ul-
Jauzi, who died in Baghdad A.II. 597, a
still earlier date must be adopted.
After completing his studies in Baghdad,
Sa'di entered upon a long course of distant
travels, which took him through the length
and breadth of the world known to the Mus-
lims, from Tartary to Abyssinia, and from
India to Barbary. He visited Kashghar, as
he states in the Gulistan, Bab v., 15, in the
year in whicli Sultan Muhammad Khwarazm
Shah had made peace with the Khitais. This
must have been shortly after the great victory
which the Sultan won over the Kara Khitais
A.H. 606 (see the Kamil, vol. xii. p. 177),
and the anecdote shows that even at that
early period the fame of the young poet of
Shiraz had spread to that remote region.
Sa'di returned to his native city shortly
Leforo A.H. 655, and composed in that year
and the next his two most popular works,
the Bustan and the Gulistan, in both of which
he immortalized the name of the reigning
Atabak, Abu Bakr B. Sa'd B. Zingi (A.H.
G23 — 668), M hose wise rule had restored peace
and prosperity to Pars. There he spent in
peace and seclusion the latter part of his long
life, treated with respect by the Moghul
governors who had superseded the Atabaks
and receiving frequent marks of the regard
and liberality of the great Vazir, Shams ud-
Din Siihib Divan, who from the reign of
Hulagu to the accession of Arghiin, A.H. 683,
was at the head of the civil administration
of the Moghul empire.
Ziya i Barani states that Muhammad Sultan,
son of Sultan Ghiyii§ ud-Din Balaban, who
in the seat of his government at Multan
(A.n. 670-683) surrounded himself with
poets, twice sent messengers to Shiraz for the
purpose of inducing Sa'di to settle in MultTin,
but that the poet, excusing himself on the
plea of old age, sent to the prince some auto-
graph verses. See 'larikh Piriizshah], p. 68.
Sa'di died on the seventeenth of Zulhijjah,
A.H. 600. This is the date given by Hamd
Ullah Mustaufi in his Guzidah written forty
years later. Daulatshah and Jami give A.H.
691, and the former adds that the poet had
reached at his death the age of one hundred
and two lunar years. Amiu Riizl states that
r 2
596
POETRY.— SA'DI.
he was then one hundred and ten years old,
an estimate which, according to what has
been above stated respecting the probable
date of his birth, must be nearer the truth.
The principal notices on Sa'di are those
of Daulatshah (translated into English by
J. n. Harington, Works of Sadee, pp. ii. — x.,
and into German by K. H. Graf, Rosengarten,
pp. 229—234), of Jaml, Nafahat ul-Uns,
p. 699, Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 130,
Majrdis ul-Muminin, fol. 332, Haft Iklim,
fol. 92, and Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 198. See
also Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 204, Ouseley's
Notices, p. 5, Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 545, Defremery, Nouvelle Biographic Gene-
rale, vol. xlii., p. 1002, and, above all, Dr.
W. Bacher, who in his introduction to "Sa'di's
Aphorismen und Sinngedichte, Strassburg,
1879," has ingeniously combined all the in-
formation which was to be extracted from a
careful perusal of the poet's works.
The Kulliyat have been edited by J. H.
Harington, Calcutta, 1791 — 1795. Many
other editions have since appeared in the
East, as in Bombay, A.H. 1267 and 1280,
Dehli, 1269, Cawnpore, 1280, Lucknow,
1287, Tabriz, 1257, and Teheran, 1268. The
contents have been stated in the Vienna
Jahrbiicher, vol. 64, Anz. Blatt., p. 6, Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 527, Oude Catalogue,
p. 546, and, with great fuUness and accuracy,
by Dr. W. Bacher, in his Sa'di- Studien,
Zeitsclirift der D. Morgenlandischen Gesell-
schaft, vol. XXX. pp. 81 — 106.
Contents: Preface of 'All B. Ahmad B.
Abu Nasr [in other copies Abu Bakr*] B.
Bisutun, fol. 3 b.
Beg. ftijiW cA>- \j i^i}XM ;.>»U-» J ^
The writer states that in A.H. 726 he had
arranged the Ghazals of Sa'di alphabetically
according to the initial letters, and had sub-
sequently, A.H. 734, compiled an alpha-
» Slii'ah scribes frequently substitute Abu Nasr for the
hateful name of Abu Bakr.
betical index to the same, based on the
letters of the rhyme. It is added at the end
that the Majlis i Hazl, or mock-homily, had
been transferred to the section inscribed
KhabiSilt. An English translation of the
preface will be found in the Introduction
of Harington's edition, pp. 24 — 26.
I. Pol. 8 b, ft^l-J.ii j).JLi jii Jjl jJLrtj, Sa'di's
preface. See Bacher, Sa'di-Studien, p. 84.
Beg. iJ^jSy^ ^ (ji>?.^ _j Cl/^.'i^ |__jj U"^^
II. Pol. 17 b, ^^j\^ u-^*^^ Jl5 \y^_j [read
*i\i:«H], "the five sittings or homilies."
Beg. ^jj«5\ ^^ <i^^\ jli- j^iJ\ ^ ^^
The fifth Majlis has been translated by
James Ross, Bombay Transactions, vol. i.
pp. 146—158.
HI. Pol. 58 b, ^\^^^ ^_^\^ psJ^, "The
questions of the Lord of the Divan," i.e. the
Vazir Shams ud-Din Muhammad JuvainT, to
Sa'di, with the answers of the latter.
Beg. ij:j'j^ j^ ^jUj ^^'^Ji (_*i»-lo «-»-^^
This tract, which was not drawn up by
Sa'di, has been translated by Harington,
Introduction, pp. 14 — 17, and by Graf, Lust-
garten, vol. ii. pp. 136 — 142.
IV. Pol.
^dJUrt, J
62 a, j^ J JSpjJ ^jl^
a Sufi tract on reason and love, in answer to
a question of Maulana Sa'd ud-Din.
Beg. j^ CiiU fl-ijb \M. slj CJJL-
V. Pol. 67 a, ^j±^ c^^ jj ^-v
*-■ »Jl««j
V'
" Advice to kings."
Beg. jj..»> (^ jy ysj JU5 <jJ3 j^^
This tract was written, as Sa'di states in
the beginning, at the request of a friend, ^Jo.
.,\x-»j^ j', whom he addresses further on as
" son," jojJ- According to Dr. Bacher, " Sa'di-
Studien," pp. 93 — 102, and "Aphorismen
und Sinngedichte," Vorwort, it was addressed
to the Sahib Divan, together with the coUec-
POETRY.— SA'DI.
597
tion of ethical poems known as Sfthibiyyah
(see art. xviii.)- It is, however, highly im-
probable that Sa'di should have familiarly
referred to the all-powerful Vazlr as " one of
his friends," or that he should have presented
him with a work avowedly composed for
another person. In an early recension of
the KuUiyat, Add. 18,411, the Risalah i Sahib
Diviin (art. iii.) is found to precede imme-
diately the Kitub i Sabibiyyah.
VI. Fol. 88 b. Three short pieces, as fol-
lows: 1. \J\J\ ijUai— »Jl-,, Sa'di's interview
with Sultan Abakd, drawn up from the poet's
oral relation by an anonymous writer. It
has been translated by Harington, Intro-
duction, pp. 17 — 19, and by Graf, Lust-
garten, vol. ii. pp. 142 — 140. 2.
yLxij^ c:^.^t^j>. Sa'di's advice to a ruler,
addressed to Ankiyanu, who was Moghul go-
vernor of Pars, A.H. 667—070. See the Shi-
riz-Namah, fol. 75, and Hafi? Abru, fol. 98.
3. ^^jJ) ^j.^ k^iJ-4 \Z*i!:^' An anecdote
relating to ^lalik Shams ud-Dln, and the
remonstrances made to him by Sa'di, told
by an anonymous writer; translated by
Harington, pp. 19 — 21, and by Graf, Lust-
garten, vol. ii. pp. 146 — 148.
Malik Shams ud-Din B. Malik was placed,
A.n. 67C, at the head of the revenue collec-
tion mJ»LL« i_^l0 in Furs. See the Shir&z
NAmah, foL 70, and Ijlflfi? Abru, fol. 99.
Vll. FoU. 98 6—284 a. ^yL:U6-, the Qu-
listan.
Beg. 1^^ •^ J-- j>P yw c-i-
This is the most popular Persian work in
the East, and the best known in Europe.
Two of the latest and most correct of its
innumerable editions have been published by
Dr. Sprenger, Calcutta, 1851, and by Mr.
John Plaits, London, 1874. It has been
translated into Latin by Gcntius, 1651, into
English by Fr. Gladwin, 1806, by Dumoulin,
1807, by Eastwick, 1852, and by Platts,
1873, into German by Graf, 1846, into
French by A. du Ryer, 1634, D'Alegre, 1704,
Gaudin, 1789, and C. Defrc^mery, 1858.
The following articles, viii. — xvii., are
written in the margins.
VIII. Fol. 4 b. jjLL-^, the Bustan, a
moral poem, scarcely less known than the
preceding work.
Beg.
tri/
'u'^
jj.^j
The Bustan has been printed in Calcutta,
• 1810 and 1828, in Lahore, 1863, Cawnpore,
186B, and Tabriz, A.H. 1285. It has been
edited, with the Turkish commentary of
I Sururi, by Graf, Vienna, 1850, translated
! into German by the same scholar, Jena, 1850,
and by Schlechta Vszerd, Vienna, 1852, and
into English by H. W. Clarke, London, 1879.
IX. Fol. 108 a. ^£, jJuftJ, the Arabic
Kasidahs.
X. FoL 116 6.
uf-J
,L» .>_j'-^, the Per-
sian j^ofldahs, in alphabetical order.
XI. Fol. 147 a. ^\j^i elegies, or funeral
poems. Some pieces of this and the pre-
ceding section have been translated by Graf,
Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Gesellschaft, voll.
ix., xii. and xv.
XII. Fol. 151 b. c^UJu, Kasidahs in
alternating Persian and Arabic verses.
XIII. Fol. 157 a. oU*jj, poems with re-
frains.
XIV. Fol. 164 a. oL_>, Ghazals called
Tayyibat, or "pleasant," in alphabetical
order. Some of these have been translated
by Graf, Zeitsclirift, voll. xiii. and xv.
XV. Fol. 262 b. *J)jj, Ghazals composed
in the ornate or artificial style, also alpha-
betically arranged.
598
POETRY.— SA'DI.
XVI. Fol. 306 a.
f^^f^i
Ghazals called
Khavatlra, or signets, in alphabetical order.
XVII. Fol. 322 b. j>M oW>, the early
Ghazals, alphabetically arranged.
XVIir. Fol. 284 6. »i^U ^Ij;^, short
moral and epigrammatic poems, in the form
of IMukatta'at, called Sahibiyyah, from their
dedication to the Sahib Divan (see above,
art. v.). They have been edited, with
a translation in German verse, by Dr.
W. Bacher, under the title of " Sa'di's
Aphorismen und Sinngedichte," Strassburg,
1879.
Beg. *<^ ^^ iyi^L^\ »Jo.\j &^ Jft jJl ^'
In the present copy, contrary to what is
found in most MSS., the Mukatta at of the
Kitab Sahibiyyah are arranged in alpha-
betical order. They are followed by some
pieces in Masnavi, foil. 322 — 335.
XIX. c->li«iaaxi , Mukatta at. This section,
which in most copies, and in the printed
editions, follows the Sahibbiyah, and com-
prises a few pieces in alphabetical order, does
not appear as a separate section in the
present copy ; but its contents are found dis-
tributed according to their rhymes in the
alphabetical series of the preceding book.
XX. Facetious and licentious pieces in
verse and in prose, viz. 1. oUjlk«» jocular
poems, generally called c->'d^_wi-, or " wicked,"
foil. 339 J— 340 a, margins. 2. c:^K_ai^,
comic pieces in prose, consisting of three
mock homilies, called Jj* ^J-)'>*.*, and some
faceti^ ^Ik), foil. 335 i— 355 a.
XXI. Fol. 340 5, margins.
ba'is, or quatrains.
Eu-
XXII. Foil. 350 a — 355 a, margins. cyb^J,
detached distichs.
Copyist : (^jUi5\ c_^\^l ^\j£31 j-»s^
This MS. contains two whole-page minia-
tures at the beginning, two at the end, and
sixty-seven of smaller size in the body of the
volume. They are in the Persian style and of
the highest degree of finish. The first two
pages contain a table of contents, disposed in
two ornamental circular designs. The last two
pages, also richly illuminated, contain versi-
fied chronograms giving A.H. 974 as the
date of transcription, and A.H. 976 as the
year in which the ornamentation was com-
pleted.
On the last page is a note of purchase
dated Dehli, A.H. 1149.
Add. 7741.
Foil. 337 ; 11^ in. by 6^ ; 19 lines, 2^ in.
long, with 12 lines in the margin; written
in neat Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins;
dated Jumada II., A.H. 901 (A.D. 1496).
[CI. J. EicH.]
The Kulliyat of Sa*di, with the preface of
Ibn Bisutun.
This copy contains tlie Mukatta'at alpha-
betically arranged, foil. 320 h, 322 a; but it
wants the sixth of the prose works (see above,
art. vi.), and has two lacunes, viz. one of
about thirty-four leaves after fol. 213, ex-
tending from the latter part of the Tarji'-
band to the Tayyibat in i, Calcutta edition,
vol. ii. pp. 259 — 300, and another of about
fifteen leaves after fol. 229, extending from
c to ^j of the same section. A portion of
the E-uba'is and Fardiyyat is also wanting.
The first thirty- one leaves are in a later
hand, and want the rubrics.
Copyist : ^oo'^%\ ^^.^l ^xi*
Or. 1365.
Foil. 459; 15 in. by 9^; 12 lines, 3i in.
long, with 24 lines in the margin ; written in
fair Nestalik, with rich 'Unvans, and mar-
POETRY.— SA'DI.
599
ginal ornaments on every page, apparently
in the 16th centnry; bound in stamped
leather. [Sir Charles Alex. Murbat.J
The Kulliyat of Sa'di.
Contents : Preface of Ibn Bisutun, fol. 3 b.
The five prose works, fol. 7 b. Gulistln,
fol. 82 b. Bustan, fol. 3 b, margins. Arabic
and Persian Kasidahs, and Elegies, foil.
238 b — 245 a, margins. Mulamma'at, wrong-
ly headed ^_si ^Uj-^, fol. 238 6. Tarji at,
fol. 244 b. Tayyibat, fol. 251 6. Bada'i',
fol. 347 b. Khavatim, fol. 383 *. Ghazaliy-
yat i Kadim, without heading, fol. 399 a.
Sahibiyyah, with the heading .--i\.l.5^ ^z^,
alphabetically arranged as in the first
copy, fol. 407 a. Mukatta'at, fol. 429 b.
Muzhikitt, or facctice in verse and in prose,
fol. 431 b. Ruba'iyyat, fol. 440 b — 455 a,
margins. Fardiyyat, foil. 453 6—458 a.
Copyist: o[J!;5^' t--j'ii^ iJll Oj'J*
Tho MS. contains a riclily illuminated
table of contents, and two wholo-pago minia-
tures in Persian style at beginning and end.
In a note written on the fly-leaf by Sir
C. A. Murray, it is stated to have belonged
" to Zulfckar Khan, tho commander-in-chief
of tl»e army in the reign of Path Ali Shah."
In the margin of fol. 9 is found an entry
relating to the birth of a grandson of that
officer in A.H. 1236. At the end is found
the seal of Baba Khan (afterwards Path *Ali
Shfth ; see Malcolm, vol. ii. p. 184).
Add. 16,764.
Foil. 377; 9^ in. by 5J; 12 lines, 2^ in.
long, with 24 lines in the margins, written
in Nestalik, with 'Unvan, illuminated head-
ings, and gold-ruled margins; dated (fol.
99 a) Zulka'dah, A.H. 984 (A.D. 1677).
[Wm. Ylle.J
The Kulliyat of Sa'di, wanting the Arabic
Kasidahs. The Sahibiyyah, foil. 338 b—
363 a, and the following sections, are not, as
in the preceding copies, alphabetically ar-
ranged. Fol. 134 has a whole-page minia-
ture in the Persian style.
Add. 5601.
FoU. 349; 15^ in. by lOJ ; 9 lines, 3 in.
long, with 20 lines in the margins, written
in neat Nestalik, with fifteen rich *Unvuns,
and ornamental borders on every page,
apparently in the 16th century; bound in
stamped and gilt leather.
The KuUiyat of Sa'di.
This copy contains the Mukatta'at, foil.
*312 b — 316 a, but wants the Sahibiyyah. It
has four whole-page miniatures at begin-
ning and end, and twenty-one of lesser size
in the body of tho volume. They are finely
executed in the Indian style. Foil. 2 b and
3 a contain tho first words of Bisutun's pre-
&oe, and a table of contents written within
richly illuminated borders with the heading :
On the first page is an 'Arzdidah dated
Lucknow, the first year of Shuhjahan II.
(A.H. 1173).
Add. 17,961.
Foil. 426; 12} in. by 8i; 11 lines, 3 iu.
long, with 24 lines in the margins ; written
in Nestalik, with IJnvan and ruled margins,
about the close of tho 16th century.
The Kulliyat of Sa'di, wanting the Far-
diyyat. At the beginning is the first half of
a table of contents, richly illuminated. On
the first iMige is a partly obliterated note, in
which the name of Ibrahim 'Adilshah (A.H.
988—1037), and lower down the date A.H.
1014, are still legible.
Add. 7742.
Foil. 376; 12 in. by 7|; 18 lines, 3 in. long,
with 14 lines in the margin; written in fair
600
POETRY.— SA'DI.
Nestalik, with 'Unvans and gold-ruled mar-
gins, apparently in the 17th century.
[Cl. J. Rich.]
The KuUiyat of Sa'di, wanting the Ruba'is-
It has a whole-page miniature in Persian
style at the beginning.
Add. 7743.
Foil. 399 ; 9| in. by 5| ; 18 lines, 2| in.
long, with 12 lines in the margin ; written in
Nestalik, with 'Unvans, illuminated headings,
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
17th century. [Cl. J. Rich.]
The Kulliyat of Sa'di, wanting the Arabic
Kasldahs, the Mukatta'at, and the comical
pieces in prose.
Add. 18,412.
Foil. 233; 10 in. by 6; 21 lines, 2f in.
long, with 18 lines in the margin ; written
in Nestalik, with gold-ruled margins ; dated
ZulkaMah, A.H. 1076 (A.D.I 666).
[Wm. Yule.]
A portion of the Kulliyat, containing —
the Bustan, fol. 1 b. The Persian Kasldahs,
without alphabetical arrangement, fol. 62 h.
The Tarji'-band, fol. 82 b. The Tayyibat,
fol. 87 b. The preface of Ibn Bisutun aud the
six prose tracts, fol. 152 b. The Gulistan, fol.
179 6.
Add. 18,411.
Poll. 197 ; 11 J in. by 6 ; 20 lines, 2^ in.
long ; with 44 lines in the margin, written
in minute Nestalik, with illuminated head-
ings and gold-ruled margins, probably in the
17th century. [Wm. Yule.]
An earlier collection of the works of Sa'di,
differing from the preceding in the number
and order of the works included, and in the
entire absence of alphabetical arrangement
in the poetical sections.
The editor, whose name does not appear,
states in a short preface beginning ^.
\jj^^ C^\^ ^ t^UJ J C-o.V_^. that, after
an unremitting study of the works of the
most eminent writers in prose and verse, he
had found none brighter or more delightful
than the writings of the late i^y.-*) Mu-
sharrif ud-Din Sa'di, whom he styles " kin^
of the Imams and divine sages, Sultan of the
poets and philosophers," ^^.-_jjU5\5 l^i\ Ciii*
^^-j'-ajy' J ^LjcD^ e)^*^ > ^^^' ^^ ^^^y "^sre
scattered piecemeal in people's hands, he had
deemed it a stringent duty to bring them
together, and had spared no trouble till he
had collected them in the present volume.
Contents: Tiie five sittings (Majlis; see
p. 596 b, art. ii.), fol. 1 b. The Bustan, fol.
8 b. The Gulistan, fol. 54 b. The Tayyibat,
beg. lib Jj^l J^ij'y.}^ JjS fol- 89 *• Bada'i',
beg. ^ji ^^L^. j\j.st ^,LJU *iLJ^ j£=>\, fol.
128 b. Khavatim, beg. _^ i^U j^ t— >jb
ij!j>.sx> y j£=>\ ^\, fol. 138 b. Persian Ka-
sldahs, beg. ciu* J (^U-. J ^, fol. 142 b.
Mulammaat, beg. Jlfl*!\ Ja*?. ;j-ijj\ y> Lf\,
fol. 156 a. Tarji at, fol. 158 a. The tract
on reason and love (p. 596 b, art. iv.),
fol. 160 6. Naslhat ul-Muluk (art. v.), foil.
161 b — 166 a. The tract of Ankiyiinu,
(art. vi. 2), fol. 178 b. Questions of the late
Sahib Divan, ^'^ uV-'^ i_->»-U> J^j-» (art. iii.),
fol. 179 b. Sahibiyyah (art. xviii.), beg.
c:.*^! o\jc Jl^\J\ y /si ^^, fol. 180 a.
Muta'ibat in verse (art. xx. 1), fol. 188 b.
Mukattaat (art. xix.), fol. 193 a. Ruba'iyat,
fol. 193 b. Mufradat, fol. 195 b.
Poll. 166 a — 178 b contain a work which
is not Sa'di's. It is a wordy contest between
Baghdad and Isfahan, (^'^yi-s^ j <iUij CJ^ili*,
written in ornate prose, alternating with
Arabic and Persian verses.
Beg. ;3& j.^LJ\ J JSjLaJ! j sA^ J^ jii s^^
The author, 'Abd us-Salam B. Abil-Majid,
POETRY.— SA'DI.
601
sumamed Kamal ul-IsfahSnl, ^ m'%J\ >u&
J\Lc':i\ JJo ^,^i\J\ ^\J\ ^\ is not to be
confounded with the well-known poet Kamrd
Isfahan! (p. 580 b), whose proper name was
IsmdM. lie belongs to a later period (pro-
bably to the eighth century of the Ilijrah) ;
for he mentions Auhad ud.Din Kirmani, who
died A.H. 697, as one of the holy men that
lay buried in Baghdad.
He had long been, he says in the preamble,
wandering from place to place in pursuit of
knowledge, and having found Baghdad and
Isfahan fairer than all other cities, was at a
loss to which he sliould give the preference,
when a friend helped him out of his per-
plexity by communicating to him the debate
which follows. It is a dialogue in which
each of the contending cities boasts in
turn, its glories, privileges, and attractions.
Eventually Baghdad yields the palm to its
rival as being the abode of the illustrious
Vazir,ShihiSb ul-llakk vad-Din Mubarakshah,
»\JL^Jm, who is styled the master of Iran,
and described as a wise and powerful ruler,
and a munificent patron of letters.
In conclusion the author resolves to return
to his native city, hoping to introduce himself
by means of that " contest " to the notice of
the noble Vazir, to whom he sent at the same
time a laudatory poem rhyming in the letter vi).
Subscription: %^yj \jM±i\ J^ii^ J^^_a ^
On the first patje are two 'Arzdidahs of
the reign of 'Alamgir, dated respectively the
second and forty-sixth year (A.D. 1009 and
1113).
Add. 25,812.
Foil. 217 ; 9J in. by 5^ ; 17 Unes,
TOL. II.
in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
gilt headings, and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Herat, Shawal, A.H. 995 (A.D. 1587).
[Wm. Cureton.]
The Divan of Sa'di.
Contents : I. Foil. 2 6—12 a. The Per-
sian Kasidahs arranged in alphabetical order.
The contents correspond with the first por-
tion only of the same section in the Calcutta
edition, vol. ii. pp. 214 — 220, the hitter part
of the alphabet being only represented by
the nos. 31 and 31 of the same edition.
II. Foil. 12 a— 152 h. Ghazals alpha-
betically arranged, not, however, as usual,
by the rhyme-letters, but by the first letter
of each piece. This is precisely the arrange-
ment which was adopted by Il)n Bisutun
A.H. 734r (see p. 596 o), but which is not
followed in the copies of the Kulliyfit. The
ctmtents are principally derived from the Ki-
tiib i fayyibat; but the first part of the series
includes some Kasidahs, and such strophes of
the Tarji*-band as l>egin with the letter \.
III. Foil. 152 i— 208 (I. Another series
of Ghazals, alphabetically arranged by the
rhyme-letters, and, under each of these, by
the initial letter of each piece. Most of the
Ghazals included belong to the Kitab i
Bada'i'.
IV. Foil. 208 a— 217 a. Iluba'is arranged
according to the rhyme-letters.
Copyist: ijj c-<5'i5^ j^
The MS. is endorsed ^^iM^ ^ \J^y>A- ^^
the same page arc several 'Ar/didahs of the
reign of Shiiiijahan, the earliest of which
is dated of the 17th year (A.H. 1053—4).
Add. 17,330.
Foil. 13; 8i in. by 5^^ 17 lines, 3 J in.
long; written in neat Nestalik, with t\vo
*Unvan», gilt headings, and gold-rulod mar-
gins; dated liajab, A.H. 871 (A D. 1467).
602
POETRY.— SA'DI.
The Bustan, foil. 2—124, and the Gulistan,
foil. 127—213 ; see p. 597.
The following inscription written at the
beginning of each work, within illuminated
borders, states that the MS. was written for
Sultan Muhammad II. (A.H. 855—886).
*aJ>. ^\ (_^lj, tdllU Jiifr^^ jj,liaLJ\ eJ\j>- mmJ)
Copyist : l-o^\ j_^Ual«» ^JU
Add. 16,811.
FoU. 202 ; 9^ in. by 7 ; 10 lines, 2^ in.
long, with 24 lines in the margins ; written
in fair Nestalik, with *Unvan, gold headings,
and gold-ruled margins, probably in the 15th
century. [Wm. Yule.]
The Gulistan, written in the centre of the
page, and the Bustan, written in the margins
from fol. 1 6 to fol. 185 b.
. Sloane 2951.
FoU. 172; 11^ in. by 7^; 11 lines, 2| in.
long, with 24 lines in the margins ; written
in fair Nestalik, with a rich 'Unvan, and with
illuminated headings and borders through-
out, probably in the 16th century ; bound
in stamped and painted covers.
The Gulistan written in the centre of the
page, and the Bustan written in the margins
from fol. 6 6 to 172 a. There are two whole-
page miniatures at the beginning, and six of
smaller size in the body of the volume, all
in Persian style.
Copyist : ^sjl^-i. a^ ^^ Jy
Prefixed is a leaf detached from another
MS. It contains on the first side the second
half of an 'Unvan of fine execution, and a
fragment of preface beginning as follows: —
eJ
''^ Jj^
li>' ID"
jl JU^.
■J cr-'
•^w
On the fly-leaf is written : " Daniel Walde
his booke. April the 9th, 1704. Bought
att Suratt in the East Indies."
Add. 7744.
Foil. 163; 7iin. by 4^; 11 lines, If in.
long, with 24 lines in the margins ; written
in Nestalik, with 'Unvan, illuminated head-
ings, and gold-ruled margins, apparently in
the 17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The Gulistan, with the Bustan in the
margins.
At the beginning are two whole-page
miniatures, with illuminated borders, in
Persian style.
Or. 1416.
Foil. 147 ; Hi in. by 6^ ; 12 lines, 8^ in.
long, and 26 lines in the margins; written
in Nestalik, as stated, in Kashmir, ap-
parently about the middle of the 19th cen-
tury.
The Gulistan, with the Bustan in the
margins.
Or. 1219.
Foil. 142; Si in. by 4f ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, probably in the
16th century. [Alexandre Jaba.]
The Bustan.
Add. 26,158.
Foil. 129; 7i in. by 4f; 17 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Turkish Naskhi ; dated
Sha'ban, A.H. 1038 (A.D. 1629).
[Wm. Erskine.]
The Bustan, with marginal notes, partly
Turkish.
POETRY.— SA'DI.
603
Add. 27,262.
Foil. 175; 15 in. by 10|; 12 lines, 5j in.
long; written in a large and elegant Nestalik,
with *Unvan, gold headings, interlinear
gilding and gold designs on the margins
throughout; dated Agrah, Rabi' I., A.H.
1039 (A.D. 1629); bound in painted and
glazed covers. [Sib John Malcolm.J
The Bustiln of Sa'di.
This fine copy, ornamented with ten
miniatures in Indian style, and of exquisite
finish, is due to the penmanship of a well-
known physician and poet, who signs Hakim
Rukn ud-Din Mas'ud, commonly called
yakim Ruknii, ^.j^\ j^,^ ^\ ^^ ^
Rukn ud-Din Eashi, who adopted the tak-
hallus of Masih, was the son of Ijjlakim
Nizflm ud-Din *Ali, of Kosluln, and began
his poetical career at the court of 'Abbas I.
He repaired to India in the reign of Akbar,
and became one of the favourite poets of
Shahjahan, whose court be left, at an ad-
vanced age (according to Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 424, one hundred and five lunar years),
to return to his native country, where he
died. The Mirat ul-'Alam, fol. 482, gives
A.H. 1057 Sinlj, Oude Catalogue, p. 151,
Atashkadah, fol. Ill, and KhuLisat ul-
Afkar, fol. 283, A.H. 1066, as the date of
his death. See also Padishah Namah, vol. i.
p. 349.
On the first page is written : "Tliis book
was purchased at Kcrnianshah in 1810 by
Sir John Malcolm from a prince of the Zund
family, whose eyes had been put out, and
who wandered as a mendicant over the
country his ancestors and rektions had so
long governed."
Fol. 168 b has been reproduced by photo-
graphy in the Oriental Series of the Paleeo-
grapliical Society, No. 50.
Add. 26,157.
Foil. 158 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 14 lines, 3 in. long;
written in Indian Nestalik ; dated Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1098 (A.D. 1687). [Wm. Erskine.]
The Bustan.
Add. 14,346.
Foil. 120; 8 in. by 4^; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, probably in the
17th century. [J. Crawfurd.]
The Bustan, imperfect at the end. A leaf
appended to the MS. by a later hand, to
.make it appear complete, is dated A.H. 1185.
Add. 16,765.
Foil. 108 ; 8J in. by 5^ ; about 20 lines,
4 in. long; written in a rude Indian character ;
dated Mednipur, Orissa, JumSda II., 17th
year of Muhammad Shah (A.H. 1147, A.D.
1734). [Wm. YULE.J
The Bustan.
Add. 9696.
FoU. 169; 8^ in. by 6^; 13 lines, 3J iu.
long ; written in cursive Indian Nestalik, iu
the 18th century.
The Bustan.
Add. 5631.
FoU. 193; 7i in. by 5^; 11 lines, 3 in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Rajab, A.H. 1180 (A.D. 1766).
[N. Bbasset Halhed.]
The Bustan.
Add. 25,813.
Foil. 141 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in India, in the 18th century.
[Wm. Cureton.J
The Bustan.
z 2
C04,
POETRY.— SA'DI.
Add. 6630.
Foil. 202 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 11 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik on European paper
water-marked 1799. [J. E. Hull.J
The Bustan.
Add. 25,814.
Foil. 56; 7i in. by 4| ; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, probably in the
18th century. [Wm. Curbton.]
A commentary on the Bustan, by 'Abd
ur-K.asul B. Shihab ud-Dln, etc., al^Kurashi,
Beg. Uijjlj O^a* CjI^laftJ s^\j ^_p\J»^ 6^ S^i>-
This short commentary, in which the Far-
hang i Jahangiri is frequently quoted, deals
chiefly with the explanation of proper names,
rare words, and a few detached passages.
The author states in the preface that he
wrote it in A.H. 1073, at the request of his
elder brother, Shaikh 'Abd Ullah, and that
ho submitted it to the inspection of his
master, Mir Nur Ullah.
*Abd ur-Rasul has also written a commen-
tary upon the Gulistan. See the Oude Cata-
logue, pp. 550, 552.
Add. 6627.
Foil. 179 ; 5i in. by 3| ; 11 lines, 2f in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, apparently in
the 16th century. [J. F. Hull.]
The Gulistan, with some marginal notes
in Arabic. Some lacunes of the original MS.
have been supplied by later hands.
Sloane 2953.
Foil. 107; 8 in. by 5J; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century.
The Gulistan ; see p. 597 «.
At the end is a seal bearing the name of
Ni'mat Ullah with the date A.H. 1082.
From an endorsement in the handwriting
of Humphrey Wanley, dated A.D. 1724-6^
this MS. appears to have once belonged to
the Harleian Collection.
Add. 26,155.
Foil. 77; 9| in. by 5; 19 lines, 2f in.
long; written in Indian Nestalik, with
'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, probably in
the 17th century. [Wm. Erskine.]
The Gulistan, with some marginal notes.
It wants the Klhatimah.
Add. 26,154.
Foil. 116 ; 8i in. by 5^ ; 14 lines, 3 in.
long, in a page ; written in a coarse Indian
character, about the close of the 17th cen-
tury. [Wm. Erskine.]
The Gulistan, with copious marginal notes.
The notes have been written by Ibrahim
B. Kazi Husain, who also transcribed the
last six leaves, which supply a defect of the
original MS., and are dated Aurangabad,
Zulka'dah, A.H. 1160 (A.D. 1747).
Add. 6658.
Foil. 97; 8i in. by 4| ; 14 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in large Indian Nestalik;
dated Siirat, Jumada II., A.H. 1193 (A.D.
1779).
The Gulistan.
Copyist: ^y^oJi^^J^ jjj X\^
Add. 19,274.
Foil. 122 ; 10 in. by 7 ; 11 lines, 3| in.
POETRY.— SA*DI.
605
ong ; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins; dated Safar, A.H. 1197 (A.D.
1783).
The Gulistan, wanting the Ehatimah.
On the first page is written, " John Daw-
son, 1798."
Add. 14,345.
Foil. 215; 12 J in. by 8^; 9 Unes, 4| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Mu-
harram, the 25th year of *Alam Shuh (pro-
bably for Shah 'Alam, i. e. A.H. 1198, A.D.
1783). [Joa» Crawfubd.]
The Gulistan.
Copyist ;
\^\i\
Or. 349.
Foil. 144; 9 in. by 6^; 13 Unes, 3^ in.
long; written in large and fair Nestalik, with
'Unvau and gold-ruled margins, probably in
the 18th ceutury. {Gbo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Tlio GulistAn, with scren miniatures in
fair Indian style.
The following subscription, purporting
to have been transcribed from the author's
autograph, states that the MS. was completed
in the last decade of Muharram, A.U. 662,
on the day in which Shiraz was taken (by
Hulagu's army), and the kingdom paased
from the house of Salghur to other masters:
vlr 1 r ^^ Myl A-Jufr ^U3 <JJ^ 'iC- OLi^f ilJtf
Add. 6626.
FoU. 112; 9f in. by 5|; 14 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik, probably
in the 18th century. [J. F. Hull.]
The Gulistan.
Add. 16,812.
Foil. 85 ; 8 in. by 5|; 15 lines, 3| in. long;
written in fair Indian Nestalik, probably in
the 18th century. [Wm. Yule.]
The Gulistan, wanting a few lines at the
beginning.
Add. 17,962.
Foil. 110; 84 in. by 6 ; 13 lines, 4 in. long;
written in Indian Nestalik ; apparently in
the 18th century.
• The Gulistan, transcribed, as stated in a
Persian note at the beginning, for Lieut.
O'Shea.
Add. 6967.
Foil. 21 ; 1% in. by 6^; 15 lines in a page ;
written by John Iladdon Hindley, on paper
water-marked 1806.
A few extracts from the Gulistan, with
Knglish translation.
Add. 5973.
Foil. 82; 8 in. by 5^ ; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in a small Turkish Naskhi ;
dated Rabi' I., A.H. 360 (probably for 960,
A.D. 1553).
A Turkish commentary upon the preface
of the GuUstan, with the text.
Author : Mahmud B. 'U^man B. 'Ali ul-
Lftmi'i, ^y*.^l ^ j> ^^Uifr ^^ j^.^
Beg. (J[m.j« l->U». ji^' ,U5 ^ ^U5 ^j* b
The author, a Turkish poet, who was born
in Brusa, and died A.H. 938 (Hammer,
Geschichte der Osmanischcn Dichtkunst,
vol. ii. p. 20), states at the end that he com-
pleted this work in A.H. 910. See Haj.
Khal., vol. V. p. 231, the Vienna Catalogue,
vol. i. p. 541, and the Gotha Catalogue, p. 94,
No. 66.
606
POETRY.— SA*DI.
Or. 1366.
EoU. 159; 6| in. by 4|; 21 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in small Naskhi, apparently in
the 16th century.
[Sir Chas. Alex. Murray.]
An Arabic Commentary upon the Gulistan,
with the text.
Author : Ya'kfib B. Sayyid 'Ali, ^ i— '^.
Beg. \j5j^ J ^^ j^ U^)Jl U i> «13 j^^
It is stated by Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 230,
that, according to some, the real author of
this commentary was Muniri (Osmanische
Dichtkunst, vol. i. p. 304), and that Sayyid-
'Ali-Zadah had appropriated it by putting his
name in the preface. But a later commen-
tator, SururT, frequently refers to the present
work as Ibn Sayyid 'All's commentary, in
order to correct its mistakes.
At the beginning of the present copy is an
Arabic note stating that the author, Ya'kub
B. Sayyid 'All, died on his return from a
pilgrimage to Mecca, A.H. 931. The same
date is given by Haj. Khal. 1. c, and vol. iv.
p. 402, where the same writer is said to have
dedicated a commentary on the ^_yJOJl*r*^^ ;^5y
to Sultan Sulaiman.
See Uri, p. 96, the Leyden Catalogue,
vol. i. p. 355, the Upsala Catalogue, p. 60,
Fleischer, Dresden Catalogue, Nos. 33, 242,
and the Oude Catalogue, p. 549.
Harleian 5451.
ToU. 208 ; 7 in. by 4| ; 19 lines, 2| in.
long, in a page ; written in small Nestalik ;
dated A.H. 982 (A.D. 1574).
An Arabic commentary upon the Gulistan,
with tlie text.
Author : Sururi, ijjij-^
Beg. ^J'■ir^^^ *'-J* tiT* ^J^ ij'^^ «^ 'i-^^
Muslih ud-Din Mustafa B. Sha'ban, poeti-
cally sumamed Sururi, was the son of a Gal-
lipoli merchant. After teaching at several
Medresehs in Constantinople he was appointed
tutor to Prince Mustafa, son of Sultan Sulai-
man, over whom he acquired unbounded
influence. His royal pupil having been put
to death by his father (A.H. 960, see Ham-
mer's Geschichte, vol. iii. p. 315), Surui:i
spent the rest of his life in retirement, and
died A.H. 969, at the age of seventy-two
years. He had made a special study of Per-
sian poetry, and left, besides the present
work, commentaries on the Ma§navi, the Bus-
tan, the Divan of Hafiz and the Shabistan i
Khayal. See Zail ush-Shaka'ik, Add. 18,519,
fol. 10 a.
The author says in his preface that he
wrote the present work for the use of his
pupil, Sultan {i.e. prince) Mustafil, son of
Sultan Sulaiman, because the Gulistfln re-
quired a commentary, and he wished to
supply the deficiencies of a former one written
by some Maula (in the margin, "known as
Ibn Sayyid 'All "), who was unacquainted
with Persian idioms, and had frequently
mistaken the sense. He says in conclusion
that he had completed the work in Amasia,
at the end of Eabi* II., A.H. 957.
See Pleischer, Dresden Catalogue, No. 242,
the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 539, the Up-
sala Catalogue, p. 59, the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 343, and the Oude Catalogue,
p. 549.
Add. 7745.
Foil. 203; 8i in. by 6; 20 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Turkish Naskhi; dated
A.H. 1116 (A.D. 1704). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same commentary.
Sloane 2651.
Foil. 188; 8 in. by 5f ; 21 lines, 3| in.
long, in a page; written in small Naskhi,
apparently in the 18th century.
POETRY. -SA'DI.
607
A Turkish commentary upon the Gulistan,
with the text.
Author: Sham*i, -^
Maul&na Sham'i, whose original name was
Mustafa Darvish, has commentetl several other
Persian poems, as the Ma§navi (p. 589 a),
Makhzan ul-Asrar, Mantik ut-tair, Pand-
Namah, Bustan, the DivSn of H&fiz, etc. He
died, according to Haj. Khal., some time after
A.H. 1000. His commentary on the Subhat
of Jami is stated, toI. iii. p. 575, to hare
been written in A.H. 1009. Sec also Dorn,
St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 333.
The author states in the preface that he
had written this commentary at the request
of his pupil in Persian, the intendant of the
Imperial Gardens, Muhammad Chalabl, and
had completed it within live months. It was
written, as stated in a transcript of the
author's autograph, described in KrafU's
Catalogue, p. 48, in A.H. 977, or, according
to the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 540, A.U.
979. Compare the Gotha Catalogue, p. 93.
Add. 7746.
Foil. 202 ; 8 in. by 6^ ; 21 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Naskhi; dated Babi* I.,
A.H. 1224 (A.D. 1809). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same commentary.
Add. 19,509.
FoU. 251; 7i in. by 5^; 19 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Naskhi; dated Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1068 (A.D. 1648).
The same commentary.
Harleian 5485.
Foil. 239 ; 8^ in. by 4^ ; 21 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in small Nestalik, with ruled
margins; dated Constantinople, A.H. 1000
(A.D. 1591).
The same commentary.
The margins of foil. 3 — 23 contain the
beginning of the same author's commentary
upon the BQstan.
Beg. ^'^ Jj\ ^ ^ *USj J* ^ s.^
See the Upsala Catalogue, p. 99, the
Leyden Catalogue, p. 114, and the Gotha
Catalogue, p. 09.
Add. 26,156.
Foil. 120; 9 in. by 6^ ; 15 lines, 3§ in.
long; written in Indian Shikastah-amiz,
/ipparently in the ISth century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
A commentary on the Gulistfin.
The beginning of the preface is wanting,
and the author's name does not appear. The
remaining portion contains the above title,
and the work concludes with some verses,
stating that it was written in A.H. 1095.
The margins contain copious notes, in the
same handwriting as the text. The fly-leaf
has the title " Kilid e GulistAn " in the hand-
writing of Mr. Erskine.
The marginal notes of a copy of the Gulis-
tan. Add. 26,154 (p. 604 b), include seve-
ral extracts from the present commentary.
Or. 366.
Foil. 284; 11 in. by 7; 17 lines, 4| in.
long; written in Indian Shikastah-amiz, ap-
parently in the 18th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A commentary on the Gulistiin.
Beg. clJiiUKj^ *i'T^e>J^e,UL-K «F*
The author docs not state his name, hut
gives to understand, in the conclusion, that
it is TX)nnected with the words ^ and Jj.c ;
it may be Jj'* ^^ j^.
608
POETRY.— A.H. 700—800.
It is stated in the preface that the work
was written in the town of Palval (Thorn-
ton's Pulwul, 41 miles south of Dehli), where
the author lived in retirement.
The date of composition, A.H. 1119, is
conveyed in a versified chronogram at the
end of the words j-*^ j\> ^llJi. The work
concludes, foil. 279 — 283, with a summary
of the moral hearings and logical connection
of all the tales of the Gulistan.
The margins contain copious notes in the
same handwriting as the text. From those
of the last page it appears that the author
had previously written commentaries on the
Gulistan and the Magnavl, respectively en-
titled ^\sis.\ ^jA^ and ^^ w-^.
Sloane 3587.
Poll. 55; 8^ in. by 6; 13 lines, 3J in.
long ; Avritten in Indian Nestalik ; dated
Rajab, A.H. 1118 (A.D. 1706).
"Store of the wayfarers," rules of religious
life, illustrated by anecdotes and fables.
Author : Amir HusainT, ^xt...^ jx^\
Beg. s^'^ ^ i^\^j)j> ^j\
Mir HusainT Sadat, a native of Ghur,
became in Multan a disciple of Rukn ud-
Dln Abul-Path, grandson and successor of
the famous Shaikh, Baha ud-Din Zakariyya
(Rukn ud-Dln died, according to Akhbar ul-
Akhyar, fol. 57, shortly after A.H. 725).
He afterwards settled in Herat, where he
died, as stated by Jaml, Nafahat, p. 705, on
the 16th of Shavval, A.H. 718. He left
many Sufi works in prose and verse ; the
following are especially mentioned: Kanz
ur-Rumuz, Zad ul-Musaftrin, Nuzhat ul-
Arvah, Ruh ul-Arvah, Sirat Mustakim, Si
Namah, and Tarab ul-Mahfisin. See above,
p. 40 «, Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 2,-p 74,
Pirishtah, vol. ii. p. 762, RiySz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 116, and Atashkadah, fol. 60.
The work is divided into eight Makalahs,
which, however, are not distinguished in the
present copy. The date of composition,
A.H. 729, which Dr. Sprenger gives from
his MS., Oude Catalogue, p. 430, is not
found in any of the Museum copies.
See Haj. Khal. vol. iii. p. 528, the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 116, the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, pp. 356, 438, and the Gotha
Catalogue, p. 10.
Add. 7750.
Poll. 51; 7 in. by 4^ ; 11 lines, 21 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated Muharram, A.H.
878 (A.D. 1473). [Cl. J. Rich.]
" The rose-bed of mystery," a Sufi poem.
Author: Mahmud, ^^*^.
Mahmiid B. 'Abd ul-Karim B. Yahya ash-
Shabistarl (or, as in the subscription of the
present copy, Chapistarl), from Shabistar, a
village at eight farsangs from Tabriz, wrote,
beside the present work, three Sufi tracts en-
titled Hakk ul-Yakln (Add. 16,832, i., and
Melanges Asiatiques, vol. v. p. 229), Risalah
i Shahid, and Saadat Namah (Add. 27,261,
xxiv). He died A.H. 720. See Majalis ul-
'Ushshak, fol. 97, Haft Iklim, fol. 508, Riyaz
ush-Shu'ara, fol. 405, and Atashkadah, fol. 17.
Beg. c>>i-^*T i^Jj y V 6^iT ^Uo
The author states in the prologue that he
had written this work in answer to some
questions in verse, received by messenger, in
A.H. 717, from some eminent personage of
Khorasan, whose name is not given. (It
was, according to Jami, Nafahat, p. 705,
Amir Husaini, mentioned under the pre-
ceding No.). Although he had composed
numerous works in prose, he had never
.^"i*
^
POETRY.— AMIR KHUSRAU.
609
attempted poetry. Yielding, however, to the
instances of his friends, he wrote the answers
in the same form as the questions, i.e. in
Ma§navi rhyme, and completed them in the
space of a few hours. The questions, which
relate to the meaning of some Sufi terms,
are given in their original form, and each is
followed by the answer.
The work has been edited, with a German
version, by Hammer, " Rosenflur des Geheim-
nisses," Pesth, 1838. It is noticed in the
Jahrbiicher, vol. 66, Anzeige-Blatt, p. 26,
the Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 425, Klrafll,
p. 66, and the St. Petersburg Catalogue,
pp. 212, 319.
Add. 8992.
Foil. 48 ; 6 in. by 4 ; 11 lines, 2^ in. long ;
written in small Shika«tah-amiz ; dated A.U.
1220 (A.D. 1805).
The same work.
Add 21,104.
FoU. 692; 9^ in. by 6^; 19 lines, 3 in.
long, with 34 lines in the margins ; written
io small Ncstalik, with 'Unvun, illuminated
headings, and gold-ruled margins; dated
Rabi' I., A.H. 923 (A.D. 1517).
[H. STEiNScnrss.]
The complete poetical works of Amir
Khusrau, who died A.M. 725; sec p. 240 b.
The works of Amir Khusrau are mentioned
by Sir Gtore Ouseley, in his Notices, pp. 148
— 163, by Dr. Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, pp.
467—470, and by Dr. Dom, St. Petersburg
Catalogue, pp. 350. In the last work they
are stated to have been collected by the poet
Sain, whose preface is preserved in one of the
VOL. II. ■
MSS. there described. An account of their
contents by Raushan 'Ali (Ziya ud-Din Khan)
is preserved in Or. 1869, foil. 3 — 16, and a
detailed analysis, with translated extracts,
by Sir Henry Elliot, of such of Elhusrau's
poems as are of historical interest, will be
found in the History of India, vol. iii.
pp. 524—566.
The contents are as follows :
I. Fol. 6 b. j,Juei\ £a_J, Poems of
adolescence, with a prose preface by the
author.
. Beg. .>y jj»j ojj yJ^ Jj<j\ «/^^j-»».
Khusrau speaks in the preface of his pre-
cocious taste for poetry, and quotes a Ruba'i
extemporized by him in his childhood in the
presence of KhwAjah *Izz ud-Din, from whom
he received the poetical surname of Sultanl,
adopted in his early compositions. Much
against his will, he states further on, some
poems composed by him from his fifteenth to
bus nineteenth year had been collected by his
brother Taj ud-Din Zahir, who, moreover,
forged a chain (" Silsilah ") for the fastening
of that ship (or anthology, " Safmah ").
The links of that chain are distichs pre-
fixed to each of the separate poems. All
have the same measure and rhyme, so as to
form one connected poem, binding together
the loose contents of the Divan. A similar
Silsilah is found in each of the next-following
four collections.
The Tul.ifat us-Sighar consists of Kasidahs
and Tarji'-bands. They are in praise of
Sultan Ghiya§ ud-Din Balban (A.H. 664—
686), of his son Sultiln-Muhammad Eu'.ln,
commonly called Khan i Shahid, of some
great personages of Balban's court, and
finally of the poet's spiritual guide. Shaikh
Nizam ud-Din Auliya.
In this, as well as in the four following
Divans, every piece has prefixed to it the
name and scansion of its metre.
A A
610
POETRY.— MIIR KHUSRAU.
II. Fol. 61 b. 'i^^ k->j, Poems of mid-
dle life, with a prose preface.
Beg. ^j\m j jo.y ,^1*. ^^J^ «^ j^J.«»-
The pieces here collected were composed
hy Khusrau, as stated in the preface. Add.
25,807, from his twentieth to his thirty-fourth
year (in other copies " from his twenty-fourth
to his, thirty-second year "). They are Kasi-
dahs and TarjI'-bands, in praise of Nizam
Auliya, of Nusrat ud-Din Sultan Muhammad,
the eldest son of Balban, and the poet's
special patron, whose death in battle in the
month of Zuhhijjah, A.H. 683, is here re-
corded. Others are addressed to Mu'izz ud-
Din Kaikubad, who reigned A.H. 686—689,
to Ikhtiyar ud-Daulah B. Kishli Khan, and
other Amirs of that period,
III. Fol. 139 b. Jl^feOl K^, Poems of
maturity, with preface.
Beg. j.,^ »9.Lj><ij^ tj^^ ^ ptf'
In the preface the author discourses at
great length on the excellence of poetry in
general, on the superiority of Persian to
Arabic poetry, on the different kinds of
poetical talent, and on his own rank among
Persian poets. He names, as his great models,
Sanai and Khakani in contemplative poetry,
Razi and Kamal in invention, Nizami and
Sa'dl in Ma§navi and Ghazals. He then goes
on to state that he had been urged to collect
the present Divan by his brother, the eminent
penman, 'Ala ud-Din 'Alishah, and expatiates
on the great variety of poetical figures or
ornaments iijw« which he had originated,
concluding with a sketch of his life. The
poems included in the present collection, he
states, had been written from his thirty -fourth
to his forty-third year, or from A.H. 686 to
to the end of A.H. 693.
This Divan, which exceeds the others in
bulk, consists of Kasldahs, fol. 190 b, Tarjl'-
bands, fol. 286 6, and Kit ahs, fol. 297 b.
The poems are in praise of Nizam ud-Din
Auliya, of the Sultans Mu*izz ud-Din Kaiku-
bad (A.H. 686—689) and Jalal ud-Din Firuz
Shah (A.H. 689-695), of the latter's suc-
cessor, Rukn ud-Din Ibrahim (A.H. 696),
of 'Ala ud-Din Muhammad Shah (A.H.
696—716), lastly of the Amirs Ikhtiyjlr ud-
Din *Ali B. Aibak, Saif ud-Daulah Barbak,
Try ud-Din Alp Khan Ghazi, Taj ud-Daulah
Malik Chhaju, and some others.
IV. Poll. 317 b. »ili s^iJo, Select rem-
nants, or poems of old age, with preface.
The author treats in the preface of the
difierent kinds of Ghazals, and illustrates by
copious and fanciful images the distinctive
characters of each of his four Divans. The
date of compilation is not given, but from
the fact of an elegy on the death of Sultan
'Ala ud-Din, A.H. 715, being included, it
may be inferred that the Divan was completed
but a few years before the poet's death.
The collection consists of Kasidahs, fol.
331 a, Tarji'-bands, fol. 377 b, and Mukat-
taat, fol. 386 a. Most of the poems are
addressed to Muhammad Shah ('Ala ud-Din),
others to his sons, Kutb ud-Din Mubarak
Shah and Khizr Khan, and to various Amirs
of his court.
The preceding four Divans have been
printed with the title of Kulliyat iAmirKhus-
rau in the press of Naval Kishor, Lucknow.
V. Pol. 393 b. j^r^^l ^J^^i, A collection of
Ghazals and Ruba'is.
Beg. >Wj J d^ y jj j^jy U JLi-j ^\
The contents originally formed part of the
preceding four Diviins. With the exception
of the first twelve pieces, which are in praise
of God and the prophet, the Ghazals are ar-
ranged in alphabetical order according to the
rhyme-letters, and, under each letter, those
which have the same measure are grouped
together, the name and scansion of the metre
being prefixed to each class. At the end.
POETRY.— AMIR KHUSRAU.
611
foil. 861 b — 871 a, are Rubals without alplia-
betical arrangement.
VI. Foil. 871 *. ^yii\ -Ui., " The key of
victories," a poetical account in Masnavi
rhyme of the campaigns of Jahil ud-Din
Firuz-Shah during the first year of his reign,
i.e. from his accession, A. II. 689, to his
return to Dehli in Jumada II., A.H. 690, the
time at which, as stated in the conclusion, the
poem was written.
Beg. j\pT ^/ ^li ^'i^ yitf-
This Masnari was originally included in
the Ghurrat ul-Kamal. An abstract of its
contents is given by Sir H. Elliot, History
of India, vol. iii. pp. 636 — 5 1-i.
The following works are written in the
margins : —
VII. Fol. 5 b. j\^i\ .Ik., A moral and
religious poem, written in imitation of the
Makhzan ul-.:Vsrar of Nizumi, and in the
same measure.
Beg. ^.x*j:\ „^^^< 4iJ» ^
^jS >^IL»> iZ^ (,j»Si ftjJaW
The poem is dedicated to Sultan 'Ala ud-
Din Muhammad Shah. The author states in
the concluding lines, fol. 106 b, that it con-
tains 3310 distichs, and was written in two
weeks, A.H. COS.
VIII. FoU. 106 b.
ir*- i d'-ji^*
Shirin u
Khusrao, an imitation of Nizami's Khusrau
u Sbirln.
Beg.
iJi^
\.
^>\^,
It is ako dedicated to*Ala ud-Din, and con-
tains a chapter of advice to the author's son,
Mas'ud, then in his tenth year. It is stated,
towards the end, fol. 232 A, that this was
the second poem written in imitation of Ni-
zimi's Khamsah, and that it was completed
at the beginning of Rajab, A.H. 698. It is
added that the poem consists of 412 1 distichs.
IX. Foil. 233 b. J^ j^^, Majnun
Laila, in imitation of Nizami's Laila u Maj-
nun.
Beg. j^j '«-Joj-i- Jjj »3b tj\
This poem, which is also dedicated to
Sultan 'Ala ud-Din, is stated to contain 2660
distichs, and was written, like the two pre-
ceding, in A.H. 698 ; see fol. 312 *. Tlie
text has been lithographed in Calcutta, A.H.
1244, and in Lucknow, A.H. 1286.
X. Fol. 313 b.
^J
^^^ »
The mirror
of Alexander, a counterpart to the Iskandar
Namah of Nizami.
Beg.
M
I - ■ —.1 \
j\^ Ul^jb jjl^
■y e5-*'-^"^'-i "^^ ^ Jj^
This poem is also dedicated to 'Ala ud-
Din. It is stated at the end, fol. 4'l-5 a, to
have been written in A.H. 699, and to con-
tain 4-150 distichs.
In some copies, as Add. 24,983, 22,699,
etc., the beginning is
XI. Fol. 447 b. ^JL^ <=.^, The eight
paradises, a poem on the loves of Bahram,
written in imitation of Nizami's Haft Paikar.
Beg. t>y». j>}-^ n^^JiS J\
liy-fj t^ji JJ_>^ (jtij
The author states at the end, fol. 540 b,
that this poem was completed A.H. 701, and
that it contains 3352 distichs. Ho adds in
an appendix, Jj^, that the whole Khamsah
(the five preceding poems, artt. vii — xi.)
had been completed in the space of three
years, and that it had been revised and cor-
rected by Kazi Shihab ud-Din, whom he
describes as the most accomplished scholar
of the age.
XII. Fol. 641 b. t,.^J— -J^ ^^1/, The con-
junction of the two lucky planets, a poetical
account of the meeting of Sultan Mu'izz ud-
A A 2
612
POETRY.— AMIR KHUSRAU.
Din Kaikubad and his father Nasir ud-Din
Bughra Khan)> Sultan of Bengal, which took
place in Dehli, A.H. 688.
Beg. (j:^,.-*^ *—?.);-» JJj^ji-
It is stated towards the end, fol. 647 b,
that the poem was written in three months,
and completed in Ramazan, A.H. 688, the
author being then in his 86th year.
See the analysis of the poem by Sir H.
Elliot, History of India, vol. iii. pp. 624 —
531, and the extracts by Prof. Cowell,
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,
vol. xxix. pp. 225—239.
The Kiran us-Sa'dain has been lithographed
in Lucknow, A.H. 1259, and edited, with a
commentary, by Maulavl Kudrat Ahmad,
Lucknow, A.H. 1261.
XIII. Pol. 660 b. j-^x^ *J, The nine
spheres, a poetical description of the court
of Kutb ud-Din Mubarak Shah, with an
account of the principal events of his reign.
Beg. ;>b «_*\_i jtt ji |»-i-i y^^
In the prologue, which contains a dedica-
tion to Kutb ud-Din, Khusrau says that his
age was then over sixty, and he names the
three Sultans who had successively been his
patrons, and the objects of his panegyrics,
namely, Mu'izz ud-Din Kaikubad, Plruz
Shah, and 'Ala ud-Din.
See the analysis of this poem by Sir H.
Elliot, History of India, vol. iii. p. 557. The
poem is there stated to have been completed
on the 30th of Jumada II., A.H. 718, when
the poet was sixty-five years of age. Com-
pare Stewart's Catalogue, p^ 63.
XIV. Pol. 790 J. ^^Uj^ii- J^jcj/'Duval-
riini Khizr Khan," a poem on the love ad-
ventures of Khizr Khan, son of Sultan 'Ala
ud-Din, with Deval Rani, the daughter of
Rrd Karn of GuJKit.
Beg. jJijU^ yl »Uj iwli^
This poem, which is dedicated to Sultan
'Ala ud-Din, was written at the request of
prince Khizr Khan, from a narrative penned
by himself. But it was not finished until
after the death of 'Ala ud-Dia and Khizr
Khan. It is often called ^^j.oi>-, and some-
times sjJLlff- or aJLlp ; but the above is the
title given to it by the author in the intro-
duction, fol. 809 a.
Khusrau states in the same passage that
the heroine's name, which was originally
i^ii^ji, had been changed by him> for con-
venience's sake, to iJ^jiJ, pronouncing the
first part like the plural of Daulat —
J^j.i Ll*-. V^jJ j-^ ^^yr Jjii
The text breaks off' at the end of the
section in which is recorded the tragic end
of Khizr Khan and Deval Rani. In the
conclusion, as found in other copies (Add.
7776, fol. 119 «, Or. 335, fol. 154 &), the
poet states ^that he wrote this poem in
the space of four months and a few days,
and that he completed it on the 6th of Zul-
ka'dah, A.H. 715. He adds that it consisted
originally of 4200 verses; but that 319 lines
added after the death of Khizr Khan,
brought up the total to 4519.
An abstract of the poem is given by
Sir H. Elliot, History of India, vol. iii. pp.
544^557. See also E. Thomas, Pathan
Kings, p. 176, and Aumer, Miinich Catalogue,
p. 22.
The MS. contains two whole-page minia-
tures at the beginning, and fifteen of smaller
size in the body of the volume, all in Persian
style. On the first page is an illuminated
shield enclosing a table of contents.
POETRY.— AMIR KHUSRAU.
613
Add. 25,807.
Foil. 521; 114 in. by 7; 17 Unes, 3 in.
long, with 2-4 lines in the margin ; written
in fair Nestalik, with three TJnvikns and gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 16th cen-
ttiry. [Wm. CimETON.j
The five Divans of Amir Khusrau in their
original shape, that is to say, including the
Ghazals and Magnavis. The MS. has some
lacuncs and transpositions, and the text is
far from correct.
The contents are : —
I. Fol. 2 b. i^^ Iwj, the second Divan
(p. 610, art. ii.), first half.
The preface, which agrees with that of the
preceding copy, is preceded by two lines in
Arabic beginning:
Contente : J^idahs, fol. 7 4. Tarji'-band,
fol. 42 a.
This second section breaks off in the begin-
ning of the last Tarji'-band (Add. 21,iaJi,
fol. 132 b).
II. Fol. 52 J. «sSi fcAW, the fourth Divan
(p. 610, art. iv.), wanting the preface, and
some lines at beginning and end. It begins
with the following verse of the Silsilah : —
Contents : Kasldahs, fol. 62 b. Taijl's, fol.
77 b. Ma§navi8, fol. 82 a. Kit'ahs (most of
which are not found in the preceding copy),
fol. 85 a. Ghazals, fol. 99 a. Bubals, fol.
130 a.
The Ghazals, in this and the following
Divans, are not in alphabetical order.
III. Fol. 141 a. ji-J' iflii, the first Divan
(p. 009, art. i.) wanting the preface and
about Uiree pages at the beginning.
Contents Ka§idahs, fol. 141 a. Tarji's,
fol. 163 a. Kit'ahs, fol. 167 h. Ghazals, fol.
169 a. Ma§navl8, fol. 184 a. Ruba^s, fol.
187 a.
The Kit'ahs and Ma§navl3 are not found
in the preceding copy.
IV. Fol. 193 a. A series of Ghazals, pro-
bably from the Ghurrat ul-Kamal (p. 610,
art. iii.), imperfect at beginning and end.
Beg. i3j ^ y*^ ^^ u'^^ ^ u^>
v. Fol. 223 a. The latter half of the
second Divan, »^^ i»-.j, beginning with the
Jast Tarji'-band, and containing Kit'ahs, fol.
223 a, Ma^navis, fol. 227 a, Ghazals, fol.
236 a, and Ruba'is, fol. 307 b.
VI. Fol. 327 b. Jl^J^ Oj-c, the third
Divan, with the preface, to which is prefixed
the following line in Arabic :
Contents: Kasidahs, fol. 359 a. Tarji's,
fol. 417 b. Ghazals, 423 a. Ruba'is, fol.
425 a.
There is a gap, apparently of considerable
extent, after fol. 422 ; the latter part of the
Tarji's, the whole of the Kit'ahs and Mag-
navis, and the greater part of the Ghazals
are wanting.
VII. Fol. 442 b. JUCJ^ u:^_V' t^e fifth
of the author's Divans, comprising the poems
of the last years of his life, with a preface.
Beg. ij^^ y:J\ v*j 'j'^^ ^T^V '^^ r-f
The preface, which is confined to the
praises of God, the prophet, and the author's
spiritual guide, Nizam ud-Din, gives no clue
to the date of the compilation. But the
Divan includes an elegy on the death of
Sultan Kutb ud-Din Mubarak Shah, A.H.
720, fol. 464 b, several poems addressed to
Ghiya^ ud-Din Tughluk (A.U. 720—725),
and to his son and presumptive heir Fakhr
ud-Din Ulugh Khiin, foil. 405, 466, and even a
poem on the festive entrance of the latter into
614
POETEY.— AMIR KHUSRAU.
Dehli after his accession as Muhammad Shah,
A.H. 725, fol. 467 a, an event which took
place a few months before the death of the
poet.
Contents : Preface, fol. 442 b. Kasldahs,
fol. 444 a. Tarji's, fol. 464 b. Masnavis,
fol. 469 a. Kit'ahs, fol. 473 b. Ghazals, fol.
475 b. Ruba'is, fol. 519 a.
The Nihayat ul-Kamal is mentioned in the
Mir'at Aftabnuma, fol. Ill, as the last of the
five Divans of Khusrau.
Add. 23,549.
Foil. 290; 9^ in. by 5^; 19 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Robert Taylor.]
The third Divan of Amir Khusrau (p. 610,
art. iii.), with some lacunes.
Contents : Preface, fol. 2 b (wanting about
seven leaves after fol. 33, corresponding to
Add. 21,104, foil. 165 i— 171 a). Kasldahs,
fol. 59 b. Tarji's, fol. 150 b. Ghazals, fol.
161 b (Add. 25,807, foU. 205 a— 208 b).
Kit'ahs, fol. 170 a. Ma§navls (imperfect at
the end), fol. 190 a. Ghazals, foil. 228 a—
263 b (imperfect at beginning and end, cor-
responding to Add. 25,807, foil. 196 6—205 a,
208 6—218 a). Rubais, foil. 254 a— 291 b,
(also imperfect at beginning and end, corres-
ponding to Add. 25,807, foil. 427 a— 438 a).
The Masnavis include Miftah ul-Futiih
(p. 611, art.vi.), a narrative of the poet's jour-
ney to Oude with the Sultan's army (A.H.
687), addressed to his brother Zahid (see Elliot,
vol. iii. p. 535), and a few shorter poems.
Add. 22,700.
Poll. 475 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
ornamented headings, and gold-ruled' mar-
gins, dated Ramazan, A. H. 890 (A.D.
1485). [Sir John Campbell.]
A collection of Ghazals from all four
Divans of Amir Khusrau, arranged in one,
alphabetical series.
Beg. j^;_A_JL«J^ t_^j 411 j^b; J y^j s^
The arrangement differs from a similar
collection described p. 610, art. v., and the
number of poems is much smaller. After
the Ghazals are found some Mukatta'at, fol.
453 a, not in alphabetical order, and some
Ruba'is alphabetically arranged, fol. 465 a.
Copyist : j*,sf j^.jJl J^U.
Or. 1215.
Poll. 326; 10 in. by 6; 12 lines, 2 J in.
long ; written in an elegant Nestalik, with a
rich *Unvan, gold-ruled margins, and orna-
mental headings throughout ; dated Sha'ban,
A.H. 895 (A.D. 1490); bound in stamped
and painted covers.
Another copy of the Divan of Amir
Khusrau, substantially agreeing, in both
contents and arrangement, with the preced-
ing MS. It contains also some MukattaYit,
fol. 313 b, and Ruba'is in alphabetical order,
fol. 319 a.
Copyist: ^j^„sJ\ j,yjo ^j^t^ tiH ui.'^^ r^
Add. 7757.
Poll. 452 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2| in. long;
written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-
ruled margins, apparently in. the 16th cen-
tury. [01. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Amir Khusrau, containing
Ghazals in alphabetical order, and, at the
end, Mukatta'at, fol. 434 a, and Ruba'is, fol.
440 b, both withov;t alphabetical arrangement.
POETRY.— AMIR KHUSRAU.
615
The contents differ considerably from those of
the two preceding copies.
Add. 7756.
Foil. 174; Si in. by 5|; 11 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, apparently in the 16th century.
[CL J. Rich.]
The Divan of the same poet, containing
Ghazals in alphabetical order, a Taiji*, fol.
163 a, some Kifahs, fol. 164 a, and Rubii'is,
fol. 166 i, the last two sections without alpha-
betical arrangement. All the Ghazals in 1,
but the last seventeen, are wanting, and the
MS. is also imperfect at the end. The num-
ber of Ghazals is considerably less than in
the preceding copies.
Or. 474.
FoU. 267; 1% in. by \\\ 13 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
16th century. [Geo. Wm. Uamilton.J
Ghazals selected from the four Div&ns of
Amir Khnsrau (p. 609, artt. L — iv.), and
alphabetically arranged.
Beg. \j v/'-;^ Sj^ '»iU; ^_^. ^m_a
Each Ghazal has a heading showing from
which of the four Divans it was taken.
The collection is much smaller than Add.
21,10i, v., and differently arranged.
The first two leaves, and the last two,
which contain sixteen Ruba*is in alphabetical
order, are by a later hand.
Foil.. 260— 267 contain Jfimi's preface to
his Haft Aurang, fol. 260 b, and the begin-
ning of the Silsilat uz-Zahab.
Add. 24,983.
Foil. 136 ; 104 in- ^'7 7i ; 22 lines, Z\ in.
long, with 48 lines in the margin ; written
in four gold-ruled columns, in a minute Nes-
talik, with rich 'Unvans and marginal orna-
ments ; dated Herat, A.H. 917 (A.D. 1511) ;
bound in stamped and gilt leather.
The Khamsah, or five poems of Amir
Khusrau (p. 611, artt. vii. — xi.), viz. : Matla'
ul-Anvar, fol. 2 b. Shirin u Khusrau, fol.
28 b. Majnun u Laila, fol. 60 b. A'lnah i
Sikandari, fol. 80 b. Hasht Bihisht, fol. 113 b.
An illuminated shield on the first page
contains the following inscription : >ju-»»- (_.>U^
^UaLJf i)\^ jf-tj) i^^J\ aJifr iJ^^ ij"^ jif^
,j^^ ^^lU- ^jU!\ ^\ p/:J\ j>p^\ ^^^ ^-iy
"The five Poems of Amir Khusrau of
Dchli, mercy be upon him ; for the library
of the great Sultan, the just and noble KhS-
kan, Abu-1-Ghazi Sultan Husain Bahadur
Khdn, may his reign last for ever."
Abul-Ghazl Sultan Husain died in A.H.
911. It is strange to find him designated as
the reigning sovereign in a MS. written six
years after his death, and at a time when
Herat and all Khorasan had passed into the
possession of Shah Isma'll ^afavi.
At the end of the Ma^la' ul-Anvar is found
the following subscription : ,ixj i_.>U53\ o.^
c:.»y\ ijJ-j ji* iJJ.jjj^ ^J> J* ^^ );"J^ ^^^ viP
<j\<«—^ J _LP. X^ «Um<
Similar colophons, bearing the same date,
are appended to the fourth and fifth poems.
On the first page is impressed the seal of
Kabil Khfin, servant of 'Alamglr Padishah,
with the date 1097. Kabil Khan was ap-
pointed imperial librarian about the middle
of 'Alamgir's reign. See Tazkirat ul-Umarft,
fol. 82.
Add. 22,699.
Foil. 209; 13i in. by 8J; 22 lines, 5i in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four columns.
616
POETRY.— AMIR KHUSRAU.
long;
with five rich 'Unvtins, gold headings and
gold- ruled margins; dated A.H. 978 (A.D.
1571). [Sir John Campbell.]
The same Khamsah.
Two whole-page miniatures, in fair Per-
sian style, are prefixed to each of the five
poems.
Copyist : ,_^Ji~.tS' .>U« aJJ\ (_ila3 ^^ ^^-^
Add. 7752.
PoU. 188; 9 in. by 6|; 25 lines, 4 in.
written in small Nestalik, in four
columns, with five *Unvans; dated Rabl' II.,
A.H. 981 (A.D. 1573). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same Khamsah.
Copyist •. j.^L^-y j^ (jrii— * ^>^
Add. 7751.
Poll. 245; 9iin. by 6|; 19 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in four gold-ruled
columns, with five 'Unvans ; dated A.H. 982,
(A.D. 1574) ; bound in painted covers.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The same Khamsah.
The volume contains eleven whole-page
miniatures, in the Persian style of the 18th
century. A note on the first page states that
it was given by Muhammad Kazim B. Jalal
ud-Din Muhammad Mazandarani to his son
Muhammad Hashim. The former's seal
bears the date 1100.
Add. 26,159.
Poll. 232; lOi in. by 6^; 20 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with five 'Unvans ; apparently
early in the 17th century. [Wm. Ekskine.]
The same Khamsah.
Add. 21,976.
Poll. 92 ; 2 in. by 4^ ; 19 lines, 2§ in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, with 'Cnvan ; dated Randl-
jah, district of Ahmadabad, Gujrat, Zulhijjah
A.H. 995 (A.D. 1687).
Matla' ul-Anvar (see p. 611, art. vii.).
Copyist: O^^^ ^^ «H ^^\ ^Jj^Ak*
Add. 24,054.
Poll. 150 ; 10 in. by 6^ ; 15 lines, 3| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with gold
headings; dated Sha'ban, A.H. 885 (A.D.
1480).
A'inah i Sikandari (see p. 611, art. x.).
Add. 16,785.
Poll. ^^•, 5| in. by 3|; 13 lines. If in.
long, with 8 lines in the margin ; written in
small Nestalik, apparently about the close of
the 15th century. [Wm. Yule.]
Hasht Bihisht (see p. 611, art. xi.).
Poll. 83, 84, and 97—99, have been sup-
plied by a later hand.
A note on the first page states that the
MS. was purchased for the library of the
Kadiriyyah in A.H. 1050.
Add. 16,784.
PoU. 110 ; 81 in. by 4 ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Pathabad,
Rabi' I., the 9th year of Muhammad Shah
(A.H. 1139, A.D. 1726). ' [Wm. Yule.]
The same poem.
Copyist: ^j•if^ ^..cii\ j^^i.^
Add. 7753.
Poll. 145; 9| in. by 6|; 14 hnes, 3 in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, on gold- sprinkled paper, with
a rich 'Unvan, and illuminated headings
throughout; dated Herat, Rajab, A.H. 921
(A.D. 1515). [CI. J. Rich.]
Kiran us-Sa'dain; see p. 611, art. xii.
The MS. is endorsed ^Jjbj ^^ Jjd^^ sjjj
POETKY.— AMIR KHUSRAU.
617
^j
Or. 364.
Foil. 66; 9 in. by 5^ ; 20 lines, 3g in.
It contains four wliole-page miniatures in
Persian style.
The transcriber, ^J\s:i- s^ u'^»L-, Sultan
Muhammad Kliand&n, is mentioned in the
IlJabIb us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 350, as a
skilled penman then (A.H. 930) still living
in Herat.
Add. 26,160.
FoU. 119; 8| in. by 5; 17 lines, 2J in. I
long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Safar,
A.H. 1000 (A.D, 1691). [Wii. EBfiKiNE.]
The same poem.
Copyist : f^fi-» ^y*^ tr?>'^ "— '^
Add. 18,413.
Foil. 104; 9 in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 3^ in. long;
written in Nestalik; dated ShuhjahanAbad,
in the reign of Muhammad Shah (A.D. 1719
—1748). (Wm. YuLB.)
The same poem.
Copyist : ^^'a-» Jit j^ a-
Add. 16,786.
Foil. 161; 9| in. by 5; 12 lines, 3^ in. {
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the \
18th century. [Wm. Yulk.] ;
The same work. '
The first page bears the stamp of General
Claud Martin.
Egerton 1033.
FoU. 144; 10 in. by 6^ ; 16 lines. 4 in.
long; written in a rude Indian band, at
Ramnagar, apparently in the Ibth ccntur}-.
The same work.
Copyist : \^\^ j«^ ^^ jj^ U, ^
long; written in small Nestalik; dated Safar,
A.H. 1136 (A.D. 1723).
[Gfo. Wm. Hamilton'.]
A commentary on the Tvinin us-Sa'dain.
Author : Nfir Muhammad, called Kazl Nur
uI-Qakk Dihiavi, ^^^5 J*^!;^ ^^'^ ^^^ j9
Beg. \j ^'JLj,\jj, J^j b^wAai.
The work is dedicated to Majd ud-Din
Maulanfi Shaikh 'AM ul-Hakk, the author's
father and instructor. Both have been
already mentioned. See pp. 14 a and 224 b.
The date of composition, A.H. 1014, is
ingeniously indicated in the following chro-
nogram : —
.,U : ,\
It is obtained by deducting from the total
produced by the title ^^.n*-J1 J^y jL, namely
1084, the "eye " of the word w^ " fault,"
that is to say, the value of the letter *, viz.
70.
See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 471.
Or. 335.
Foil. 158 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 14 lines, 2J in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and g«»ld-ruled margins; dated A.H. 982
(A.D. 1674). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Duvalrani Khizr Khan (see p. 612, xiv.),
with three whole-page miniatures in the
Persian style.
VOL. II.
Add. 7754.
Foil. 153; 9i in. by 6; 12 lines, 2| iu.
long ; written in fair Nestalik on gold-
sprinkled paper, with a rich 'Unvan, and illu-
minated borders, probably early in the 16th
century. fCl. J. Rich.]
The same poem, with six whole-page
miniatures in fair Persian style.
Copyist : (_.«5'iD> j-^ i'.^
B B
618
POETRY.— A.H. 700—800.
Harleian 414.
Foil. 120 ; 9i in. by 5^ ; 19 lines, 3J in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, in Sultan-
pur, apparently in the 17th century.
The same poem, called in the subscription
Copyist : (^^ ^.j^ iX-*-^ j^^ ^-J^ J.-,— s?
AAd. 24,952.
Foil. 260 ; 7i in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 2 in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins ; dated A.H. 922
(A.D. 1526).
c^>i ^^^ ^\y,:^
The Divan of Mir Hasan, of Dehli.
Beg. ^^ jjb ^J^ 3 J^ ^^ t^^
Khwajah Hasan, or Amir Hasan, surnamed
Najm ud-Din, son of 'Ala'i Sanjari, was a
native of Dehli, and an intimate friend of
Amir Khusrau, with whom he stayed five
years in Multan, A.H. 678—683, at the
court of Muhammad Sultan, the eldest son
of Ghiyas ud-Din Balban. Like Khusrau,
he was one of the court-poets of Sultan 'Ala
ud-Din Khilji (A.H. 695—715) to whom
most of his laudatory poems are addressed.
At the age of fifty- three he joined, through
Amir Khusrau's influence, the circle of dis-
ciples which surrounded Nizam ud-Din Au-
liya, and soon became one of the favourite
Murids of the holy Shaikh, whose teaching
he attended from A.H. 707 to 722, and whose
utterances he wrote down from day to day
under the title of Fava'id ul-Fu'ad (Or. 1806,
2001). When Sultan Muhammad B. Tugh-
luk, in A.H. 727 (see Badaoni, vol. i. p. 226),
laid Dehli waste, and forcibly removed
its inhabitants to his new capital Deogir, or
Daulatabad, Amir Hasan went with them.
and died, according to the same author,
p, 201, in the same year. Taki Kiishi, how-
ever, gives A. H. 745, and the Khulasafc
ul-Afkar, fob 65, A.H. 738, as the date of
Mir Hasan's death.
The historian Ziyii Barani, who was the
constant associate of Mir Hasan, and of
Amir Khusrau, speaks with enthusiasm of
the former's gifts and moral character, and
says that he was called the Sa'di of Hin-
dustan. See Tarikh i Firuzshahi, pp. 67,
359. Other notices will be found in Nafahat
ul-Uns, p. 711, Akhbar ul-Akhyar, fol. 87,
Firishtah, vol. i. p. 214, vol. ii. p 737, Haft
Iklim, fol. 153, and Daulatshah, fol. 168.
See also Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 232, and
Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 418.
Contents : Kasidahs, not alphabetically
arranged, fol. 2 b. Ghazals in alphabetical
order, fol. 35 b. Kit'ahs, fol. 244 a. A Mas-
navi, in praise of Sultan *Ala ud-Din, fol.
246 b. Rubd'is, fol. 248 a.
The Kasidahs are nearly all in praise of
Sultan 'Ala ud-Din Khilji (A.H. 695—715).
Two are addressed respectively to Ulugh
Khan (afterwards Sultan Muhammad), and
Khizr Khan, the sons of Sultan Ghiyag ud-
Din Tughluk (A.H. 720— 725).
A note on the first page states that the
MS. belonged to Katib Zadah Muhammad
Eafi', the first court physician, s^W j^^Ula^^
Copies of the Divan are mentioned in the
St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 356, Ouseley's
Collection, No. 178, the Gotha Catalogue,
p. 73, and the Milnich Catalogue, p. 22.
Add. 7747.
Foil. 304 ; 7i in. by 4^ ; 16 lines, 2.^ in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, probably in the 16th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Auhadi.
POETRY.— A.H. 700—800.
619
Rukn ud-Din Auhadi, sometimes called
Maraghi, from Maraghah, which appears to
have been his birthplace, and sometimes
Isfahan], from his habitual residence, Isfahan,
took his poetical surname Auhadi from his
spiritual guide, Shaikh Auhad ud-Din Humid
Kirmani, who died A.H. 697 (see Oude Cata-
logue, p. 48, and Nafahat, p. 684). He left,
besides his Divan, a poem called J&m i Jam,
composed A.H. 733, and another entitled
Dah Nfimah, dedicated to a grandson of
Nasir ud-Din Tusi (Majfilis ul-Muminin, fol.
334, and Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 239). Au-
hadi died in Maraghah, near Tabriz, and the
date of his death, A.H. 738, was engraved
upon his tomb. See Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 706,
Lubb ut-Tavarikh, Add. 23,512, fol. 107,
and Kiyax ush-8hu*ara, fol. 20.
Daulatshah, who with his usual inaccuracy
confounded Auhudi with his master Auhad
ud-Din, makes him die A.H. 697. He has
bc*en followed by Taki Kashi, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 17. and the ilaft Iklim, fol. 362.
Compare Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 360.
Contents: Kafidahs and Tarji'-bands, fol.
1 a. This section, which contains religious
and Sufi poems, without alphabetical arrange-
ment, is imperfect at the beginning. The
first complete piece l)egins thus : —
]/• *^— »Vj J>-*- J^j *r^ u*^
Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 48 a, also
imperfect at the beginning. The first com-
plete Ghazol begins thus : —
llubuls, without alphabetical arrrangemeni,
fol. 297 a.
In a poem included in the first section,
fol. 16 6, Auhadi addresses Khwajah Salman
(p. 624 b), a contemporary poet, whose pride
and ambition he severely reproves.
The Divan of Auhadi is mentioned by Haj.
Khal. vol. iii. p. 264, and an extract from it
is noticed in the Gotha Catalogue, p. 72.
Add. 7090.
Foil. 156; 9 in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2£ in. long;
written in Nestalik; dated Sirliiud, Zul-
ka'dah, A.H. 1038 (A.D. 1629).
" The Cup of Jamshid," a poem in the
style of the Hadikah of Sanal (p. 549 a),
and in the same measure, by Auhadi.
Beg. JU ^ >^^ ^\ ^ j;
Tlie prologue contains eulogies upon the
reigning Sultan Abu Said, (A.H. 716—736),
and his Vazir Ghiya^ ud-Din Muhammad B.
Rashid (A.H. 728—736), to the latter of whom
the poem is dedicated. It is divided into
three sections, called j^J, or " circles." It
was composed, as stated in the conclusion,
fol. 165 a, in the space of one year, and com-
pleted in A.H. 733 :—
JV«» *Mlj ^j«» l>^ Oj
Copyist : ,.^j.>E^ ju*
See Haj. Khal., vol. ii. p. 498, Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 362, and the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 543.
Or. 333.
Foil. 114; 8 in. by l^; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same poem, wanting the last four
lines.
In this copy the date of composition is
A.H. 732, fol. 113 6:
JU- jjj ,_^j iy> »!.»; t/.X-l«»
The last four distichs are wanting.
On the first page are the stamps of the
kings of Oude, and some earlier seals, dated
A.H. 1111—1117.
620
POETRY.— KHWAJU KIRMANI.
Add. 18,113.
Foil. 93 ; 12| in. by 9^ ; 25 lines, 5 in.
long; written in a small and elegant Nes-
talik, in four gold- ruled columns, with three
rich 'Unvilns, and gold headings; dated
Baghdad, Jumada I., A.H. 798 (A.D. 1396).
Three poems by Khwaja Kirmiini, i^ya-\j>-
Kamfd ud-Din Abul-'Ata Mahmud B. 'All,
poetically surnamed Khwaju, was a native of
Kirman. He states in the epilogue of Gul u
Nauruz (a passage not found in the Museum
copy, but quoted by Erdmann in his "Chu-
dschu (jermani," Zeitschrift der Deutschen
Morg. Gesellschaft, vol. ii. pp. 205 — 215)
that he was born on the fifth of Shavval,
A.H. 679. According to the Tarikh i Ja'furi,
quoted in the Lubb ut-Tavarikh, Add. 23,512,
fol. 118, he began his poetical career as a
panegyrist of the Muzaffaris, but having left
them, in consequence of some slight, he
repaired to the court of Amir Shaikh Abu
Jshixk (who ruled in Shiraz from A.H. 742 to
754), in whose praise he composed many
poems, and died there A.ll. 753. The date
assigned to his death by TakI Kashi, Oude
Catalogue, p. 18, A.H. 745, is too early ; for
it will be seen further on, p. 621 b, that the
poet was still aUve in A.H. 746.
It is said that Khwaju had followed for
some years the teaching of the great Sufi,
'Ala ud-Daulah of Simnan, who died A.H.
736. He has left a Divan, and a Khamsah
written in imitation of the five poems of
Nizami, and beginning with the Rau?at ul-
Anvar. The Khamsah was completed A.H.
744, as stated in Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz
2, p. 24. See also Haj. Khah, vol. iii. p. 176.
That date is indeed found at the end of
Kamal-Namah, which must have been the
last poem of the Khamsah. Notwithstanding
that undoubted fact, Daulatshah gives A.H.
742 as the date of the poet's death, an error
which has been blindly copied by the Riyaz
ush-Shu*ara, fol. 172, and the Atashkadah,
fol. 62. Other notices are to be found in
Majalis ul-Muminin, fol. 543, and Haft Iklim,
fol. 119. See also Hammer, Redekiinste,
p. 248, Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 471,
and Dorn, St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 357.
I. Fol. 1 b. ^^^}■^ ^J<^*^, the love adven-
tures of Shahziidah Humai, prince of Zamin
Khavar, and Humayun, a daughter of the
Faghfur, or emperor of China ; a Magnavi in
the same metre as the Iskandar Niimah of
Niziimi.
Beg.
S-ij\S-o-
(j£.;»JL^ \\ »
In the prologue, after duly praising the
reigning sovereign Abu Sa id Bahadur Khiin,
and his Vazir Ghiya§ ud-Din Muhammad
(son of the historian Rashid ud-Din), thu
author says that he had been induced to
compose this poem by the illustrious Sadr,
Abul-Fath Majd ud-Din Mahmud, who had
supplied him with a genuine Persian theme,
and had urged him to " sing to the Muslims a
Magian spell," J\jiii ^^UL^y ^^\k* ^^^
From the epilogue we learn that the poem
was composed in Baghdad, where Khwaju
was pining for his native Kirman, and that
it was completed in A.H. 732, a date ex-
pressed by the chronogram Jij in the fol-
lowing lines: —
The contents have been stated by Erdmann,
I.e., p. 213, and, from a Turkish imitation,
by KraflFt, Handschriften der Orientalischen
Akademie, p. 71. See also Haj. Khal., vol.
vi. p. 504, and the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i.
p. 544.
II. Fol. 50 b. **li JUX the "Book of
Perfection," an ethic and rviligious poem, in
the metre of Haft Paikar.
POETRY.— KHWAJU KIRMANI.
621
Beg. ^ ^( *Ji ^ ^^ j^
*'*^ tirijj J^ ^
The s:reater part of the prologue is taken
up by an invocation to Shaikh Abu Ishdk
Ibrahim B. Shahriyar KfizJiruni, the patron
saint of Ei'izarun (who died A.H. 4i26; sec
above, p. 205 a, Nafahnt ul-tJns, p. 286, and
B. de Maynard, Diet. Geographique, p. 472).
The poet states that he was staying as a
devout worshipper at the Shaikh's holy
shrine. In the epilogue he addresses a
panegyric to the sovereign of Fars, Amir
Shaikh Abu Ishak (A.H. 712—751), and
some advice to his own son, Mujir ud-Din
Abu Said 'Ali. He adds that he had read
the poem to his spiritual guide (Murshid),
then just arrived in the kind, who being
pleased with it, had conferred upon him the
holy investitxire (Khirkah), and upon his
work the title of Kamal Namah. The date
of composition, A.H. 744, is stated in the
following lines : —
The same verse is quoted in the Ijabib ut-
Siyur as giving the date of the completion
of the Khamsah.
The poem is divided into sections (B.ib),
which in another copy. Add. 7758, are num-
bered from 1 to 12. The present MS. has
lost a leaf after fol. 50.
III. Fol. 71 6. j^y^-i) L6jj, the " Garden
of Lights," a Sufi poem in twenty sections
(Makalahs).
Beg. ■ Jj^^ j -^,J\ wJj
,J o ft* J^<a *i^ ^,m^
It is dedicated to Shams ud-Din Mahmud
B. S.i'in, t J whom the jKict had been recom-
mended, as he states in the epilogue, by his
patron, T..j ud-Din Ahmad 'Iraki.
Shams ud-Din Mahmud B. Sain was first
attached to the Chupani princes Amir Fir
Husain and Malik Ashraf, by whom he was
put in possession of the fortress of Sirjam.
He surrendered it, A.H. 744, to Amir Mu-
hammad Muzaflfar. Sent by the latter to
Sliir.ia on a mission to Amir Shaikh Abu
Ishak, he deserted his patron to enter the
service of his rival, by whom he was ap-
pointed Vazir. He died in an encounter
with the Muzaffaris on the 4th of Safar,
A.H. 740, a date recorded by Khwaju in
verses quoted by Hafiz Abru ; see Or. 1577,
and Hablb us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 2, p. 18.
* Taj ud-Din 'Iraki, a wealthy inhabitant of
Kirman, was one of the first who came out
of that city, then besieged by Amir Muham-
mad Muzaffar, to submit to the conqueror
(A.H. 741). liaised by him to the Vazirate,
he incurred his anger some years later, and
was put to death. See Dastur ul-Vuzara,
fol. 121.
In the prologue the poet introduces his
beloved, who suggests to him that, his Gul
u Nauriiz being finished, he should now turn
to his admired Nizftmi, and try to surpass
the Makhzan ul-Asrar.
Khw.iju says in tlie epilogue that the poem
liad been writU-n at the slirine of Shaikh
Abu Ishak Ibrahim Kuzaruul, and completed
A.H. 743 :—
j^lj y^ ^ ^.^ *^S
A leaf is wanting after fol. 79.
The llauzat ul-Anvar is considered as the
first poem of the Khamsah. See Haj. Khal.
vol. iii. pp. 175, 498, and Zeitschrift der D.
M. G., vol. xvi. p. 234.
This fine MS. is due to the pen of a
cclebraled calligraphcr, Mir 'All TabrizI, who
signs ^J^Ji^'^ cfHj^' ^^' ^ J^J^-
In some lines quoted in the Maj.ilis ul-Mu-
minln, fol. 48(), Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi, a peu-
nmn of great repute (see p. 573rt;,call8 Mir *AU
622
POETllY.— KHWAJU KIRMANI.
Tabriz! the inventor of the Naskh-Ta'lik, and
says that he was a contemporary of Kamal
Khujandi (who died A.H. 803). See also
Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 458, and Blochraann,
Ain Akbari, p. 101, where he is said to have
lived under Timiir.
At the beginning of the Rauzat ul-Anvar,
which appears to have held originally the first
place in the volume, is an illuminated shield
with an inscription showing that the MS.
had been written for the library of a royal
personage called Abul-Fath Bahram ; ^^^
The MS. contains nine whole-page minia-
tures in a highly finished Persian style.
Add. 7758.
Foil. 178 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 4 in. long;
written in Nestalik, in four gold-ruled
columns, with four 'Unvans ; dated Eabi* I.,
A.H. 934 (A.D. 1527). [Cl. J. Rich.]
Five poems by the same author, as
follows :^-
I. Fol. 1 b. Humai and Humayim ; see
the preceding MS., Art. I.
This copy contains an epilogue, foil. 54 b
— 56 a, which is a later addition. The Sultan,
we are told, having succumbed to fate, and
the Vazir having soon followed, the poet had
lost the expected reward. (Abu Sa'Id died
on the 13th of Eabi' II., A.H. 736, and
Ghiyas ud-Din was put to death in Ramazan
of the same year.) Subsequently, however,
his patron, Taj ud-Din Ahmad 'Iraki (see
p. 621 b), having proceeded from Kirman to
the royal camp to kiss the threshold of the
Khikan, obtained for Khwaju and his work
the favourable notice of the Vazir, Shams
ud-Din Mahmud B. Sa'in (see p. 621 a), who
recompensed him beyond his hopes.
II. Fo\ 67 *. jjjP J J,, the love-story
of Nauruz, son of the king of Khorasa-n, and
Gul, daughter of the emperor of Rum, a
Magnavi in the metre of Khusrau u Shirin.
Beg. elJli- o^ jj>.laJ ^Uj
It is dedicated to the same Vazir, Taj ud-
Dln "Iraki, whose generous reward is thank-
fully I'ecorded in the epilogue. The date of
composition, A.H. 742, is stated in the fol-
lowing lines : —
j^jjji^ &JkJL5 j<«j A-<aflfc^ ,jijl jj
An abstract of the poem has been given
by Erdmann, I.e., p. 212. See Haj. Khal.,
vol. V. p. 234.
III. Fol. 118 b. Kamal-Niimah ; see the
preceding MS., Art. II.
IV. Fol. 142 b. ft<li^fc.?, the "Book of
Jewels," a Ma§navi in praise of the Vazir
Baha ud-Din Mahmud and his ancestors.
Beg.
J[j\s*^j (jt.i? Jj j,Uj
The prologue contains eulogies on the
reigning prince of Kirman, Amir Muhammad
Muzaffar, and on his Vazir, the above-
named Baha ud-Din Mahmud. The entire
poem is devoted to the glorification of the
latter, who was a lineal descendant in the
sixth generation of the celebrated Vazir
of the Saljiik empire, Nizam ul-Mulk (see
p. 444 a), and of his forefathers. Each of
these becomes in turn the theme of hyper-
bolical laudations of the most tedious same-
ness, from which little is to be learned as to
their real history. Their filiation is, from
father to son, as follows : —
The great Nizam ul-Mulk. Hamid ul-
Mulk Mahmud, who died in Tabriz, and was
buried in Jarand.ab. Kivam ul-Mulk Nur ud-
Din Mas'lid, Vazir of Kizil Arslan, also buried
POETRY.— A.H. 700—800.
623
in Jarandab. Fakhr ud-Din Ahmad, who
died in Sivas. Zakl ud-Din Mahmud, who
became Vazir of the Khakan of Turkistiln,
and was called Ata Mahmud. He died in
Azarbaijan. *Izz ud-Din YOsuf, who served
Tusuf Shah and Amir MuzafTar, and died in
Bum. Baha ud-Din Mahmiid, for whom the
poem was written.
Kasidahs in praise of the same personages,
and in the same order, are mentioned by
Erdmann, I.e., p. 215, as forming part of the
Divan of Khwaju.
The present copy wants the conclusion, in
which occurs, according to Dr. Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 473, the following line,
giving A.H. 7M as the date of composition :
y. Fol. 155 a. Rauzat ul-Anviir (see the
preceding MS., III.X wanting two leaves at
the beginning.
Copyist : ^yu-^' ^^.Ji\ .jUa ^^j ^^t^^ ^ J*
Or. 28.
Foil. 86; 7 in. by h\\ 13 lines, 3 in.
long; written in cursive Naskbi ; daU'd
Rajab, A.H. 881 (A-D. 1476).
[G. C. RraouAKD.]
The Divan of Ijaidar, jja».
The poet, no record of whom has been
found, uses tjaidar as his takhallus, and is
called in the heading and subscription Haidar
iuh>8hirrizi. The Divan shows that he lived
in Shiriz, his birthplace, and occasionally
in Yazd, about the middle of the eighth cen-
tury of the nijrah. It contains, fol. 35, an
elegy on the death of Sultan Abu Sa'id,
which took place A.H. 736, and, fol. 78, two
satires against a contemporary poet, Khaju
Eirmani (see p. 620 a), whom the author
charges with disparaging SaMi, while plun-
dering his Divan, and declares unable to
compete in poetry with himself: —
>V-'ij'
>Aji J
\*r
Jjiy^^jM ^ Lj a-> .iJ^yLS ^
The other satire, beginning
was composed when Khwaju came from
Kirman to Shiniz, and is stated, in the head-
ing, to have been recited in the presence of
Amir Shaikh Abu Ishak (A.H. 742—754).
There are also three Kasidahs addressed to
Nusrat ud-Din Shah Yahya, of whom the
poet says, fol. 27, that he had, in the
presence of Sultan Muhammad, gloriously
vanquished Akhi at the gate of Tabriz, and
had received as his reward the sovereignty
of Yazd, the seat of his father: —
j^'i>3ji '♦J.'— '^i^ 'cy^ *^
ijo ^\ii^ ^jd/ ^j^\ j,U jj;jC*. ^^,^
j'.v»'j ^_^ ti».jb ^JJ^ Vi jijS**
Shah MuzafTar, the eldest son of Amir Mu-
hammad MuzafTar, the founder of the Muzaf-
fari dynasty, had died in his father's life-time,
A.H. 754 (sec Matla' us-Sa*dain, fol. 91).
His eldest son, Nusrat ud-Din Shah Yahya,
was only fifteen years old when he fought
by the side of his grandsire in the battle
referred to in the above lines, in which Akhi
621
POETRY.— A. H. 700—800.
Juk, a Chupani Amir, who had made himself
master of Azarbfiijan, was completely routed
liefore Tabriz. A.H. 759 (ib. fol. 101, and
Price's Retrospect, vol. ii. p. 690).
Having been confined, A.H. 760, by his
nncle Shah Shuja , in the fortress of Shlraz,
Shah Yahya was reinstated by him as viceroy
of Yazd A.H. 764. But he took the first
opportunity to assert his independence, and,
being of a restless and ambitious disposi-
tion, carried on for years a constant struggle
with his relatives. Placed by Timur, after
his conquest of Shiraz, A.H. 789, at the head
of the government of Pars, he was dispos-
sessed a few months later by his brother Shfili
Mansur, and was eventually involved, A.H.
705, in the general slaughter of the Muzaffari
princes by the ruthless conqueror.
Another Kasidah, composed in Yazd, fol.
43, is in praise of Sharaf ud-Din Shah Hu-
sain-: —
^^i--9- i^J^ jjA j^. fj}i ) lOii V_J,^
j_jy6 ^^M j^ ^J^ »li» ^^} Ji*
Shah Husain was the third son of the
above-mentioned Shah jMuzaffar, and appa-
rently succeeded his elder brother, Shah
Yahya, in the principality of Yazd, but the
exact period is not recorded.
The Divan, which begins with seven KasT-
dahs in praise of God and the prophet, con-
tains, besides the pieces above mentioned,
little else than Ghazals, and is without any
systematic arrangement. Its title is found
in a short prologue, headed i^\'iS Jia-> t-.*f-»,
in which the following dialogue is carried on
with an imaginary interlocutor : —
^ f-> *r V
^3p'
Transcriber : t^LioJ) 4UI ^^ ^^. ,j-^ ^^ 'i>->^
Add. 27,314.
Poll. 400 ; 11 in. by 6^; 19 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, probably in India,
in the 17th century. fD. Porbes.J
The poetical works of Salman Savaji, ^\^
Khwajah Jamfil ud-Dln Salmjin, son of
Khwajah 'Ala ud-Din Muhammad, was born
in Savah, where his father held a high finan-
cial appointment, and followed in early life
the same profession, which he afterwards
gave up for poetry. He was, according to
Jami, Baharistan, fol. 67, a successful imita-
tor of the great Kasidah writers, especially
of Kamfd Isma'il, whom he often surpassed,
but did not reach the same eminence in the
Ghazal.
In his Pirfik Namah, which he composed,
as stated in the Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii.,
Juz 1, p. 136, AH. 761, Salman says that he
had completed his seventy -first year :
Iji'jj <-Lb.j
have been
born about
He must therefore
A.H. 690.
His earliest poems are apparently those
which he addressed to the celebrated Vazlr,
Ghiya§ ud-Dln Muhammad, who died A.H.
736. But his brilliant career as court-poet
commenced in the time of the founder of
the Ilkani dynasty, Amir Shaikh Hasan Bu-
zurg, who rose to power after the death of
Sultan Abu Said, A.H. 736, held his court
in Baghdad, and died A.H. 757. He was in
high favour with that prince, and afterwards
with his son and successor, Shaikh Uvais
(A.H. 767 — 776), who established his re-
sidence in Tabriz, as also with the latter's
mother, the accomplished Dilshad Khatun.
Having survived Shaikh Uvais, who died on
the 2nd of Jumada I., A.H. 776 (Matla' us-
Sa'dain, fol, 148), Salman maintained for
some time the same influential position
under his son and successor, Sultan Husain
POETRY.— A.H. 700—800.
625
(A.H. 776—784), to whom several of his
poems are addressed. He composed also, as
has been noticed in the Matla' us-Sa'dain,
fol. 152, two Kasldahs in honour of Shilh
ShujiV, during that king's temporary occu-
pation of Tabriz in A.H. 777. It is said that
he passed his last years in retirement in his
native place.
It wUl be seen from the above facts that
the date A.H. 769, assigned by Daulatshah
to Salman's death, and adopted by most later
writers, is by at least eight years too early.
The Tabakat i Shahjahani, fol. 38, places that
event in A.H. 778, Haj. Khal, vol. iv. p. 389,
in A.H. 779, and Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue,
p. 18, in A.H. 799 (an obvious error for 779).
The notices of Daulatshfih and Atashkadah
have been edited in text and translation by
Erdmann, Zeitschrift der D, M, G., vol. xv.
pp. 758 — 772. Other notices will be found
in Majalis ul-Muminin, fol. 517, Haft Iklim,
fol. 408, and Riya? ush-Shu'arfl, fol. 208.
See also Hammer, Redekunste, p. 260,
Ouseley's Notices, p. 117, and Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 555.
The contents are as follows :
I. Fol. 1 b. AJ.jji- , SiL^, the love-
story of Jamshid and Khwurshid, a Ma^navi
poem in the measure of Khusrau u Shirin.
Beg. a^j<^, »V. JJ<
ASler a panegyric addressed to Sultan
Uvais, the poet rehtcs in the prologue how
he had been summoned to the presence of
his royal patron, and told that, Niziimi's book
on Farhad and Khusrau having become old
and obsolete, he should compose on the tale
of Jamshid, a new poem dedicated to bis
sovereign :
^^^j
VOL. H
!; w^ cil y^ *-^ (^•''-i
In obeying the king's behest, he says,
further on, he found a welcome opportunity
of discharging a debt of gratitude for Mty
years' favours :
In the epilogue Salman regrets his de-
parted youth, and complains of the infirmities
of age. His figure is bent like a bow,
nothing but skin and bones.
The poem was completed, as stated in the
following lines at the end, in the month of
Jumiida II., A.H. 763:
The Jamshid of SalmSn is not the mythical
king of Persian tradition, but an imaginary
prince, son of the Faghfur, or emperor of
China. The heroine is a daughter of the
Kaisar of Rum.
II. Fol. 85 a. ,^U j\J, the " Book of Se-
paration," a Ma^navi.
Beg. ci)U. ij3\i »^ J^^*- JJJ
It was written, like the preceding, for Sul-
tan Uvais, who had desired Salmon to com-
pose a poem on the pangs of absence.
J^jijM^ o-l^
'mG
U'J
It is stated in the Hablb us-Siyar, vol. iii,,
Juz 1, p. I.JO, that Sultan Uvais was then
pining for his minion Bairam Shah, who, in
consequence of some quarrel, had left the
court and gone to Baghdad, A.H. 701.
The heroes of the tale are called Malik and
Mahbub. See Uaj. Khal., vol. iv. p. 389.
c o
626
POETRY.— A.H. 700—800.
III. Fol. 117 a. KasTdahs and Tarji'-
bands.
This section is slightly imperfect at the
beginning. The poems are arranged accord-
ing to the personages to whom they are ad-
dressed, as follows : Muhammad and 'All,
fol.ll7«. Sultrm Uvais, fol. 128 6. Jalalud-
Din Shaikh Husain (A.H. 776—784), fol.
222 a. Nuyan A*zam Shaikh Hasan Beg
(Hasan Buzurg), fol. 228 a. Dilshad Kha-
tun (wife of the preceding), fol. 248 b.
Dundi Sultan (wife of Sultan Uvais), fol.
268 a. Shams ud-Din Zakariyya (Vazlr of
Sultan Husain), fol. 272 b. Shah Mahmud
(the Muzaffari, who died A.H. 776), fol.
277 «. Shah Shuja (A.H. 759—786), fol.
279 b. Sahib Ghiya§ ud-Din Muhammad
(who died A.H. 736), fol. 282 a.
IV. Tol. 285 a. Margiyahs, or funeral
poems, including elegies on the death of Sul-
tan Abu Sa'id (A.H. 736), Amir Ilkan,
Shaikh Hasan, Sultan Uvais, and Dundi
Khatun.
V. Fol. 295 a. Mukatta'at, without al-
phabetical arrangement. Several of these
relate to contemporary events, fixing their
dates, as, for instance, the death of Shaikh
Hasan Chiipani in A.H. 744, and a destructive
inundation at Baghdad in A.H. 776. At the
end is a Tarji'-band.
VI. Fol. 329 o. Ghazals, and Ruba'is,
also without alphabetical arrangement.
This volume bears the seal of the college
of Fort William. On the first page are
several 'Arzdidahs, one of wbich is dated
A.H. 1062.
Add. 7755.
Foil. 134; 9f in. by 6^ ; 12 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, with 'Unvan, apparently in
the 16th century. [CI. J. Eich.]
Jamshid u Khwurshid. See above, art. i.
The volume contains three whole-page
miniatures in the Persian style.
Add. 6619.
Foil. 186; 8 in. by 5; 15 lines, 21 in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, with 'Unvan and gilt head-
ings ; dated Zulhijjah, A.H. 876 (A.D. 1472).
[J. F. Hull.]
The tale of Mihr and Mushtarl, a Masnavi
poem.
Author : 'Assilr, w.
Beg. ^^^ ^Lff il!i^\_> J.LLJ
ji.s. Jili- ^jiSi l1*-J6 jt.*li fti"
Maulana Muhammad 'Assar, of Tabriz, is
mentioned in the Lubb ut-Tavarikh as one of
the panegyrists of the Ilkanl Sultan Shaikh
Uvais (A.H. 757—776). He died, as stated
in the same work, A.H. 779, or, according to
Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 18, A.H.
784. Very meagre notices of him are found
in the Baharistan, fol. 68, Haft Iklim, fol.
513, and Atashkadah, fol. 18. See also
Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 254, and Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 311.
'Assiir refers in several passages to the
numerous poems which he had composed in
praise of princes, and which often had re-
mained unread. Thus in the epilogue :
Finding poets neglected and scorned, he
had retired, as he says in the prologue, to
solitude and silent contemplation. From
this torpor he is roused by a friend, who
urges him to complete his poetical works by
POETRY.— A.H. 700—800.
627
adding to them a Ma§navi, the only kind ot
composition which he had not yet attempted :
Vi^J ^5 ^ j^j to-^ j\ ^y>i
J-6a-
w
J|j\ .>.3;fe» L3 J[^
After urging two objections, the absence
of any patron of poetry, especially in " this
town of Tabriz," and the unapproachable
standard of perfection held up by Nizi'imi,
the author yields, and relates to his friend
the tale of Mihr and Mushtari, " the story of
a lore free from all weakness, pure of all
sensual desire."
The author states in the conclusion that
the poem was completed on the tenth of
Shawal, A.H. 778 :
y^
J^^ »V_^ '} JV> J yi J3J
and that it consisted of 5120 diittichs,
The above date, which had l)een arbitrarily
changed to A.H. 674 by C. R. S. Peiper,
Conuncntatio de libro Persico Mihr o Musch-
teri, Berlin, 1835, has been vindicated with
overwhelming evidence by Prof. Fleischer,
Zeitschria der D.M.G., vol. xv. pp. 389—
396. The contents of the poem have been
stated by Pfiper in the above quoted work,
and by Sir Gore Ouseley in the Biographical
Notices, pp. 201 — 226. See also the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 647, the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 369, and the Upsala Catalogue,
p. 111.
Transcriber: ^j»
This copy contains eight whole-page mi-
niatures in the Persian style.
Add. 7759.
Foil. 141 ; 6| in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 2i in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, on glazed, tinted, and gold-
sprinkled paper ; dated Ramazan, A.H. 855
(A.D. 1451). [01. J. RiCH.J
The Divan of Hafiz Shlrazi.
Beg. V^Uj L«.« jO\ ^\ Jl L^J \j>.*i\
V^^ -i'^^ Jj Jj^ ^3^ u^^ 3^ ^
Hafiz Shirazi, originally called Shams ud-
Din Muhammad, who is by common consent
the greatest of Persian lyrics, ranks also high
as a Sufi ; a spiritual symbolism is generally
supposed to underlie, in his most Anacreontic
strains, the expression of sensuous ideas.
Jiimi says in the Baharistan that he is as
great in the Ghazal as Zahlr Ffiryiibi in the
Kasidah. The whole of his long and un-
eventful life was, with the exception of short
absences, spent in his beloved Shiraz. Such
of his poems as bear upon contemporary
events are frequently quoted by the his-
torians of the period. Their dates range
from the reign of Amir Shaikh Abii Ishak
(A.H. 742 — 764), which he extols as a
glorious epoch for his native city, to the
short-lived rule of the last of the Muzaflfaris,
Shah MansQr (A.H. 790-795). The latter
took possession of Sbiraz towards the end of
A.H. 790, al)out six months after the first
invasion of Timfir. Two poems in his praise,
quoted in the Ma^la* us-Sa'dain, fol. 198, are
probably the latest compositions of Hafiz,
who died A.H. 791, or, according to less
trustworthy authorities, A.H. 792.
The first is the date recorded by Muham-
mad Gul-andam, the friend of I^afiz, and
collector of the Divan. It is engraved, ac-
cording to Sir Gore Ouseley, Notices, p. 40,
on the poet's tombstone, and is conveyed by
the words La* .iJW iu the following chro.
nogram, found in some copies of Gul-andam's
preface: —
628
POETRY.— HAFIZ.
J-a_- i^l^j\ ut-iS,U j_^
It has been followed by the Lubb ut-Tava-
rikh, fol. 117, and by TakI Kashi, Oude
Catalogue, p. 19.
The second date, A.H. 792, is expressed by
another chronogram, which, although con-
tradicting the direct statement of Gul-
andam, has found its way into most copies
of the same preface :
iJw»^ (j>.'ii\ ^J''^J^ -^s- Mji
It has been adopted by Jami, Nafa-
hat, p. 715, and, after him, in Habib us-
Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 2, p. 47, Majalis ul-
Muminln, fol. 334, and Haj. Khal., vol. iii.
p. 272.
Daulatshah, whose account of Hafiz has
been translated by S. de Sacy, Notices et
Entraits, vol. iv. p. 238, stands alone in
placing his death as late as A.H. 794, and
commits a further anachronism in represent-
ing a supposed interview of Hafiz with Timur
as having taken place after the death of
Shah Mansur, who fell in battle A.H, 795.
Eirishtah has a circumstantial account of
a message sent by the king of Deccan, Mah-
mud Shah Bahmani (A.H. 780—799), to
Hafiz to induce him to come to his court.
The poet, probably anxious to escape from
the approaching hosts of Timur, accepted
the invitation, as well as the funds provided
for the journey, and proceeded as far as
Hormuz, where he went on board the king's
ship. But, frightened at the sight of a
rough sea, he landed again, and made all
speed back to Shiraz. See the Bombay
edition, vol. i. p. 577.
Notices on Hafiz Avill be found in Ham-
mer's Redekiinste, p. 261, Ouseley's Notices,
pp. 23 — 42, Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 415, and Defremery, Journal Asiatique,
5" Serie, pp. 406—425.
The Divan was fiirst edited by Abu Talib
Khan (see p. 378 J), in Calcutta, 1791, and
re-printed in 1826. It has been printed in
Bombay, A.H. 1228 and 1277, Dehli, 1269,
Cawnpore, 1831, Lucknow, A.H. 1283, Tehc;-
ran, A.H. 1258, Bulak, A.H. 1250, 1256 and
1281, and Constantinople, 1257. An excel-
lent edition of the text, with the Turkish
commentary of SudI, has been published by
H. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1854.
A German translation of the Divan by
J. von Hammer was published in Tubingen,
1812. Select poems have been translated
into German by Bodenstedt, Berlin, 1877,
and into English by J. Richardson, 1774, J.
Nott, 1787, J. H.'Hindley, 1800, H. Bick-
nell, 1875, S. Robinson, 1875, and "W. H.
Lowe, 1877.
Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 b. Ma§navis, fol. 132 a. Kit'ahs,
fol. 134 b. Ruba'is, fol. 138 b.
Copyist : ^s.^^fl)\ Ju^
Add. 7760.
Eoll. 179 ; 9| in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long; written in neat Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, with 'Unvans, illuminated
headings, and gold designs on the margins,
dated A.H. 921 (A.D. 1515), bound in
painted covers. [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Hafiz, with the preface of
Muhammad Gul-andam, Jjjl J^ s^, which
begins (^jJm ^ o"'-J^ j '^■^ <^^ j '^^^ '^■*^
After some remarks on the charm and
pregnant sense of Hafiz's poetry, and on the
wonderful speed with which it had spread to
the most distant lands, delighting kings and
Sufis alike, the writer of the preface, who
describes himself as an old friend of Hafiz,
says that during his life the poet was so busy
lecturing on the Coran, giving instruction to
the Sultan, writing glosses to the Kashshaf
POETRY.- HAFIZ.
629
and the Miftan, studying the Matali'and the
Misbilh, etc., that he found no leisure to
collect his scattered poems ; and although
Muhammad Gul-andSm, who often held con-
verse with him in the college, il^ u^j-ii of
Mauliiim Kivam ud-Diu 'Abd XJIlah, re-
peatedly pressed the subject on his attention,
l:;Iafiz still put it off with some excuse, until
death overtook him in A.H. 791 (see Add.
6625, and 7761), when the task of collecting
and arranging the Dlviin devolved on the
writer.
The above preface is printed in the Bom-
bay edition of the Divan.
Contents: Preface, fol. 3b. Kasidahs,
beg. jL-l) ij ^i ^\^ gr;jjjj, fol. 6 4. Ma^-
navis, fol. 12 a. Tarji-'bands, fol. 18 <i.
(ihazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 23 6.
Mukaltaat, fol. 170 a. Ruba'is, fol. 174 a.
The copyist, Sul^An Muhammad Khandan,
was a pupil of the famous calligrapher Sultan
*Ali Mashadi, and one of the scribes of Mir
'All Shir (seep. 617 a).
Of four miniatures in Persian style, placed
at the beginning and end of the volume,
two are of modem date.
The first page is covered with 'Arzdidahs
of the reign of Shuhjahun and Aurangzib.
Add. 7761.
FoU. 228; lOJ in. by 6; 11 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, with 'Unvfins, and gold
headings; dated Jumada I., A.U. 083 (A.D.
1576). [a. J. Rich.]
Tlie Divfin of Hufiz, with the same preface.
Contents : Ghazals, fol. 6 b. Kasidahs,
^B' J^yt- ijJj-i c:.».*.y.> yr cjVf *^/- ^ ' ^"'•
192 b. Ma^navis, fol. 199 a. Tarji'-bands, fol.
206 a. Kit'ahs, fol. 212 a. Ruba'is, fol. 220 b.
Copyist : ^'.C^ ^jt*^ ^^ ij> ^jt^ ^];>\
Or. 1220.
Foil. 194; 7 in. by 3i ; 12 lines, 2 in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, ornamental headings, and six mi-
niatures in the Persian style, apparently in
the 16th century. [Alex. Jaba.]
The same Divan, without the Kasidahs.
Grenville xli.
Foil. 258; 5 in. by 3; 10 Unes, If in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with *Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
16th century ; bound in painted covers.
The same Divan, wanting about forty
leases at the hepinning, and not including
the Kasidahs.
It contains nineteen miniatures, in the
Indian style, and of a high degree of finish,
but partly defaced.
Prefixed is a letter of Wm. Marsden to
the Hon. Thomas Grenville, describing the
MS.
Add. 8890.
Foil. 147 ; M in. by 3 ; 15 lines, 1| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, with 'Unvfrn
and gold-ruled margins ; dated Jumada,
A.H. 1020 (A.D. 1611).
The same Divun, without the Kasidahs.
Copyist : J->J;-.l ^J^i .^^ -^ ^^. 2Ji\ ^\
On the cover is written : " Given by Sr.
R. C. to At'her Ali Khan, and by him
bequeathed to Sir W. Jones."
Add. 26,161.
Foil. 151; 8 in. by 4|; 15 lines, 2J in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with a rich
'Unviin and gold-ruled margins ; dated the
fourth year of Shahjahan (A.H. 1010—41,
A.D. 1631). [Wm. Erskinb.J
A copy of the same Diviin, containing,
besides the Ghazals, only one Masnavi, with
a few Kit'ahs and Ruba'is.
Copyist : v/}^^-> ^^ <^
630
POETRY.— HAPIZ.
The first page contains several *Arzdidahs
and seals of the reign of Shahjahan.
Add. 16,762.
FoU. 200 ; 11 in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, with 'Unvan ; dated RabI' I.,
A.H. 1053 (A.D. 1643). [Wm. Yule.]
The same Divan, without the Kasidahs.
Copyist: i^ajJaUl jj* U^^ f^ jjui ^\ j.-p
The volume contains eleven miniatures,
partly in Indian, and partly in Persian style,
which did not originally belong to it.
On the fly-leaf is written : " Wm. Yule,
from his friend Col. D. Ochterlony, Dehli,
10 Sept., 1805."
Add. 5625.
Foil. 213; 8i in. by 5|; 17 Unes, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvans and
ruled margins ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. 1082,
(A.D. 1672).
The same Divan, with the preface of Mu-
hammad Gul-andam, and the Kasidahs.
Copyist : i^y»^ *Jl« ii-*s*
Add. 7762.
Foil. 195; 5| in. by 3^; 16 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in a cursive character ; dated
Zulhijjah, A.H. 1109 (A.D. 1698).
[CI. J. Rich.]
The same Divan.
Copyist: Jj ^^J.xo-
Add. 25,815.
Foil. 270; 9 in. by 5i; 15 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated Jumada I., A.H.
1161, the first year of Ahmad Shah (A.D.
1749). * [Wm. Ctjreton.]
The same Divan, with the preface of Mu-
hammad Gul-andam, and the Kasidahs.
At the end, foil. 268 — 270, is an anonymous
tract on the spiritual meaning attached by
Sufis to the names of sensual objects, sub-
stantially agreeing with the treatise of Sayyid
'All Hamadilni, mentioned further on.
Copyist : o^Uu- jjw.aS ^^'^*J <»D\ ^jiM -^
Add. 7763.
Foil. 404; 9i in. by 5^; 12 lines, 3i in.
long; written in Nestalik, with two "Unvans,
illuminated borders, and 112 miniatures in
the Indian style ; written apparently in the
18th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The same Divan, to which are prefixed —
1. The Preface of Muhammad Gul-andam,
fol. 1 b. 2. Exposition of the spiritual
meaning of words in the Divan of Hafiz, by
Amir Sayyid 'Ali Hamadani (see p. 447 6),
fol. 7 6—12 a.
Add. 27,264.
FoU. 252; 9 J in. by 6^; 13 lines, 3| in.
long, in a page ; written in Indian Nestalik ;
dated Rajab, A.H. 1226 (A.D. 1811).
[Sir John Malcolm.]
The same Divan, with the preface of Gul-
andam, and the Kasidahs. Prefixed are
some observations on the spiritual meaning
of some words in the Divan, partly taken
from Sayyid 'All Hamadani, fol. 1 a, and a
notice on the life of Hafiz, from the Habib
us-Siyar, and Nafahat ul-Uns, fol. 4 b.
Add. 4946.
Foil. 153; 9i in. by 5|; 15 lines, 3| in.
POETRY.— HAFIZ.
631
long; written in Indian Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century. [Claud Russell.]
Another copy of the same Divan, contain-
ing only the Ghazals, a few Kit'ahs, and a
short Ma^naTi.
Add. 23,550.
Poll. 209; 7i in. by 5J; 13 Unes, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik, probably in the
18th century. [Rob. Tatlob.]
The same Diyfin.
Or. 1367.
FoU. 309 ; 12^ in. by Sj; 11 lines. 4j in.
long; written in Nestalik, with *Unvan and
gfold-rulcd margins, apparently in the 18th
century. [Sib Cuas. Alzx. Muhray.]
The same Divan, imperfect at the end.
Add. 6620.
Foa 200 ; 7 in. by 3J ; 11 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century. [J. F. Hull.]
The same Divan, slightly defective at
beginning and end.
Add. 7764.
Poll. 219; 7 in. by 4; li Unes, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with an Tnvan,
illuminated borders, and sixteen miniatures
in the Indian style ; dated Zulka'dah, A.H.
1215 (A.D. 1801) ; bound in painted covers.
[CI. J. Rich.J
The same Divan.
Or. 1417.
FoU. 170; 12 in. by 6|; 15 lines, 3} in.
long J written in Nestalik, as stated, in
Kashmir; dated A.H. 1264 (A.D. 1848).
The same Divan.
Add. 7765.
Foil. 264; 8i in. by 5J; 20 lines, 3i in.
long; written in a cursive Nestalik, ap-
parently in the 17th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
A Turkish commentary upon the Divan of
Hafiz, by Sururl, grjj-» (see p. 606 a).
Beg. ^Jojs f^J'^^ ii»ft»- ij^\ ^ .i*^^
The author states, in a short Turkish pre-
face, that he had written this commentary
for some religious friends, with the object of
fully disclosing the spiritual sense of the
Divan.
This copy breaks off in the middle of the
letter y
See Haj. Zhal., vol. iii. p. 273, and the
Manich Catalogue, p. 26.
Or. 29.
Poll. 239 ; 8i in. by 5J ; 23 lines, 8J in.
long; written in a small Turkish Naskhi,
apparently in the 17th century.
[G. C. Renouard.]
A commentary upon the Divan of Hafiz
by Maulanil Sham*i Efendi, ^c^\ njl, U^j*
(see p. 607 a).
Beg. jK^ u^\ii^ »^^j^^ c^>. ^ J-»»-
In a short Persian preface the author
informs us that he had written the present
work by desire of his protector, Alimad Fari-
dun. It contains the text, followed by a
Turkish paraphrase and a few verbal expla-
nations.
The subscription, apparently transcribed
from the author's own, states that the com-
mentary bad been completed at the end of
Zulhijjah, A.H. 981. See Haj. Khal., vol. iii.
p. 273, and Krafft's Catalogue, p. 67.
Or. 312.
FoU. 113 ; 9| in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3g in.
long ; written in cursive Indian Nestalik, on
silver-sprinkled paper; dated Patnah, Ju-
mada II., A.H. 1072 (A.D. 1661).
[Geo. "Wm. Hamilton.]
C32
POETRY. — A.H. 700—800.
*3^ jy
The Divan of Mas'ud of Bak, i^ a^xJU-
Beg. Ll^li j\yb ijfij^^ >^y j^ t.? JJ^ <»U Jk-^'
The author, who sometiuies uses Mas'ud i
Bak (but still oftener Mas'ud) as his Takhal-
lus, was so called, according to Ilahi, Oude
Catalogue, p. 84, followed by the Iliyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 410, from Bak, a dependency of
Bukhara. He was, as stated in the Akhbar
ul-Akhyar, fol. 137, a relative of Sultan Fi-
ruz Shah (A.H. 752—790), and bore in his
early life the title of Shir Khan. When he
renounced the world, he took for his spiritual
guide Shaikh Rukn ud-Din B. Shaikh Shi-
hab ud-Din, Imam of Nizam ud-Din Auliya,
and became a fervent adept of the Chishti
order. By his mystic exaltation and reckless
utterances he made himself obnoxious to
the 'Ulama, by whom he was sentenced to
death, as stated in Tabakat i Shahjahani,
A.H. 800. He was buried near the tomb of
the famous saint Kutb ud-Din, in old Dehli.
He left, besides his Divan, a treatise entitled
Tamhidat on the plan of a work of the same
name by *Ain ul-Kuzat Hamadani (p. 411 6),
and another called Mir'at ul-'Arifln. See
Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 486.
The author says, in a short preamble, that
he had composed this work called Nur ul-
Yakin at the request of his brother Nasir ud-
Din Muhammad, that it might give light to
the eyes of friends and serenity to the bosom
of the godly.
The Divan, which is entirely of a religious
and mystic character, contains Kasidahs, fol.
3 a, Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 19 b,
and Ruba'is similarly arranged, fol. 95 a.
Several of the Kasidahs are in praise of
the author's spiritual guide Rukn ud-Din,
whose proper name, 'Ugmiln, appears in the
following lines, fol. 13 b :
jU^ jJ^ ^los ^\ ^\^ ^.^ u<; ^
U* JJ^**"* ^"^ J^ ;_r**^ vl««»jl JL»>- J^
Other poems are addressed to Shaikh Na-
slr ud-Din, no doubt the celebrated Chiragh
i Dilili (see p. 41 J), who was also, according
to Ilahl, a religious instructor of Mas'ud. His
name occurs on fol. 24 b :
\ }^.^ J>y ^^ ^j J^ i:r-* ^'^^ /
Add. 19,496.
Foil. 177 ; 6i in. by 4| ; 13 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century.
The Divan of Kamfil Khujandi.
Shaikh Kamal was born and grew up in
Khujand, a town of Mavara un-Nahr; but,
after performing a pilgrimage to Mecca, he
settled in Tabriz, where Sultan Husain B.
Shaikh Uvais (A.H. 776—784) built for him
a monastery(Khankah),and where his renown
as a devotee and religious teacher drew to
him numbers of disciples. Tughtilmish,
Khan of Kipchak, when returning from his
raid upon Tabriz in Zulka'dah, A.H. 787 (see
Matla' us-SaMain, fol. 185), took him to his
capital Sariii, where Kamal remained four
years. He afterwards returned to Tabriz,
then the residence of Mlran Shah, son of
Timiir, by whom he was treated with con-
siderate attention. There he died, accord-
ing to Jiiml, Nafahat, p. 712, in A.H. 803, a
date adopted by Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii.,
Juz 3, p. 90, Ilaft Ikllm, fol. 601, Tabakat i
Shahjahani, fol. 35, Mirat ul-Khayal, fol. 41,
and Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 383.
Daulatshah places the same event in A.H.
792. But this is inconsistent with his own
account ; for, according to him, Kamal lived
many years after his return from Sarai,
which cannot have taken place earlier than
A.H. 791 or 792. According to the Majalis
POETRY.— A.H. 700—800.
633
ul-TIshshak (see p. 352 i), Kamal Khujandi
died A.H. 808.
Jaml says in the Baharistan that Eamal
imitated the style of Hasan Dihlavi (p. 618 a),
but surpassed him in subtlety of thought.
He is said to have been much admired by his
contemporary Hufiz.
Notices on his life have been given by
Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 255, Ouseley,
Notices, pp. 192 and 106, Bland, Century of
Ghazals, iii., and Dr. Sprenger, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 454.
The present copy contains Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, fol. 1 a, Kit^hs, fol. 169 a, and
a few Ruba*is, fol. 176 b. It wants all the
Ghazals in the letter | but the last seven.
Among the Kit aha is found one in which
the poet compares himself with his name-
sake Kamul Isfahuni (Oude Catalogue, p. 455),
and another relating to the invasion of Tugh-
tamish, fol. 174 a :
Copies are mentioned in Fleischer's Dres-
den Catalogue, p. 7, Vienna Catalogue, vol. i.
p. 557. Miinich Catalogue, p. 27, and Biblio-
theca Sprenger., No. 1428.
Add. 7739.
FoU. 104; 5 J in. by 3%; 12 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan Maghribi.
Maghribi, whose original name was Mu-
hammad Shirin, was bom, according to Taki
Auhadi, quoted in Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 413,
in the town of Nain, province of Isfahan,
and took his poetical name from a Maghribi
VOL. u.
Shaikh by whom he had been invested with
the Khirkah of the Sufi order of Ibn ul-
*Arabi. He was a disciple of Shaikh Isma il
Sisi, lived in Tabriz on terms of friendship
with Kamal Khujandi, and was, like him,
better known as a Sufi than as a poet. He
is said to have been in great favour with
Miran Shah, until he was supplanted by his
more celebrated contemporary. According
to Jami, Nafahat, p. 713, followed by the
I^abib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 91, and
by Taki Kashi, Oude Catalogue, p. 19, Magh-
ribi died in Tabriz A.H. 809. Taki Auhadi
and the Majalis ul-TJshshak (p. 252 b) give
A somewhat earlier date, A.H. 807.
See Dr. Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 476 ;
compare Ouseley's Notices, p. 106, and Ham-
mer, Redekiinste, p. 78, where three poems
of Maghribi are wrongly ascribed to Amir
Mu'izzi.
Contents: Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 b. Tarji'-bands, fol. 80 b. Rubais in
alphabetical order, fol. 100 b.
The Divan, which is mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. iiL p. 315, and in the Bibliotheca
Sprenger., No. 1444, has been printed in
Persia, A.H. 1280. See Dorn, Melanges
Asiatiques, vol. y. p. 524.
Add. 6623.
Foil. 80; 9i in. by 5 ; 19 lines, 3 in. long;
written in Indian Nestalik ; dated Rabi' II.,
A.H. 1177 (A.D. 1703). [J. F. Huix.J
The same Divan, somewhat differently
arranged.
Beg. U J^jij^ C-^r-J »i i^ j^ *»^
U Jo j'ij^. t^VV *^^ ^yi A^^ *?-
Foil. 75 — 80 contain some poetical extracts
and a fragment of an Arabic-Persian vocabu-
lary.
Add. 25,824.
FoU. 35 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 18 lines, 3i in.
D D
634
POETRY.— A.H. 800—900.
long; written in Nestalik ; dated Safar, A.H.
1096 (A.D. 1685). [Wm.' Cureton.]
"The treasure of appetite," a collection of
poems, with a prose preface by the author.
Author : Jamal ud-Din Abu Ishak, sur-
named Hallaj, ^j^\ J^ yj^ tiH*^^ J^
Hakim Jamal ud-Din Abu Ishak, com-
monly called &^:i)l JU^*'^ yl, or Abu Ishak
the gastronomer, designates himself in his
verses by the takhallus rj^-, a contraction
of j\^^ ji\. He was a native of Shiraz and
a favourite of Sultan Iskandar B. 'Umar
Shaikh, grandson of Timur and viceroy of
Fars, A.H. 812 — 817. He died, according
to the Tabakat i Shahjahani, fol. 75, A.H.
819, or, as stated in the Mir'at ul-*Alam, fol.
475, A.H. 827. See also Taki Kashi and
Ilahi, Oude Catalogue, pp. 19, 68, Haft Ik-
lim, fol. 99, and Mir'at ul-Khayal, fol. 44.
He says in the preface that he was in his
youth ambitious to achieve renown in poetry,
but, coming after so many great poets, as the
latest of whom he names Kamal Khujandi
and Hafiz, he was at a loss what new theme
to select, when his beloved came in and sug-
gested one by complaining of the loss of her
appetite, for the restoration of which he
wrote the present work.
The poems, which are in the form of Gha-
zals and Ruba'is, describe, in a curious tra-
vesty of the lyric style, various products of
the culinary art. See Haj. KhaL, vol. v.
p. 248, and the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i.
p. 415.
Poll. 33 — 35 contain a fragment of a
description of Kashmir by Paizi.
Add. 7811.
Poll. 319; 9^ in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 2f in.
long; written partly in Naskhi, and partly
in Nestalik; apparently in the 16th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Ni'mat UUah, commonly
caUed Ni'mat Ullah Vall.
Amir Nur ud-Din Ni'mat Ullah, who Avas,
according to his own statement in this Divan,
fol. 309, a son of Mir 'Abd UUah, and a
descendant of the Imam Bakir, is revered,
especially by Shi'ahs, as a great saint, and
worker of miracles, and was the founder of
a religious order, called after him Ni'matul-
lahi. It is stated in a contemporary Mana-
kib, written for 'Ala ud-Din Shah Bahmani
(A.H. 838—862), Add. 16,837, foil. 339—
355, that he was born in Halab, A.H. 730 or
731, but grew up in Irak, and went in his
twenty-fourth year to Mecca, where he stayed
seven years, and became a disciple and Kha-
hfah of Shaikh 'Abd Ullah Yafi*! (who died
A.H. 768 ; see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 427).
He lived afterwards successively in Samar-
kand, Herat, and Yazd, attracting everywhere
crowds of disciples, and finally settled in
Mahan, eight farsangs from Kirman, where
he spent the last twenty-five years of his
life, and died on the 22nd of Eajab, A.H.
834, at the age of 103 or 104 lunar years.
In a later, but much more circumstantial
account of his life, the Jami' i Muf IdT, Or.
210, foil. 2 — 36, the same day and year are
given as the date of his death, which is con-
firmed by several contemporary chronograms.
'Abd ur-Razzak, who visited the saint's
tomb A.H. 845, says in the Matla' us-
Sa'dain, fol. 167, that Ni'mat Ullah Vall
died on the 25th of Rajah, A.H. 834. The
same year is mentioned in Habib us-Siyar,
vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 143, Lubb ut-Tavarikh,
fol. 177, and Tabakat i Shahjahani, fol. 53.
POETRY.— A.H. 800—900.
635
Daulatshah, who places his death in A.H.
827, is followed by Taki Kashi, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 19, Majrdis ul-Muminin, fol. 299,
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 451, and Mir'at ul-
'Alam, fol. 110. Compare Hammer, Rede-
kunste, p. 223, and Sprenger, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 517.
Ni*mat TJllah Vali was treated by Shahrukh
with great consideration, and the king of Deo-
can, Ahmad Shah Bahmani (A,H. 825—838),
obtained as a singular favour the sending of
one of the saint's grandchildren to his court.
After the saint's death two others of his
grandsons, Sh&h Habib Ullah and Shfih
Muhibb Ullah, went to the Deccan, with
their father Khalil Ullah, and rose to high
rank at the Bahmani court. See Firishtah,
vol. i. p. 633. A detailed account of those of
his descendants who remained in Persia, and
intermarried with the Safaris, is to be found
in the above quoted Jami* i MuTidi. The
holy Sayyid's tomb in MuhAn is a much fre-
quented place of pilgrimage. He left, besides
his Divan, a collection of Sufi tracts, the
number of which is said to exceed five
hundred.
The present copy of the Div.in, which con-
sists of poems of religious and mystic cha-
racter, is imperfect at beginning and end.
Its contents are as follows : — A miscellaneous
series of Ma^navls, Kasidahs, Ghazals, and
RubuMs, without any apparent system of
arrangement, fol. la. (It contains a piece
composed A.H. 777, foL 30, in which a
description of the distracted state of the
world is followed by a prophecy of the ap-
proaching reign of the promised Imam.)
Ghazals, alphabetically arranged, fol. 41 a.
Ma^navis, fol. 303 a. Rubft'is, alphabetically
arranged, breaking off in the letter j, foil.
310 o— 316 b.
The series of Ghazals, which begins
has after fol. 302 a lacune extending from ^
to (••
Three copies of the same Divan are men-
tioned in Bibliotheca Sprenger., Nos. 1470
—1472.
Foil. 1 — 6 contain a prose tract by the
same author, imperfect at the end, on the
means of attaining spiritual insight, with
the heading iJ'^\ XJU*, ^J «Jj.
Fol. 317 contains the end of a versified
tract on ascetic life, called in the sub-
scription iila!\ SJU-^V
• At the end of the volume, foil. 317 6—319,
is a Tarji'-band, ascribed to Khwiijah yafiz,
in praise of Imam 'Ali Riza, with the burden
It is written by another hand ; the tran-
scriber, Muhammad Kasim of Isfahan, dates
Zulka'dah, A.H. 971.
Add. 7091.
Foil. 220; 9 in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3} in.
long; written in fair Nestalik with gold-
ruled margins ; dated Muharram, A.U. 962
(AD. 1554).
The Divan of Kasim i Anvar.
Beg. ^\ij6s»j^ lOjbj
b^-
Sayyid Kasim, or Kasim i Anvar, whose
original name was Mu*in ud-Din 'Ali, is, like
the preceding, a saint of great renown with
the Slu'ahs. He was born in Sarah (Yakut's
Sarav), in the district of Tabriz, A.H. 757,
and had for religious instructors Shaikh
Sadr ud-Din Ardablli, an ancestor of the
Safavis, and, after him. Shaikh Sadr ud-Din
'Ali Yamani, a disciple of Shaikh Auhad ud-
Din Kirmani (see p. 619 a). After staying
some time in Gilan, he went to Khorasan,
D D 2
636
POETRY.— A.H. 800—900.
and settled in Herat, where lie lived during
the reigns of Tlmur and Shahrukh. There
disciples flocked to him in such numbers,
and he acquired so great an influence, as to
give umbrage to the sovereign. 'Abd ur-
Razzak relates in the Matla' us-Sa'dain, fol.
155, that in A.H. 830, Shahrukh having been
stabbed in the Masjid of Herat by a certain
Ahmad Lur, Sayyid Kasim was charged by
Mirza Baisunghar with having harboured
the intended assassin, and was obliged to
leave Herat and repair to Samarkand, where
he found a protector in Mirza Ulugh Beg.
He returned, however, some years later, to
Khorasan, and took up his abode in Kharjird,
a town of the district of Jam, where he died
in A.H. 837. See Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 689,
Lata'if Namah, fol. 5, Majalis ul-'Ushshak
(p. 352 b), Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3,
p. 145, Lubb ut-Tavarikh, fol. 112, and Haft
Iklim, fol. 509.
Daulatshah alone has an earlier date for
the death of Sayyid Kasim, viz. A.H. 835.
See Hammer, Eedekiinste, p. 285, Bland,
Century of Ghazals, vi., and Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 533.
The Divan, in which the poet uses some-
times ^y>, sometimes (_j.*jIJ>, for his Takhallus,
contains — Ghazals alphabetically arranged,
fol. lb. A Tarji'-band, fol. 203 b. Ghazals
and Kit'ahs, some of which are in Turkish,
others partly in the Gilani dialect, fol. 208 a.
Rubais, fol. 216 b.
Copyist: ^^■x^'^ J.& sxm ^^ ^\ o.^
Copies of the Divan are mentioned in the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 559, the Gotha
Catalogue, p. 101, the Munich Catalogue,
p. 28, and the Bibliotheca Sprenger., No. 1491
—1493.
Add. 25,825.
Foil. 167 ; lOi in. by 7^ ; 17 lines, 4 in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, in the 18th century. [Wm. Cureton.]
The same Divan, containing only the
Ghazals, and wanting the latter part of the
letter ^^ .
Add. 18,874.
Foil. 242; 8^ in. by 6; 15 lines, 4 in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
15th century.
I. Fol. 1 b. The same Divan, containinsr :
Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 1 b. A
miscellaneous series of Ghazals, Kit ahs, and
Masnavis, fol. 196 b. Rubah's, fol. 204 a.
Mar§iyahs on Mir Ghiya§, Mir Makhdum,
and Khwajah Hasan 'Attar, fol. 208 b. A
Masnavi,containing, according to the heading,
a prediction of the death of Timur, fol. 209 b.
A Magnavi treating of the various degrees in
ascetic life, ^i^^LJ) CjUla* ^, fol. 211 b.
See the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 559.
II. Fol. 214 b.
A Ma§navi by the same poet, treating of
the meanings attached by the Sufis to the
words " soul," er^ , " spirit," ^_,j, " heart,"
i_-V», "intellect" Jas, and "love," j,^s>,
with a short prose preface beginning ul*!*
&::Uv iJL*lfrj &:L»la5- clA>- ];i}^i>-, in which the
author calls himself ^\ j^ cJj^^^ri^a^ u'- ti*
j_jv«"\i)b j;^s^\ ij}^jiJ^^ Sr''^*^^ j^la!^- It is
stated in the introduction, fol. 220 b, that
the poem was written in answ^er to some
questions which were put to the author
when he was about twenty years old.
A copy of this work is mentioned, without
author's name, in the Vienna Catalogue, vol.
iii. p. 506. The last verses are those of the
poem described, without title, in the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 119. Other copies are
noticed in the Gotha Catalogue, p. 101, and
in the St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 389.
III. Fol. 231 b. >:>lc^\ i\^^, "Tract of
the Trust," a Sufi work in prose and verse,
by the same.
POETRY.— A.H. 800—900.
637
^^S- j'j!)*** o^'"^ (_r? '^'•^ J 0-U-* J j^
By »iU\ " Trust," the author understands
spiritual insight, as the true scope of man's
creation. He refers incidentally, fol. 237 a,
to an interview he had in Herat, A.H. 779,
with Maulana Zahir ud-Dln Khalvatl. This
tract, which is quoted in the Nafahat, p. 692,
is described, without title, in the Gotha
Catalogue, p. 101.
Or. 1224.
Foil. 237; 6^ in. by 4^ ; 15 Unes, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
16th century. [Alex. J aba..]
I. Fol. 1 a. The Divan of Kasim i Anvar,
wanting the first page, and containing
Ghazals, Kifahs, fol. 192 b, a Tarji'-band,
foL 194 b, and Ruba'is, fol. 199 a.
n. Fol. 203 b. Anis ul-'AriTin; see
above, art. ii.
in. Fol. 225 b. Risalat ul-Amanah; see
above, art. ill.
Add. 7768.
Foil. 349; 8 J in. by 5J; 19 lines, 2i in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unv&ns,
gold-ruled margins, and gilt headings ; dated
Zulhijjah, A.H. 867 (A.D. 1453).
[CI. J. Rich.]
The KuUiyat, or collected works, of Katibi.
Eutibi, who calls himself Muhammad B.
*Abd Ullah un-Nisupuri, was bom in Tarshiz,
but studied in NishApur, and took his
poetical surname from his early application
to the art of penmanship under the celebrated
poet and calligrapher Simi in the latter place.
He went thence to Herat, and composed
poems in praise of Timur, Shahrukh, and
the lattor's son Mirza Baisunghar (who died
A.H. 837), but, failing to obtain adequate
recognition, he left the court in disgust, and,
after wandering through Astrabad and Gilan,
he found a generous patron in the ruler of
Shirvan, Mirza Shaikh Ibrahim (who died
A.H. 820, after a reign of twenty-five years;
see Lubb ut-Tavarlkh, fol. 153), whose
reckless liberalities he squandered with
equal lavishness. From Shirvan, after a short
stay in Azarbflijan, obtaining but scant
notice from its sovereign, Amir Iskandar B.
Kara Yusuf (A.H. 824—838), he repaired to
Isfahan, where he was initiated to Sufism by
Khwajah Sa'in ud-Din Tarikah (who died
•AH. 835; see p. 42 a). Ho finally settled
in Astrabad, where he began writing a
Khamsah in imitation of Nizami, but had
scarcely achieved the counterpart of the
Makhzan ul-Asrar, when he was carried off
by the plague in A.H. 838 or 839.* Another
poem, however, the Laila Majnun, evidently
belonging to the Khamsah, is noticed in
the St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 366.
Notices on Katibi are to be found in Dau-
latshah, vi. 12, Lata'if Namah, fol. 7, Habib
us-8iyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 149, Majalis ul-
Muminin, fol. 549, Tabakat i Sbahjahrinl,
fol. 77, Haft Iklim, fol. 313, and Riyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 381. Compare Hammer, Rede-
kiin8te,p.281,Ou8eley, Notices, p. 188, Bland,
Century of Ghazals, v., and Dr. Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 457.
Copies of the Divan of Katibi are noticed
in the Leyden Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 119, the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 661, and the
Bibliotheca Sprenger., No. 1429. Other
portions of the Kulliyat are mentioned in
the St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 366, the
Upsala Catalogue, p. 104, and the Gotha
Catalogue, p. 76.
I. Fol. 1 b. The Divan, with the heading,
^j^^ cJj^^ i/j^W -^^ (i;*'*'^ LT^ u'^-*^
» A plague, which raged with unexampled violence
in Herat, if recorded in the Matia' us-Sa'dain under A.H.
83S.
638
POETRY.— A.H. 800—900.
Beg. ftli-U^^ u^^ c^"^ J^L?I
Contents: Kasldahs, arranged according
to the persons to wliom they are addressed.
The first are in praise of God, Muhammad,
*Ali, and the author's spiritual preceptor
Khwajah Sain ud-Din. The next following
are addressed to Timur, Shahrukh, Baisun-
ghar, Shah Ibrahim, king of Shirvan, his son
the Shahzadah Minuchihr, and persons of
less note. Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 89 b. Mukatta'at, fol. 186 b. Eubais
and Fardiyyat, fol. 193 b.
II. Fol. 200 J. j\j-^\ ^J±^s=>, "The rose-
garden of the godly," a religious poem
in imitation of the Makhzan ul-Asrar of
Nizami.
Beg. ^.jSp^y)/, iS.A.^'^Jo ^,^J\ ^^^J'\ aUI*--?
III. Fol. 224 b. ^^j^^ ^, " The confluent
of the two seas," or metres (a poem so called
because it may be read in two different
measures), with a short prose preface, begin-
ning ^^ J j,V^\ j^ O^ j\ j.lcx*
Beg. of the poem : —
The poem, which treats of the loves of
Nazir and Manziir, in the allegorical sense
familiar to the Sufis, is often called ^ A^O
IV. Fol. 258 b. ^b j^, " The tenBabs," or
chapters, a poem containing moral precepts
and anecdotes, in the style of the Bustan.
Beg. ■.\^J6 fi\s,j^jOc:^j ^\
In the conclusion Katibi addresses his son
'Inayat, for whom the poem was written.
The headings are given in the Upsala Cata-
logue, p. 104. A poem with the same begin-
ning is described in the Gotha Catalogue,
p. 77, under the title of Tajnisat.
V. Fol. 293 b. *.li ^;' The thirty letters,"
a poem on the loves of Muhibb and Mahbub,
so called from the thirty love -letters which
it contains.
Beg.
■U J ^_/i ,»^ «*^ ,_^ J^J
The poem is often referred to by the title
of I— >^f^ J U-A^
VI. Fol. 385 b. ^\jj:, l-»Li/, " Bilrubai,"
an allegorical poem, treating of Kubad, King
of Yaman, and his crafty Vazir.
Beg.
'J J c^J t/J
Katibi wrote it, as he states in the intro-
duction, on returning after a long absence to
Gllan, and shortly after the death of Sultan
Riza (who died A.H. 829 ; see Jahanara, fol.
69). It is dedicated to the latter's successor,
Amir Kiya (Mir Sayyid Muhammad). In
the same passage are mentioned the poet's
former works, Dah Bab, SI Namah, Majma'
ul-Bahrain, and Jan u Dil.
Copyist: Jc j^VkU
Add. 24,953.
Foil. 309 ; 7 in. by 4^ ; 15 Hues, 2| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with three
Unvans, and gold-ruled margins; dated
Astrabad, Jumada I., A.H. 883 (AD. 1478).
[Lord Aberdeen.]
Another copy of the KuUiyat of Katibi,
containing— the Divan, fol. 1 b. Dah Bab,
fol. 212 b. Majma' uI-Bahrain, fol. 254 b.
Gulshan i Abrar, fol. 295 b.
The last poem wants the latter half, cor-
responding to foil. 212—223 of the preceding
copy.
Transcriber : ^J\ JiU ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^
POETRY.— A.n. 800—900.
639
Add. 21,588.
FoU. 119 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins; dated Safar, A.H. 1023 (A.D.
1614).
The Diran of Eatibi, wanting the Kasi-
dahs.
Beg. U jU/ »/j kZj^\^^j>^ j'iT
Copyist : i^^ .>yi— •
On the first page is a note signed Sultfin
Muhammad Kutubshah, stating that the MS.
had been written by Mas'ud in the royal
library at Haidarabud.
Add. 22,702.
Foil. 83; 7| in. by 4^ ; 12 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in neat Nestalik, with'Unvan
and gold headings; dated ShirSz, Ramazan,
A.H. 889 (A.D. 1484). [Sir Joun Campbell.]
The Divan of Ehayali, JV^ ^^^^
Beg. ^^ wlji^j* ^/^^^ u^/»-»; a'
MaulAna Ehayali, of BukharS, was a pupil
of his townsman Khwajah 'Ismat, who died
A.H. 829. Khayali died, according to the
fabakut i Shahjahanl, fol. 94, during the
reign of Ulugh Beg (A.H. 860—853). See
Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Ju2 3, p. 161, La^u'lf
Nfunah, fol. 9, Daulatshuh, vi. 19, Sprenger,
Oudc Catalogue, p. 465, and Hammer, Rede-
kiinste, p. 279.
. Contents : Two Kasidahs in praise of God
and Muhammad, fol. 1 b. Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, fol. 4 b. Tarji* in praise uf
'All, fol. . 80 a. Kasidah in praise of the
author's master, Kliwujah *Ismat IJllah,
fol. 81 b. Kifahs, Ruba*is and FardiyyAt,
fol. 83 a.
Add. 27,266.
Foil. 31 ; 8 in. by 5 ; 10 lines, 2^ in. long ;
written in elegant Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
and gilding between the lines throughout,
probably in the 16th century.
[Sir John Malcolm.]
Qal Nimah, a Magna vi by 'Arifi, iXs. .
Beg. 1^/ JU uj—- ^ utjj ^^^j
Maulanu Mahmud 'Arifi, sumamed the
second Salman, ^j'j ^^U-*, lived in Herat, his
native city, under Shiihrukh, and died there,
according to the Tabakat i Shahjahani, fol.
96, A.H. 853. He left, besides various poems,
among which the present is mentioned by
Jami, Baharistan, as the best, a versified
treatise on law, and a Dab Niimah dedicated
to the Vazir Khwajah Pir Ahmad B, Ishfik.
See Daulatshuh, vii. 4, Habib us-Siyar,
vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 150, Latll'if Namah, fol. 42,
and nrihl, Oude Catalogue, p. 80.
Although entitled Hal Namah by the
author, fol. 29,
^JUU *«U JW is^ ^J\»^ (^l»3 |,l»-L«» M mU ^Ji\
the present poem is better known, from its
subject, as J^^ j ^S9^. It is an allegory,
in which the ball and the bat are personified
as types of mystic love, and all the images
are borrowed from the favourite game of
Chaugan. The author wrote it, as he states
in the epilogue, in the space of two weeks,
in the year indicated by the chronogram
jj_i. ij/', i.e. A.H. 842, in the following
lines, fol. 29:—
He says in the same passage that he was
then past fifty years of age, and adds, in a
second epilogue, that he had been rewarded
by the prince to whom he presented the
poem with the gift of a horse and a thousand
Dinars.
The Guy u Chaugan was written, accord-
640
POETRY.— A.H. 800—900.
ing to the Tabakat i Shabjaliani, in Shiraz, for
Mirza *Abd Ullah B. Ibrahim Sultan B.
Shahrukh. Mirza 'Abd Ullah succeeded
his father as viceroy of Pars in A.H. 838 ;
but he was dispossessed after the death of
Shahrukh by his cousin Mirza Sultan Mu-
hammad B. Mirzii Baisunghar, who had been
for fiv.e years governor of Irak. In the pre-
sent copy the dedication is addressed to
Sultan Muhammad, fol. 8 :
Copies are mentioned in the Leyden Cata-
logue, vol. ii. p. 123, the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 379, and the Miinich Catalogue,
p. 36. Compare Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 266.
Add. 23,612.
Poll. 49 ; 8f in. by 6 ; 7 lines, 3 in. long,
in a page ; written in fair Nestalik, on tinted
and gold -sprinkled paper, with 'Unvan and
ornamental designs on every page, probably
in the 16th century.
The Divan of Shahi, isli ^^ly^i
Beg. U tJl^-'L^" V ci^iai- (*\i 6JL«J (jtS-i ^^1
U (j:^y jM Jj\ Jjj J li^ «-Jr* u^.^
Amir Shahi, originally called Ak-Malik,
or Aka Malik, son of Amir Jamal ud-Din
Flruzkuhl, a scion of the princely family of
the Sarbadars, was born in Sabzavar, and
attached himself to Mirza Baisunghar, by
whose influence some of his paternal
estates in Sabzavar were restored to him.
There he lived in afiiuence, and found full
leisure to cultivate his artistic and literary
tastes. The latter part of his life was spent
in Astrabad, whither he had been called by
the son of his former patron, Mirzii Abul-
Kasim Biibur, to design some palaces, and
where he died A.H. 857, upwards of seventy
years old.
Notices on Amir Shah! will be found in
Daulatshah, vii. 1, Lata'if Namah, fol. 14,
Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 150, Haft
Ikllm, fol. 322, Majfilis ul-Muminin, fol. 661,
and Tabakat i ShabjahanI, fol. 115. Com-
pare Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 293, Ouseley,
Notices, p. 131, and Sprenger, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 563.
The Divan consists of Ghazals alpha-
betically arranged, with some Kit'ahs and
Ruba'is at the end. The present copy has
lost a few pages in the body of the volume,
and two or three at the end.
Other copies are noticed in the Leyden
Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 119, the Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. i. p. 562, the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 366, the Upsala Catalogue,
p. 105, and the Bibliotheca Sprenger., No.
1516.
Add. 7788.
Poll. 38 ; 8f in. by 5 ; 13 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins ; dated Rauzat un-Nabaviyyah (Me-
dina), end of A.H. 969 (A.D. 1562).
[CI. J. Rich.]
The same Divan, wanting the first page.
Copyist : ^J-i^ <^i^ j.j4-*^^ us*^ '^^
On the fly-leaf is a short Turkish notice
on the poet, an English translation of which
has been prefixed.
Or. 288.
Poll. 36; 8 in. by 5 ; 13 lines, 3^ in. long;
written in Nestalik, dated Kaurall, Par-
ganah of Palwal, Sha'ban, A.H. 1185 (A.D.
1771). [Geo. "Wm. Hamilton.]
The same Divan, wanting the Ghazals
in ij.
Add. 7769.
Poll. 217; 9h in. by 6}; 15 lines, 3 in.
POETRY.— A.H. 800—100.
641
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins; dated Samarkand,
Jumada II., A.H. 955 (A.D. 15-i8).
[CI. J. Rich.]
"The Lamp," a Ma§navT containing
thoughts on spiritual life, illustrated by
copious anecdotes of prophets, saints, and
fakirs, in the style and measure of the Ma^-
naTi of Jalal ud-Din Ruml.
Author : Rashid, ^f*-*
Beg. -ULJLJ^ Vjb.\^ fcl*-\Jj ^s^
In a heading written in gold on the first
page the author is called Rashid ud-Din
Muhammad ul-Asfara'ini,
r-^^(l^
SiO
j-»^ trijJl, *JJ^
It is stated in a note written on the fly-
leaf, and dated A.H. 1097, that he hiy buried
in Bahntbud, Asfara'in, with Shaikh Sa'd
ud-Din Hamavi and Shaikh Azari.
In the prologue the author states that he
had written this work with the permission of
his Shaikh, who is called, in a marginal ad-
dition, Uj^l fj^j 4UI MS- J-., and that it is
divided into three books, treating respectively
of love, fol. 46, dissolution, fol. 74 a, and long-
ing, fol. 169 b.
'}j ^ k::*- J^' *^J^ ^J* ^
The date of composition, A.H. 852, is
given in the following line at the end :
^\ i'!i\ j^ Iji^ j\ %ij:,ism y^
A^ JmI ^^\ jJ J i\^ J ,\^-.!Lm
See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 71, and Spren-
ger, Onde Catalogue, p. 542.
VOL. u.
Or. 355.
Foil. 33; 9| in. by 6J; 25 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in four gold-ruled columns,
in small Nestalik, with 'Unvan, apparently
in the 17th century. From the royal library
of Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The first half of the same work, corres-
ponding to foil. 1 — 102 of the preceding
copy.
Add. 7930.
Foil. 221 ; 9 in. by 4J ; 17 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvans and
gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century. [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—179. The Divans of Na'ili,
Vijdi, and Sabri, Turkish.
U. FoU. 181—221. The Divan of Naziri,
Beg. cl—^j-J tl*ij- J-*-» ^ »^ ^ \jij C^
The poet, who calls himself in two places,
foil. 216 o, 220 6, ^^, a native of TQs, or
Mashhad, lived in India, and most of his
Kasidahs are addressed to Sayyid Shah Kha-
lil-Ullah, on whose death he has a Mar^iyah,
fol. 189 6, and to his two sons and successors,
Shah Muhibb Ulkh, and Shah ^abib Ullah.
Both father and sons are described in the
twofold character of warlike princes and of
holy teachers. It appears from various pas-
sages that the poet had grown old in their
service, but not rich, as some piteous appeals
for money, food, and raiment, plainly testify.
It has been before stated (p. 635 a) that
Shah Khalil Ullah, son of Ni'mat Ullah Vali,
went, after his father's death, A.H. 834, to
the Deccan, and was received with the
highest marks of regard by Ahmad Shah
Bahmani. His sons enjoyed high rank and
great wealth under that prince and his suc-
cessor 'Ala ud-Din Shah (A.H. 838—862).
E fl
642
POETRY.— A.H. 800—900.
Hablb TJllah met with a violent deatli in
A.H. 864. See Eirishtab, Briggs' transla-
tion, vol. ii. pp. 419, 462. We learn from
the same author, Bombay edition, vol. i.
p. 628, that Mulla Nazirl was employed, with
Sami'I and others, in continuing the Bahman
Namah, or poetical history of the Bahmani
dynasty, which the author Azari (see p. 43 6)
had brought down to the reign of Humayun
Shah, A.H. 862—865.
Contents : Kasldahs, fol. 181 b. Ghazals,
without alphabetical arrangement, fol. 204 6.
Mukatta at, fol. 212 6. Euba'is, fol. 216 b.
Or. 1150.
FoU. 151 ; 8 in. by 51 ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, with ruled
margins, apparently in the 16th century.
[Alex. Jaba.]
A more extensive Divan of the same poet,
slightly imperfect at the beginning, con-
taining Kasldahs in alphabetical order, fol.
1 a. Ghazals similarly arranged, fol. 122 b.
Kit'ahs, fol. 139 a. Euba'is, fol. 146 a.
Add. 19,766.
EolL 362; 14 in. by lOf ; 19 lines, 6^ in.
long ; written in large Nestalik, in four
columns enclosed by gilt borders, with rich
'Unvans ; dated Bamazan, A.H. 1097 (A.D.
1686). Bound in painted and glazed covers.
Khavar Namah, a poem in the epic metre
on the warlike deeds of 'All, and his com-
panions, Malik and Abu 1-Mihjan.
Author : Ibn Husam, ^L^ ^^\
Beg. ^^\JL:i^,i m\> ^J>Ji ji)*:;-^
J\M>' Jm J^ (jtAi ^^
Maulana Muhammad B. Husam ud-Din,
known as Ibn Husam, was born, according
to Daulatshah, in Khusaf, i_A->ji.,' or, as
written in some copies, u_i-»^, in the
Kuhistan of Khorasan, where he is said to
have led the life of a peasant, and to have
composed his poems in the fields. He boasts,
in the epilogue of the present poem, his
proud independence. Having reduced hie
wants to one barley loaf a day, he scorned
the banquets of kings :
«i>j^ *»pa«>
u-
,Jk_/C
He died A.H. 875, leaving, besides his
Khavar Namah, numerous poems in praise
of the Imams, which are highly popular
with the Shi'ahs. See the Majalis ul-
Muminin, fol. 555, Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii.,
Juz 3, p. 336, where A.H. 893 is given as
the date of his death, Tabakat i Shahjaliani,
fol. 139, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 23, and the
Atashkadah, fol. 40, where he is noticed
under Khwaf. Compare Hammer, Rede-
kiinste, p. 297, and Sprenger, Oude Cata-
logue, pp. 19, 68, and 432.
The poem was written, as stated in the
prologue, in imitation of the Shahnamah of
EirdusI, for whom the author expresses the
highest admiration. Its matter, professedly
borrowed from an Arabic work, is pure
fiction. It relates to the battles and single
combats fought by 'AH and his companions,
with the Shah i Kliavaran, named Kubad,
with other heathen kings called Tahmas
Shah, and Sisan Shah, and with hosts of Divs
and dragons.
The date of composition, A.H. 830, is
given in the following verses of the epilogue,
in which the title of the poem ajopears in
' Khusaf is, according to Hafi? Abru, fol. 180, a district
on the edge of the desert which divides Khorasan from
Kirman.
POETRY.— JAMI.
643
the form of Khavaran Namah, from the name
of 'All's principal adversary :
cT'J^. u'^J^ '•'^ lyi' ^
The Khavar Namah is mentioned by Mohl,
Preface to the Shahnamah, p. 77, as the
latest of the imitations of the great epos.
A copy is mentioned in the Ouseley Collection,
No. 27.
Tlie MS. contains one hundred and fifty-
six whole-page miniatures in the Indian style.
Copyist : ^\d« A^y*
The name of Kamiil ud-Din Khan has
been substituted in the subscription for
that of the original owner.
Add. 7773.
FoU. 297 ; ^ in. by h\ ; 17 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with two
'Unvans and gold-ruled margins; dated
Bajab, A.U. 962 (A.D. 1497).
[CI. J. Rich.]
The DivJln of Jamt, j_^V o^^-^t with a
prose preface beginning with the following
Nur ud-Dln 'Abd ur-Rahman Jam!, who
died A II. 898 (see p. 17 a), may bo called
the last of the classical poet« of Persia.
After dwelling in the preface on the high
value of' poetry, he states that he had
cultivated it from his youth upwards, and
had until then, when he was drawing near
to his seventieth year, kept his poems in
alphabetical order. Having resolved, how-
ever, to bring them into a more rational
arrangement, ho performed that task in
A.H. 884. That date is ingeniously conveyed
in the following line of a versified chrono-
gram, j^i' »j'.i lib o'^ ^j-o iJjjjf' It is
obtained by placing a " pearl " on the face
of the " shell," in other words, a dot on the
first letter of the word ^j-e.
Contents : Kasidahs, arrantjed accordinsr
to subjects, beginning (,*j J\x* jS ,jto ^^^J
^^A J^»*'v». , fol. 6 b. This section, beginning
with poems in praise of God, Muhammad,
and 'Ali, contains religious and moral pieces,
partly in imitation of Khakuni and Amir
Khusrau, several Kasidahs addressed to the
reigning sovereign, Abul-Ghazi Sultan Hu-
sain, and various occasional pieces. Tarji'-
bands, including Marsiyahs on the death of
the saint Sa'd ud-Din Kashghari, who died
A.H. 860, of the poet's brother, and of his
son, fol. 36 a. Magnavis addressed to Sultfm
Abu Sa'id and his successor Sultan Qusaiu,
to the Osmanli Sultan Muhammad II., and
the Kara Kuyunlu sovereign, Jahanshfih,
fol. 54 a. Ghazals in alphabetical order,
beginning ^ 'U-»< jji^^ ^J\ i:r»*"j^^ ^^ r-^
^, fol. 60 b. Kit'ahs, fol. 280 b. Ruba'is
in alphabetical order, fol. 285 a.
Copyist: j^* ^yl>^^ <-i4-» ^ ^tt-*- <^^
Copies of the Divan are mentioned in the
Catalogues of Leydcn, vol. ii. p. 120, Krailt,
p. 68, St. Petersburg, p. 379, Upsala, p. 106,
Copenhagen, p. 41, Gotha, p. 102, and
Miinich, p. 30. Jami's minor poems have
also been collected in three separate Divans,
containing respectively the compositions of
his youth, middle life, and old age, on which
see Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 448, and
the St. Petersburg Catalogue, pp. 371, 372.
German translations of select poems have
been given by V. von Rosenzweig, Vienna,
1840, by Ruckert in the Zeitschrift fiir die
Kunde des Morgenlands, vols. 5, 6, and in
the Zeitschrift der D. M. G., vols. 2, 4, 5, 6,
24, 25 and 29, lastly by M. Wickerhauser,
Leipzig, 1855, and Vienna, 1858.
E E 2
6U
POETRY.— JAMI.
Add. 25,816.
Foil. 311 ; 11 in. by 6^; 17 lines, 3| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with two
TJnvans, gilt headings, and gold-ruled mar-
gins; dated Balkh, A.H. 976 (A.D. 1568).
[Wm. Curbton.]
The same Divan, with the preface. The
arrangement and contents are substantially
the same as in the preceding MS.
Add. 7774.
Foil. 302; 7 in. by 4i|; 14 lines, about
2f in. long; written in cursive Nestalik;
dated Muharram, A.H. 949 (A.D. 1542).
[CI. J. EICH.J
An earlier collection of Jaml's minor
poems, with a shorter preface, beginning
preface, which contains a dedication in verse
to Sultan Abu Sa'Id, the poet says that he
had reached his fiftieth year.
Contents : Two religious poems in imita-
tion of Khiikani and Khusrau, and a third
descriptive of old age, fol. 4 a.
Beg. (jtiljL.Ji> iji-yo^ Jj J ^jLs- c> ■».><' Jj«<
Some Tarji's, concludingwith a Mar§iyah on
the death of Maulana Sa'd ud-Din Kashghari
(A.H. 860), fol. 14 a. Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, fol. 28 h.
Beg. j,4^ *J* \sm\ Jafr\ f^J^ i:r»^^ ^^ i**^
Kit'ahs, fol. 284 a. Ruba'is in alphabetical
order, fol. 289 h.
Or. 1218.
Foil. 265 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long; written in a neat Nestalik, in two
columns, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled mar-
gins; dated Kazvin, E-amazan, A.H. 894
(A.D. 1489). [Alexandre Jaba.]
Another collection, with the same preface.
The contents are nearly the same, but the
arrangement somewhat different.
Add. 7770.
Foil. 287; 11 in. by 6f ; 21 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, in four gold-
ruled columns, with nine 'Unvans, apparently
in the 16th century. [CI. J. Rich,]
The seven Ma§navis of Jami, with a prose
preface.
Beg. UiL« J JjJi ^ ^J^ JjlU i_j,5 \d.^
Jami states in the preface that the above
title, "Haft Aurang," was taken from the
seven-starred constellation so-called (the
Great Bear). He then proceeds to set forth
the metre of each of the seven poems, which
he takes in the following order, differing from
their arrangement in the present copy: —
1. SilsUat uz-Zahab. 2. Salaman u Absal.
3. Tuhfat ul-Ahrar. 4. Subhat ul-Abrar.
5. Yusuf u Zulaikha. 6. Laila u Majnun.
7. Khirad-Namah i Iskandari.
I. Fol. 2 b. k_>i.i!\ iUu-, " The Golden
Chain," a religious poem in the metre of the
Haft Paikar, dedicated to Sultan Husain.
Beg. j.5k^ J J_; j^^ ^
The poem is divided into three sections
(Daftars), beginning respectively on foil. 2 b,
49 b, and 70 b.
See for the contents the Jahrbiicher, vol.
66, Anzeige Blatt, pp. 20—26.
II. Fol. 85 b. j\j>:^\ i^, "The Rosary
of the Righteous," a religious poem in the
metre of the Nuh Sipihr of Amir Khusrau,
dedicated to Sultan Husain, with a short
prose preface beginning, Jj^J^^^^^ aTftiJ SUl
The poem begins thus :
The Subhah has been printed in Calcutta,
A.H. 1226, and 1262.
POETRY.— J AMI.
645
III. Fol. 123 b. Wj J .-a-y., " Yusuf and
Zulaikha," a puem in the metre of Nizami's
Khusrau u Shirin, dedicated to Sultan Hu-
sain.
Beg. v^UiXj. ^\ ^ ^\
It is stated in the following lines of the
epilogue, that the poem was completed at
the close of A.H. 888 :
This is the most popular of Jami's poems.
It has been repeatedly printed in India, and
A.H. 1279 in Persia. The text has been
published, with a German translation, by V.
von Rosenzweig, Vienna, 1824. See also
extracts by the same. Mines de I'Orient,
vol. ii. p. 47, and by P. Zingerle, Phonix,
1862.
rV. Fol. 173 A. y,yL^j JJ, "Lailn and
Majnun," in the same measure as the poem
of the same name by Nizami.
Beg. j^Ub J- ^^ y ^'^ ,j\
. The author states in the concluding lines
that he had written the poem in the space of
about four months, in A.H. 889, devoting to
it two or three hours each day, and that it
contains 37CO distichs. It has been trans-
lated into French by A. L. Chtzy, Paris,
1805, and into German by Hartmann, Leip-
«g, 1807.
V. Fol. 220 *. ^jj^^\ p*JJi^, "Alex-
ander's Book of "Wisdom," a poem in the
metre of the Iskandar Namah of Nizami,
dedicated to Sultan Husain.
Beg. o_-<p ^\ J\J ^\
It appears, from the epilogue, that this
poem originally formed the last portion of
the author's Khamsah, mentioned further on,
VI. Fol. 249 b. JLj\ , yU^, "Salaman
u Absal," an allegorical poem, in the same
measure as the Mantik ut-Tair of 'Attar.
Beg. J^LZ»\P' tj,U tj^ <zj:>\x> ^/
It is dedicated to Shah Ya'kub, i.e. Ya'kub
Beg B. Hasan Beg, of the Ak Kuyunlu
dynasty, who reigned from A.H. 883 to 896.
Mr. F. Falconer has published the text, Lon-
'don, 1850, and an English translation, 1856.
VII. Fol. 255 b. ^y^\ lAJ, " A Gift to
the Free," a religious poem in the metre of
the Makhzan ul-Asr&r, divided into twelve
Makillahs.
Beg. f^^J\ ,j^j^\ 4lJ\ ^
fir ^!r jr* ^"^ c*-*
The prologue contains a eulogy on the then
living chief of the Nakshabandi order. Shaikh
Nftsir ud-Din IJbaid Ullah, better known as
Khwajah Ahrar (see p. 373 b), whose sur-
name is alluded to in the title The poem
was completed, as stated at the end, A.H.
880. It has been edited by F. Falconer,
London, 1843.
Prefixed to the last poem is a short prose
preface written by Jami for his Panj Ganj
or Khamsah, a collection consisting of five
of the above poems, viz. Tuhfat ul-Ahrar,
Subbat ul-Abrar, Yusuf u Zulaikha, Laila
u Majnun, and Khirad Namah i Iskandarl.
It begins thus :
The contents of the Haft Avirang are
described by Dr. Sprenger in the Oude Cata-
logue, pp. 442 — 451. Copies are mentioned
in Stewart's Catalogue, p. 65, in Ouseley's
Collection, No. 132, and in the catalogues
of Vienna, vol. i. p. 564, St, Petersburg,
p. 368, Upsala, p. 107, and Miinich, p. 31.
646
POETRY.— JAMI.
Add. 26,162.
Poll. 416; 9 in. by 5|; 21 Unes, 2^ in.
long, with 14 lines in the margin ; written
in fair Nestalik, in two columns, with 'Un-
vans, apparently in the 16th century.
[Wm. Eeskine.]
The same poems in their original order,
viz. : SUsilat uz-Zahab, fol. 2 b. Salaman u
Absal, fol. 126 b. Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, fol.
143 b. Subhat ul-Abrar, fol. 181 b. Yusuf
u Zulaikha, fol. 236 b. Laila u Majnun, fol.
306 b. Khirad-Namah i Iskandari, fol. 375 b.
The MS. bears the name and seal of
Edward Galley.
Or. 472.
Foil. 275 ; 10| in. by 6^ ; 23 lines, 4| in.
long; written in small Nestalik, in four
columns, apparently in the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Another copy of the Haft Aurang, dif-
ferently arranged, as follows : Laila u Maj-
nun, fol. 5 b. Khirad-Namah i Iskandari,
fol. 49 b. Silsilat uz-Zahab, with the pre-
face to the Haft Aurang, fol. 76 b. Sala-
man u Absal, fol. 156 b. Tuhfat ul-Ah-
rar, with the preface to the Panj Ganj, fol.
171 b. Subhat ul-Abrar, with a short prose
preface, fol. 193 b. Yusuf u Zulaikha, fol.
229 6.
A note on fol. 76 a, relating to a purchase
of the MS., is dated A.H. 1053.
Add. 27,265.
Foil. 263 ; llf in. by 7^ ; 16 lines, 3| in.
long, with 34 lines in the margins ; written
in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan and illuminated
headings ; dated Rajab, A. H. 973 (A.D.
1566). Bound in painted covers.
[Sir John Malcolm.]
The Divan of Jam!, with the preface
noticed p. 641 a.
Contents: Preface, fol. 1 b. Kasidahs,
fol. 5 a. Tarji's, fol. 18 a. Masnavis, fol.
26 a. Two Kasidahs in imitation of Kha-
^ani and Khusrau, and a third descriptive
of old age, fol. 29 b. Marsiyahs and some
occasional pieces, fol. 38 a. Ghazals in
alphabetical order, fol. 48 a. Kit'ahs, fol.
255 a. Ruba*is and Fardiyyat, fol. 257 b. -
The margins form a separate series, con-
taining the four following poems : Subhat
ul-Abrar, fol. 1 b. Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, with
the preface, fol. 92 b. Khirad-Namah i Is-
kandari, fol. 148 b. Salaman u Absal, foil.
220 6—257 b.
Copyist : ^Jo\xJ> c.«^l^ ^^.. (^ *— fl*»y.
Add. 16,799.
Foil. 98; 8 J in. by 6; 20 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in minute Nestalik, in. four
gold-ruled columns, with three 'Unvans and
gilt headings, probably in the 16th century.
[Wm. Yule.]
I. Fol. 1 a. Silsilat uz-Zahab (see p. 644 6),
wanting the first page, two leaves after
fol. 2, two leaves after fol. 72, and two more
after fol. 78.
II, Fol. 82 b. Salaman u Absal (see
p. 645 b). On fol. 48 b is found the name of
Sir Gore Ouseley.
Add. 7772.
Foil. 192; 8i in. by 5; 17 lines, 3 in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Muharram, A.H. 988 (A.D. 1580).
[CI. J. Rich.]
Silsilat uz-Zahab (see p. 644 b), wanting
six leaves after fol. 1.
Copyist : j-*^ {J^=^ c;? <^>^ Cm-j.^
Add. 23,551.
Foil. 236; 11^ in. by 7i; 15 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with gold-
POETRY.— J AMI.
647
niled margins and four rich tJnvans, ap-
parently in the 16th century.
[Robert Taylor.]
The same poem.
Add. 18,416.
Foil. 144 ; 8^ in. by 5 ; 15 and 13 lines,
2^ in. long, with 30 lines in the margins in
the latter half of the volume ; written in
cursiTe Indian Nestalik ; dated Ramazan,
A.H. 1057 (A.D. 1647). [Wm. Yule.]
The same poem.
Add. 18,415.
Foil. 233 ; 8^ in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with *Unvan
and gold-ruled margins ; dated Lahore, Zul-
hijjah, A.n. 1149 (A.D. 1736).
[Wm. Yule.]
The same poem.
Or. 336.
Foil. 299 ; 9i in. by 6 ; 9 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Indian Nestalik, probably
in the 18th century. From the royal library
ofLucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same poem, wanting the hitter part
of Daflar I., the beginning of Daftar II.,
and the whole of Daflur III.
Add. 26,163.
FoU. 48 ; 9i in. by 6^ ; 12 lines, 2f in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins; dated Rabi* I., A.H. 080
(AJ). 1572). [Wm. Erskine.]
Salamun u Absiil (see p. 645, vi.), wanting
the first page, single leaves after foil. 1, 24,
and 26, and four leaves after fol. 41.
The Subhatul-Abrar (see p. ft44, ii.),
written by a later hand in the margins of
foil. 1 — 44, has corresponding lacunes.
Copyist : *jj ^jJ^ *^ ^^ s^
Add. 6615.
Foil. 182; 9^ in. by 6; 15 Unes, 2| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
gold- ruled margins, and illuminated borders;
probably about the close of the 15th century.
[J. F. Hull.]
Tuhfat ul-Ahrar (see p. 646, vii.), with a
short prose preface, in which Janii claims in-
dulgence for his poem, " however unworthy
to be strung on the same thread as the priceless
pearls of the Makhzan iil-Asrar of Nizami,
and the Matla' ul-Anvar of Amir Khusrau."
-• Beg. j\j^\ ^^ ^Js. Ji (^l^ J«. j^ \j-l.-
Foll. 61 — 182, written by another hand,
probably in the 16th century, contain the
Subhat ul-Abrar with the preface above
noticed (p. 644 b, ii.).
Add. 6616.
Foil. 166 ; 9i in. by 6^ ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik, dated
Jumada I., A.H. 1025 (A.D. 1016), and
Jumada II., A.H. 1019 (A.D. 1610).
[J. F. Hull.]
Subhat ul-Abrar, with Jami's preface,
fol. 1 i).
Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, with the preface noticed
in the preceding MS., fol. 105 b.
Or. 1369.
FoU. 61; lOj in. by 6^; 12 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
gilt headings, and ornamental designs in the
outer margins, apparently in the 15th cen-
tury. [Sir Chas. Alex. Muheay.]
The Tuhfat vil-Ahrar, with the same prose
preface. It wants the latter part of the pro-
losrue and the first two Makalahs. At the
end is the author's subscription, stating that
the poem had been completed in A.H. 886.
Add. 19,004.
Foil, 78 ; G\ in. by ^ ; 12 lines, 2| in.
648
POETEY.— JAMI.
long ; written in a fair Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, probably in the 16th century.
Tub fat ul-Ahrar, with the same preface
and subscription.
Add. 16,798. ■
Foil. 76; 9in.by5i; 12 lines, 2 J in. long ;
written in fair NestaHk, with IJnvan, gold
headings and illuminated borders; dated
A.H. 938 (A.D. 1531). [Wm. Yule.]
Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, with the preface.
Two leaves are wanting after fol. 8, four
after fol. 12, and one after fol. 21. At the
beginning are two miniatures in fair Indian
style, with rich borders.
Copyist : sUjiU. ^Ji\ *«»\i j-^
Add. 25,817.
Poll. 62 ; 9^ in. by 6^ ; 15 Hues, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with *UnVan and
gold-ruled margins, probably in the 16th
century. [Wm. Cuketon.]
The same poem.
Add. 19,499.
Foil. 150; 8 in. by 4,f ; 12 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold- ruled
margins, probably in the 16th century.
The same poem.
Copyist: ,_iU* f^j^\ i>-&
Add. 25,818.
Poll. 86; 61 in. by 4; 11 lines, 2 in. long;
written in Nestalik, with two *Unvans and
gold-ruled margins; dated Agrah, Rajab,
A.H. 1006 (A.D. 1598). [Wm. Cureton.]
The Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, with the preface.
Copyist : o^/li laiU- jjla j^
Or. 1230.
PoU. 65; 7 in. by 3| ; 18 lines, 1| in.
long, with 12 lines in the margin ; written
in small and fair Nestalik, probably about
the close of the 15th century.
[Alexandre Jaba.]
Subhat ul-Abrar (see p. 644 6), with the
preface, and Turkish glosses written between
the lines.
Add. 26,164.
PoU. 130 ; 91 in. by 5| ; 12 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with *Unvan,
illuminated headings, and gold designs in
the margins, apparently in the 16th century.
Bound in gilt and stamped leather.
[Wm. Erskine.]
Subhat ul-Abrar, with the preface.
Copyist : ^^j^ ^^ j^ ^J> ^\^
At the end is a miniature in Persian style,
with a rich border.
Or. 1225.
Poll. 113 ; 6^ in. by 4| ; 14 lines, 2| in.
long; written in small Nestalik, with TJnvan
and ruled margins, probably in the 16th
century. [Alexandre Jaba.]
The same poem, with the preface.
Harleian 501.
Poll. 112 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Ramazan,
A.H. 1009 (A.D. 1601).
Subhat ul-Abrar, with the preface.
Copyist : \J j^^ jju*> j^ t^ j--»
Add. 24,055.
Poll. 150; 9f in. by 6| ; 14 lines, 3 in.
long; written in neat Nestalik, with a rich
*Unvan, gilt headings, and gold-ruled mar-
gins; dated Rabi' II., A.H. 947 (A.D.
1540).
Yusuf and Zulaikha (see p. 645 b).
Copyist : ^_^U ^^ ,u^
POETRY.— J AMI.
619
Or. 1221.
FoU. 177; 6i in. by 4^ ; 12 lines, 2 in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvfin,
gold-ruled margins and illuminated headings,
dated Shaman, A.H. 989 (A.D. 1581). Bound
in gilt and stamped leather.
[Alexandre Jaba.]
Yusuf and Zulaikha, with three whole-page
miniatures in Persian style.
Add. 6629.
Foil. 139 ; 6i in. by 4 ; 13 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik ; dated A.H.
997 (A.D. 1589). [J. F. Hull.]
The same poem.
Or. 1368.
FoU. 176; 12 in. by 7 : 12 Unes, 3| in.
long; written in fine Nestalik, on gold-
sprinkled paper, with *Unvan, illuminated
borders and headings, apparently in the 16th
century. [Sir Chas. Aux. Mubsat.]
The same poem, with six whole-page
miniatures in Persian style.
Foil. 32—37, 138, 139 and 176 have been
supplied by Muhammad Iii?a i I§fahani, in
Rabi' II., A.II. 1011 (A.D. 1602).
Add. 19,493.
Foil. 1 12 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in small and neat Nestalik,
with IJnvHn and gold-ruled margins, appa-
rently in the 16th century.
The same poem.
A Persian note on the first page is dated
Lahore, A.U. 1042.
Add. 25,902.
FoU. 138; 8i in. by 4}; 15 Unes, 2J in.
long; written in NestaUk, with gold-ruled
margins, probably in the 17th century.
The same poem.
VOL. 11.
Add. 5562.
Foil. 167 ; 8i in. by 4|; 13 lines, B^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Murshid-
fibad, R^ijab, the 5th year of Farrukhsiyar,
(A.H. 1129, A.D. 1717).
[Charles Hamilton.]
The same poem.
Copyist : JS\p tiiU
Add. 7771.
FoU. 205; 8} in. by 5^; 12 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins; dated Shawal, A.H.
1177 (A.D. 1764). Bound in painted covers.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The same poem, with seventy-six minia-
tures in fair Indian style.
Copyist : ^J.^ wSlJ^ j>_ji\ J"-^
Add. 26,165.
Foil. 140; 84 in. by 5; 15 Unes, 32 in.
long; written in Indian Nestalik, probably
in the 18th century. [Wm. Ebskine.]
The same poem, wanting three leaves at
the end.
Add. 19,432.
FoU. 140; 9 in. by 6^; 15 Unes, 3| in.
long; written in Indian Nestalik, probably
in the 18th century.
The same poem.
Add. 7778.
FoU. 184; 7i in. by 4^; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in NestaUk ; dated Rabi* II.,
A.II. 967 (A.D. 1560). [CI. J. Rich.)
A Turkish commentary by Sururi (see p.
606 a) on the versified treatise on logogriphs
of Mir Husain B. Muhammad ul-yusaini,
which begins thus :
T F
650
POETRY.— A.H. 800—900.
Mir Husain, a native of Nishapiir, who led
the life of a scholar in the Madrasah Ikhla-
siyyah of Herat, attained eminence in the
art of versified riddles. He died A.H. 904.
See Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 340,
Lubb ut-tavarlkh, fol. 164, Taki and IlahT,
Oude Catalogue, pp. 20, 75, and Haft Iklim,
fol. 317.
The treatise was written, as stated in the
preface, by desire of Mir 'Ali Shir, and
submitted for approval to Jami, whose clas-
sification of Mu*ammas had been adopted.
The logogriphs given as examples relate to
proper names, of men.
Sururi says in the preface that he had
previously written a commentary upon
Jami's treatise on the same subject, ji *!L*j
j_j^*<i 1^. He states at the end that the
present commentary was completed in
A.H. 965.
The Risalah of Mir Husain is mentioned
by Haj.Khal., vol. v. p." 638, by Uri, p. 294,
and in the Catalogues of Leyden, vol. i.
p. 360, Munich, p. 43, and Gotha, p. 116.
Add. 7167..
Foil. 89; 7 in. by 5 ; 13 lines, 2f in
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with *Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
16th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Asirl.
Beg. VV t:r*> j'^ "^j Lr^T y J^ t^'
Asiri, whose proper name was Shaikh
Shams ud-Din Muhammad B. Yahya, of
Luhijan, in Gilan, was the principal Khalifah
of the celebrated founder of the Niirbakhshi
order, Sayyid Muhammad Niirbakhsh, who
died in Eai, A.H. 869. After his master's
death he settled in Shiraz, where he built a
monastery called Khankah Nuriyyah. He
was a friend of the famous philosopher
Davani (see p. 442 b), and lived on to the
time of Shah Isma il, who went to see him
after taking possession of Shiraz (A.H. 910).
He left, besides his Divan, a commentary
upon tlie Gulshan i Rfiz (see Haj. Khal., vol.
V. p. 233). A full notice of his life is found
in the Majiilis ul-Muminin, fol. 345 ; see also
Eiyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 43. His son, who
became celebrated as a poet under the name
of Pida'i, died A.H. 927. See Taki Kashi,
Oude Catalogue, p. 20, No. 143, and p. 21^
No. 179, and Ilahi, ib., p 70.
The above named Sayyid Muhamnlad
Niirbakhsh, whose life is also recorded in the
Majalis ul-Miiminin, fol. 343, was the son
of Sayyid Muhammad, of Katif, and a de-
scendant of Imam Miisa Kazim. He was
born in Ka'in, A.H. 795, and was initiated in
Sufism by Khwajah IshTik Khutlani, a disciple
of Sayyid 'All Hamadani (see p. 447 b), from
whom he received the surname of Nurbakhsh.
Having been incarcerated by Shahrukh in
Herat for an attempted rising in Khutliin,
where he had proclaimed himself Khalif,
A.H. 826, he escaped from confinement, and,
after long wanderings through Basrah,
Baghdad, and Kurdistan, where he found
many followers, he settled in Gilan, where
he remained until the death of Shahrukh.
He then repaired to Rai, where he spent the
rest of his life. His son, Shah Kasim, who
succeeded him as head of the Niirbakhshis,
and was treated with great consideration by
Shah Isma'il Safavi, died in Rai, A.H. 927.
See Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 4, p. 115.
The Divan contains Ghazals alphabetically
arranged, in some of which the poet addresses
Niirbakhsh as his spiritual guide, and a
Tarji'-baud at the end, foil. 85—89. Another
TarjT-band is written in the margins of the
same folios.
The margins of foil. 4 — 38 contain the
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
651
Za(J ul-MusafirIn (see p. 608 a), wanting the
eighth Makiilah.
A copy of the Divan of Asiri is mentioned
in the Gotha Catalogue, p. 109.
Or. 1096.
Foil. 408; 84 in. by H? 12 lines, 2| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with Hlnrin
and gold- ruled margins ; dated A.ll. 1018
(A.D. 1609). [a Forbes.]
The Pivan of FighAnl..
TighAni was the son of a cutler in Shiraz,
and originally took, in allusion to his father's
trade, the takhallus of Sakkaki. He created,
moording to Yalili, Riyuz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
S88, a new stylo of poetry, which most of
Ihe subsequent poets, down to the time of
MliiBa Sa ib, strove to imitate. It was not
however to the taste of the poets of the
court of SuUhu Husain, and Eighani left
Herat, whore ho had first tried his fortune,
and repaired to Tabriz. There he won the
favour of Sultan Ya'kul), the youthful
sovereign of the Ak-kiiyunlu dynastj- (A.H.
883—896), who iK^stowed upon hira tlie
title of Baba i Shu'ara, or "father of the
poets." After the death of his protector, ho
settled in Abivard, and subsequently in
Hashliad, where his poems in praise of the
Imam secured him an honourable reception.
He died there, according to the Lubb ut-
Tavarikli, fol. 180, A.H. 922, or, as stated by
8am Mirati (Notices ct Extraits, vol. iv.
p. 305), A.U. 9:^5. See also Maj.ilis ul-
Muminin, fol. 600, Haft Iklim, fol. 101,
Bland, a Century of Ghazals, ix., and the
Oude CaUlogue, p. 21, No. 176, and p. ^103.
The Divan contains Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, Euba'is and Fardiyyat, fol.
197 a.
Copies are mentioned in the catalogues
of Leydeu, vol. ii. p. 122, St. Petersburg,
p. 384, and Munich, p. 34, and in the Biblio-
theca Spreuger., No. 1396.
The MS. bears the signature and Persian
seal of Edward Galley.
Add. 16,794.
Foil. 176 ; 10 in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik, with two "Unvans
Mid gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
18th century. [Wm. Yulb.]
The same Divan, with an additional section
of Kasidahs, mostly in praise of 'Ali and the
Imams, foil. 1 — 14, beginning:
^j^ rO r*^*^ r^j** '^^^ r^
Add. 25,821.
FoU. 65; 12 in. by 9^ ; 19 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated A. 1201
of the Bengal Era (A.D. 1794).
[Wm. Cureton.]
Tlie Divan of Asafi.
Kliwojah Asafi, son of Khwajah Ni'mat
Ullah Kuhistani, who had been Vazir to
Sultan Abu Sa'id, took his poetical surname
from his father's office (Asaf). He was one
of the most eminent poets of the court of
Herat in the reign of Sultan Husain, and
attached himself especially to Mir 'AH Shir,
and to the Sultan's son, Mirza Badi' uz-
Zaman, whom he accompanied to Balkh.
He died on the 16th of Sha'ban, A.H! 923,
at the age of seventy, as stated in Habib us-
Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 340, in Lubb ut-
p f2
652
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
Tavarikh, fol. 180, and in Haft Iklim, fol.
336. The date is fixed by two chronograms,
one of them said to have been composed by
Asafi himself when he felt death drawing
near, " He measured with seventy steps the
road to eternity,"
c^ljj ^j3 djJlS J cJ, fti»y> j^j
■ i\ Jk a ft) ^Lij 15j ij ^y**i,
the other due to a contemporary poet, Amir
Sultan Ibrahim Amlnl :
Sam Mirza and Taki KashI give A.H. 920,
and Ilahi A.H. 928 (Oude Catalogue, pp.
20 and 71), as the date of his death. Other
notices wUl be found in Daulatshah, viii. 6,
Lataif Namah, fol. 33, Khulasat ul-Akhbar,
fol. 401, Memoirs of Baber, p. 194, Eiyaz
ush-Shu'ara, and Atashkadah, fol. 76. Com-
pare Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 310.
The Divan consists of Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, and some Rubais, fol. 62 b.
Copies are mentioned in the catalogues of
Vienna, vol. i. p. 577, St. Petersburg, p. 385,
Copenhagen, p. 41, and MUnich, p. 34, and
in Bibliotheca Sprenger., No. 1370.
Cotton. Cleopatra A. ix.
Poll. 65; 7 in. by 4|; 11 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, probably
in the 17th century.
The same Divan, wanting three leaves at
the beginning and one at the end.
Or. 271.
Poll. 78; 8i in. by 6; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
Safar, A.H. 1278 (A.D. 1862).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same work.
Copyist : <^j-^ «J*^ »>>^ ij^ u^ji^^ »j.^'i
This copy was made for Col. G. W. Ha-
milton, then Commissioner Superintendent
of the Province of Multan.
Add. 10,586.
FoU. 79; 8^ in. by 5; 13 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
gold-ruled margins, and six miniatures in
Persian style ; dated Tabriz, A.H. 938 (A.D.
1532) ; bound in painted covers.
Laila and Majnun, a Ma§navi by Hatifi, ^l*
Beg. sUjj ti^ «*li. fti' jwlj ^J>\
Maulanti 'Abd Ullah Hatifi, who was the
son of Jami's sister, and, like him, a native
of Kharjird, in the province of Jam, Avas
unrivalled in his day as a Ma§navi writer.
It is said that he did not commence his
Khamsah, upon which, although not com-
pleted, his fame chiefly rests, until he had
given to his celebrated uncle proofs of his
competence, and obtained his leave. He
devoted no less than forty years to the com-
position and improvement of the Timur
Namah, the last poem of the Khamsah.
Sam Mirza states in his Tazkirah, fol. 88,
that his father Shah IsmaMl, passing through
Kharjird on his return from the conquest of
Khorasan, A.H. 917, strolled to the house
of Hatifi, who was living there in great
seclusion, and, finding the gate closed,
efiected an entrance by scaling the garden
wall. After entertaining his unbidden guest,
the poet had to comply with his desire by
writing a poetical record of the Shah's
victories. Of this last poem, however,
(a copy of which is described in the St.
Petersburg Catalogue, p. 383) only a thou-
sand lines were written ; it was left unfinished
at his death, which took place, as stated in
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
653
the Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 340,
in the month of Muharram, A.H. 927.
See also Memoirs of Baber, p. 196, Lubb ut-
Tararikh, fol. 181, Haft Iklim, fol. 286, Riyaz
ush-Shuara, fol. 501, Hammer, Bedekiinste,
p. 355, Ouseley, Notices, p. I'W, and Spren-
ger, Oude Catalogue, p. 421.
The prologue contains an invocation to
Sayyid Kasim i Anvar, the patron Saint of
Khaijird (sec p. 635 b), in whose shrine, and
through whose inspiration, Hsltifi formetl
the first conception of this poem. In the
epilogue he describes himself as the successor
of Niz&mi and Ehusrau, while he ranks
Jami, who is spoken of as still living, as a
fourth by the side of the three monarchs of
the realms of poetry, Firdusl, Anvarl, and
Sa'di. In conclusion he expresses a hope
that this, his first poem, would be followed
by four others, to complete a Panj Oanj, or
Khamsah.
Copyist: ^Jil' ^J-^
The Laila Majnun was edited by Sir Wm.
Jones, with a notice on the author by 'Ali
Ibrahim Khan (see p. 328 a), Calcutta, 1788.
It has been reprinted by Navalkishor in
Lucknow.
Copies are mentioned in the catalogues of
Leyden, vol. ii. p. 121, Vienna, vol. i. p.
681, and Gotha, p. 107, in the Ouseley
Collection, No. 201, and the Bibliotheca
Sprenger., No. 1410. A manuscript trans-
lation by Dr. J, Leyden is preserved in
Add. 26,674.
Add. 16,801.
Foil. 71 ; 7 in. by 4^ ; 16 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik ; dated
ShaTwn, A.H. 1027 (A.D. 1618).
[Wm. Yule.]
The same poem.
Add. 26,166.
Poll. 00 ; 8i in. by 4i ; 14 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
gilt headings, gold-ruled margins, and seven
miniatures in Persian style ; dated Eabl* I.,
A.H. 960 (A.D. 1553). [Wm. Eeskine.]
jiai*
l1*Ai>>
Haft Manzar, a Magnavi by Hatifi, in
imitation of the Haft Paikar of Nizami.
Beg. c-*iP '*i-*r* '»jj,'io ,^1
The poet, who, in the introduction.addresses
Jami as still living, designates in the epilogue
the present poem as his third, naming Laila
Majnun as the first, and Shirin Khusrau as
the second.
Copies are noticed in Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 67, and in the catalogues of St. Petersburg,
p. 383, Copenhagen, p. 42, and MUnich,
p. 34.
Add. 7780.
Foil. 122; S\ in. by 4^; 14 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in neat Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, gold-headings, and eight
miniatures in Persian style, apparently in
the 16th century. [Cl. J. Rich.]
Timur Niimah, the poetical histoiy of
Timur, by Hatifi, a Masnavl in imitation of
Nizami's Iskandar Numah.
Beg.
i>^ jUi «/
.Uj
The poem is sometimes called Zafar-Niimah
(see Haj. Khal., vol. iv. p. 176), but its
real title is Timur Namah, which, however,
from the exigencies of the metro, the text
shows only in a contracted form, «.«'j ^
The author addresses, in the prologue,
the reigning sovereign, apparently Sul^au
Ij^usain, without mentioning his name :
654
POETRY— A.H. 900—1000.
and, after boasting of his own matchless ex-
cellence, not only in Magnavi, but also in
KasTdah and Ghazal, complains that the
cares of livelihood prsvented him from
giving full scope to his genius :
He mentions in the epilogue his three
previous poems, Laila u Majnun, Shirin u
Khusrau, and Haft Manzar, dwells on the
contrast existing between the fabulous storv
of Alexander and the veracious character of
his Timur Namah, and asserts that he had
strictly followed the lead of the eloquent
official writers who had recorded Timur's
authentic history, as contained in the Zafar
Nainah :
jj^ y, *^ wl''^ r^-*^ ->^
^ ^. ^b ^.u >
He says in conclusion that, although his
life had been spent in celebrating the piaises
of tlie Timurides, he had not reaped any
other benefit than his world-wide renown.
The Timur Namah has been lithographed \
with th^ title ^yiU «*U;2li», in Lucknow, 1869.
Copies are describx^d in Uri's Catalogue, j
p. 116,^ in the catalogues of St. Petersburg, |
p. 381, and Miinich, p. 34, in the Ouseley
Collection, No. 263, and the Bibliotheca
Sprenger., No. 1412.
Add. 22,703.
Poll. 87; \\\ in. by 7; 13 lines, 2| in.*
long; written iu fair Nestalik, in two
columns, with illuminated borders, gilt head-
ings, rich gold designs in the margins, and
seven whole-page miniatures, probably in
the sixteenth century.
[Sir John Campbell.]
A fuller recension of the same poem, im-
perfect at beginning and end, and wanting
single leaves after foil. 16, 37, 54 and 58.
It begins with the taking of Isfahan, and
ends with Timiir's victory before Halab, cor-
responding to pp. 38 — 85 of the Lucknow
edition.
Add. 6618.
Foil. 159 ; 9| in. by 6 ; 14 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan, gold-
ruled margins, and gold headings, apparently
in the 16th century. [F- Huix.j
The same poem.
Or. 340.
Foil. 117 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, probably in the 16th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same poem.
Poll. 2, 7—30, 46—53, 61-69 and 78—
116 have been supplied by a later hand, in
A.H. 1187 (A.D. 1773).
Add. 25,829.
Poll. 161; 8 in. by 4^ ; 11 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in cursive Indian character ;
dated Safar, A.H. 1085 (A.D. 1674).
[Wm. Cureton.]
The same poem.
POETRY.— A.H. 900-1000.
655
Or. 341.
Foil. 159; 11 in. by 6|: 11 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with two 'Unvans
and ruled margins; dated Lahore, A.D.
1856 (A.H. 1273). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same poem.
Prefixed is a short notice on Timur, with
his portrait, foil. 2 b — i a.
Or. 343.
Foil. 41 ; 83 in. by 6; 17 lines, 3 in. long;
written in Nestalik, with 'Unviin and gold-
ruled margins, apparently in the 16th cen-
tury. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A poetical description of the holy shrines
of Mecca and Medina, and of the rites of
pilgrimage, in the metre of the Makhzan ul-
Asrar.
Author: Muhyl, ,_yA^
Beg. \^^ ^j^ \j ^^ ^\
Muhvl Lari, a native of the island of
Lfir in the Persian Gulf, lived, according to
the liiya/ ush-Shu'arA, fol. 411, from the
time of Sultan Ya'kub (A.M. 883—896) to
the reign of Shah Tahmusp, who succeeded
A.H. 930. He wrote a commentary upon
the Ta'iyyah of Ibn Fariz, and dedicated the
present poem, on his return from Mecca, to
Sultan MusuifTar B. Mahmud Shah (who
reigned in Gujrfit from A.H. 917 to 932).
That dedication is not found in the present
copy. Muhyi died, as stated by Taki Kashi,
Oudc Catalogue, p. 21, A.H. 933. He is
descriljed by S.lm Mirza, fol. 117, and the
author of Haft Iklim, fol. 114, as a disciple
of Davanl (see p. 142 b). Compare Atash-
kadah, fol. 137, and Haft Asmnn, p. 89.
In a copy of the FutQh ul-Haramain,
described in the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii.
p. 122, the date of composition is expressed
by the chronogram jju9< = A.H. 911.
The Futuh ul-Haramain has been some-
times ascribed, by a very natural ovei-sight,
to Jami; see Stewart's Catalogue, p. 66, and
SprengtT, Oude Catalogue, p. 451. Jami'sf
name occurs indeed in this line of the pro-
logue, fol. 10 a :
'but only in connexion with an extract from
his Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, viz. tlie seventh Maka-
lah, which, treating of the same subject and
being in the same metre, has been inserted
in full, foil. 10 a — 11 b. The author gives
his name in the iutroduction, fol. 4 a :
and again in the conclusion, fol. 41 b :
In a lithographed' edition published in
Lucknow, A.H. 1292, which contains a text
substantially agreeing with the present copy,
the quotation from Jami has been omitted,
and the work is boldly ascribed to the
famous saint, Muhyi ud-Din *Abd ul-Kadir
Jilani, who died A.H. 661. The contents
of the poem have been stated in the
.Tahrbiicher, vol. 71, Anzeige Blatt, p. 49.
Compare Haj. Khal., vol. iv. p. 385, and Dr.
Lee's Oriental MSS., London, 1830, p. 59.
The MS. contains coloured drawings of the
holy places.
Add. 7783.
Foil. Ill; 6 in. by 3}; 11 lines, 2* in.
long ; written in Sbafl ai, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins; dated Rabi* II., A.fl^.
1192 (A.D. 1778). [CI. J. Rich.]
656
POETRY.— A.II. 900—1000.
The Divan of HiLlli.
Beg. yu y ^,j j\ ^ jd lii^ j^ ^\
Badi' ud-Din Hilall, bora in Astrabad of a
Chagbatiii Turkish family, went as a youth
to Herat, where his education was watched
over by Mir *Ali Shir. Sam Mirza, whom he
often visited, states, fol. 85, that he was put
to death as a Shiah heretic by the Uzbak
invader, 'Ubaid Khan, A.H. 939. He left a
Divan and two Ma§navis, entitled Shah u
Darvish and SiHt ul-'Ashikin. A third,
Laila u Majnun, is ascribed to him by Taki
Auhadi, and the author of the Atashkadah ;
but its existence is contested by Valih, Riyaz
nsh-Shu*ara, fol. 501. See Habib us-Siyar,
vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 350, Haft Iklim, fol. 468,
Hammer, Redekunste, p. 368, and Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 426.
The Divan consists of Ghazals alphabeti-
cally arranged, with a few Kit'ahs and
Iluba'is at the end, fol. 106 a. It has been
lithographed in Cawnpore, A.H. 1281. See
the catalogues of Vienna, vol. i. p. 563, and
Miinich, p. 35, Bibliotheca Sprenger., No.
1414, and King's College Library, No. 186.
Add. 7781.
Foil. 55 ; 8| in. by 5^ ; 12 lines, 1| in.
long; written in small and fair Nestalik,
in gold-ruled columns, with "Unvan, and
gold-sprinkled margins ; dated Sha'ban, A.H.
927 (A.D. 1521.) [CI. J. Rich.J
"The King and the Darvish," a Ma§navi
by Hilali.
Beg. :iy>'y> /> J-o\ jJ Jija-j J\
This poem is often called Shah u Gada.
The objectionable nature of its subject is not
redeemed by any pretence of spiritual
symbolism.
See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 76, the cata-
logues of Leyden, vol. ii., p. 122, of St. Peters-
burg, p. 389, and of Miinich, p. 35, and the
Ouseley Collection, No. 626.
Copyist : t^jy'-li)\ i>y^ sU.
Add. 26,168.
Poll. 31 ; 10^ in. by 6^ ; 12 lines, 2| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
ruled columns, and tinted designs in the
margins, probably in the 16th century.
[Wm. Erskine.J
A defective copy of the same poem, want-
ing two leaves after fol. 9, twelve after fol. 10,
and four at the end. It bears the signature
and Persian stamp of Edw. Galley, with the
date 1783.
Add. 7782.
Poll. 22; 91 in. by 5; 15 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-Amiz, with ruled
margins ; dated A.II. 1076 (A.D.1666).
[01. J. Rich.]
The same poem, wanting the epilogue.
Or. 307.
Poll. 141; lOf in. by6f; 17 lines, 3 in.
long ; with 30 lines in the margins ; written
in fair Nestalik, probably in the 17th century.
The Divan of Lisanl.
Beg. V^ *^^'* ^j^ 1^ '^^
ijj
Lisiini, whose original name was Vajili ud-
Din 'Abd Ullah, was born in Shiraz, but
spent the greater part of his life in Baghdad
and Tabriz. Sam Mirza, who often enjoyed
his society, describes him as a pious man
who led the life of a Darvish, and states that
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
657
he died in Tabriz A.H. 941. According to
the Majalis ul-Muminln,fol.562, he composed,
chiefly in praise of the Imams, about one
hundred thousand verses, most of which are
lost, and breathed his last while engaged in
prayer in the mosque of Tabriz, at the time
that Sultan Sulaimiin was marching upon
that city, i.e. at the beginning of the year
above mentioned. See Haft Ikllm, fol. 100,
Eiyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 397, Atashkadah,
fol. 133, Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 391,
Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 476, and
Erdmann, Zeitschrifl der D. M. Gesellschaft,
vol. xii. pp. 518 — 535, where several pieces
from Lisfini's Divan are given in text and
translation.
The Divan comprises, in the present copy,
an alphabetical series of Ghazals, with a
considerable gap after fol. 69, extending
from the end of j to the beginning of f , and
a Ma^navi entitled Sdki Numah, fol. 137 b.
See the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 581.
On the first page is a short notice on the
poet, giving the same date of death as at)ove,
and mentioning Vahshi, Muhtashim, and
Zamiri as his principal imitators.
Or. 279.
Foil. 360; 9 in. by 5J; 18 lines, 2^ in.
long, with 12 lines in the margin ; written
in small Ncstalik, probably in tbe 18th cen-
tury. From the royal library of Luck now.
[Gko. Wm. Hamilton.]
The poetical works of Ahll Shinlzi.
This poet is not to be confounded with
bis contemporary namrsake, Ahli Ehurasfini,
a native of Turshiz, who lived in Herat, and
died A.H. 931 (see the Oude Catalogue,
p. 319). Ahli of Shiraz, who excelled in all
kinds of poetical composition, is especially
famous for the ingenious artifices of versifi-
cation, in wliich he emulated and surpassed
Salman and Katibi. Mir 'All Shir mentions
VOL. II.
him in his Majalis, written A.H. 896, as a
scholar and accomplished poet, who had
twice sent him verses from Shiraz, and had
just composed a skilfully rhymed Kasidah in
imitation of Salman. With the exception of
a short stay in Tabriz, Ahli appears to have
spent the whole of his life in his native city,
where he died in old age A.H. 942. That
date, which is given by Sam Mirza, fol. 96,
is fixed by the following chronogram due to
a contemporary poet Mlrak, and quoted in
the Majjilis ul-Muminln, fol. 561, and Haft
Iklira, fol. 102: J»\ Jy \j>^ »'vi>.ib. See
also Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., .Tuz 4, p. 112,
Riya^ ush-Shu'ard, fol. 28, Atashdah, fol. 119,
Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 376, Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 320, Bland, a Century of
Ghazals, vii., and Erdmann, Zcitschrift der
D. M. Gesellschaft, vol. xv. pp. 775—785,
where some specimens of Ahli's Divan are
given in text and translation.
I. Fol. 4 b. J^^ " I^awful Witchcraft,"
the love-story of Prince Jam and Princess
Gul, in Ma^navi rhyme, with a short prose
preface beginning :
Beg. of the poem, iXi. ^_y> y^ f^^ »-^ i-s'
Ahli wrote it, as he states in the preface,
in order to make good his boast that he was
able to outdo Katibi, by combining in one
poem the artifices of metre and plays upon
words found separately in that poet's two
admired works, the Majma' ul-Bahrain and
the Tajnisnt. The prologue includes a eulogy
addressed to the author's patron, Kfi?! Mu'in
ud-Din (Sa*idi) :
^;-«M d-^ 'IP jl *»» U
;T:^
>v*
G 0
658
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
II. Fol. 16 b. i6\jy. j j^, " Candle and
Moth," a Magnavl.
,l;& jWjics^l j.'Jj
Beg. .
It is dedicated to Sultan Ya'kQb (of the
Ak-Kujunlu Dynasty, A.H. 883 to 896), and
is stated, in the concluding lines, to consist
of one thousand and one distichs. The date
of composition, A.H. 894, is expressed by
the chronogram (_->'J:53l J , in the following
line:
III. Pol. 37 o. Kasidahs, arranged accord-
ing to subjects.
Beg. al)\ tou*^ jJLo j^ j_j^l
The Kasidahs are in praise of Muhammad,
*Ali, the Imams, Shah Ismail, Khwajah
Mu'In ud-Din Sa idi, Amir Sa'd ud-Din As'ad,
Amir 'All Shir, Ya'kub Khan, and others.
This section contains also some Tarji'- and
Tarkib-bands, and concludes with a Mu-
khammas.
IV. Fol. 93 b. Mukattaat, including a
large number of chronograms on contem-
porary events.
V. Fol. 104 b. Ghazals in alphabetical
order.
Beg. U j^bj ^ y cla^ c^;jia- ^j\
VI. Fol. 302 b. j>*li J'^, a collection of
Rubais, addressed to the " cup-bearer," and
alphabetically arranged.
Beg. Ui- c«*j^ jUJjI^ aT ^j>s ^\m
VII. Fol. 308 a. ^s^ oU.&Uj, Ruba'is
describing the various cards of the game, and
written for a pack of cards intended for a
royal personage.
Beg. ^\/. c:^5j C^j uDU- j_^^ _,j«. j^\
VIII. Fol. 314 b. Rubais, followed by
some riddles, fol. 354 a, and an invocation
(Munajat) in verse, fol. 358 b.
Copies of the Kulliyat are described in
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 67, and in the cata-
logues of Vienna, vol. i. p. 585, and St.
Petersburg, p. 391.
Add. 27,313.
FoU. 283 ; 10^ in. by 6^ ; 19 lines, 2| in.
long, with 12 lines in the margin ; written
in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled
margins ; dated Shavvrd, A.H. 1170 (A.D.
1757). [Duncan Forbes.]
A similar collection, containing — Sihr i
Halal, wanting the last sixteen lines, fol. 1 b.
Sham' u Parvanah, wanting the first twelve
lines, fol. 13 a. Kasidahs, fol. 34 b. Riddles,
fol. 86 b. Ghazals in alphabetical order,
wanting the first page, fol. 90 a. Mukattaat,
fol. 217 b. Ruba'is in alphabetical order, fol.
221 b. Three artificial Kasidahs, ^y^< isx^,
beginning respectively on foil. 237 b, 252 b,
and 268 b.
The first of these Kasidahs has a prose
preface, in which the author states that it
was composed in imitation of a well known
Kasidah of Salman. Siivaji, and in praise of
Amir 'AH Shir. The second is addressed to
Yiisuf Shah, the brother of Sultan Ya'kub
Alj:-Kuyunlu, who died A.H. 896, and the
third to Shah Isma'il Safavi. The last two have
short prose preambles stating the number of
their distichs, respectively 154 and 160. In
all three Kasidahs the names of the poetical
figures, and of the secondary metres which
can be derived from each verse, are given in
tabular form between the lines of the poem.
The first page of the MS. has the signa-
ture and Persian seal of Edward Galley.
POETRY.— A. H. 900—1000
659
Add. 16,796.
Foil. 134; 8i in. by ^^, 17 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated Mubarram, A.n.
962 (A.D. 1554). *[Wm. Yule.]
Tbe Divan of Tayyib.
Beg. Li»\ eUjA* j--;i o^^ »i uf^-^
The author, who calls himself mostly Tay-
yib, but in some places Shfih Tayyib, is men-
tioned under the latter name in the Nafu'is
ul-Ma'a^ir, a work written A.U. 973 — 979,
Oude Catalogue, p. 51. It appears from
some passages of the Divun that he was a
Bayyid, and a fervid Shi'ah, foil. 5 o, 51 a,
126, leading the life of a Fakir, and residing
in Ehorasan, foil. 16 6, 87 a ; but we learn
incidentally, foil. 55 a, 87 a, that he had
visited Bukhura and 'Irak.
The DivAn, which is entirely of a religious
and mystic nature, contains Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, and some Uuba'is, fol. 129 b.
Copyist : iJJ! ^JiU ^^^ /U oj* ^J^^ i^ J-^'
Or. 280.
Foil. 73 ; 7| in. by 3^ ; 16 lines, 2 in.
long ; written in small Nestalik ; dated
Rabi' II , A.H. 970 (A.D. 1662).
(Geo. Wm. Haiiilton.]
The Divan of ShiOi Bablul.
Beg. U «JJW ^ Ji" »j:*-j5 j.lpy;jl ^j^
du^ J^ i^'i
V-^ui^
It contains Ghazals of a religious nature,
arranged in alphaljetical order.
From the formula tijoi^, which follows the
author's name in the subscription, he appears
to have died before A.H. 970. A Divan with
the same beginning, and a Vaslat Namah
ascribed also to Shaikh Bablul, are noticed
in the Oude Catalogue, p. 370.
Add. 7785.
Foil. 135; 8 in. by 5^; 11 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Zulhijjah,
A.n. 1217 (A.D. 1803). [Cl. J. Rich.]
The Persian Divan of Fuzuli.
Beg. \y ^J ^ J^j U J* ji »i^
^luhammad B. Sulaiman, of Baghdad,
poetically called Fuzuli, and chiefly known
as a Turkish poet, wrote also Persian and
Arabic poetry with elegance. He died at
Karbalik A.H. 970, or, according to the Riyaz
ush-Shu'arii, fol. 3il a, A.U. 970. See Taki
Kushi, Oude Catalogue, p. 22, Haft Iklim,
fol. 66, Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 300, and
Hammer, Geschichtc der Osmanischeu
Dichtkunst, vol. ii. p. 293.
Contents: Ghazals in alphabetical order,
with a considerable lacune after fol. 48, ex-
tending from J to J, fol. 1. Kit'ahs and
Ma^navis, fol. 104 b.
Cop)-ist : ^\ji\ -^iji y ■^^J> liT?.*^^ |.^
The Divan has been printed in Tabriz.
Add. 7786.
Foil. 62; 7| in. by 5i; 14 lines, 3 in.
long; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
IGth century. [CI. J. liiCH.J
The Divan of Sultan Salim.
G a 2
(5G0
POETRY,— A.H. 900—1000.
Beg.
Sultfin Salim, son and successor of Sulai-
man the Groat, was born in A.H, 930,
ascended the throne AH. 974, and died A.H,
982, He uses indifferently Salim and Salimi
as his Takhallus.
Contents : Four poems in praise of God
and Muhammad, fol, 1 b. Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, fol, 4 b.
See Haj. Khal., vol, iii. p. 285, Hammer,
Geschichte der Osmanischen Dichtkunst,
vol. ii, p. 436, the Petersburg Catalogue,
p, 400, where a different beginning is given,
and the library of King's College, Cam-
bridge, No, 163.
Add. 7784.
Foil. 18i ; lOi in. by 6^; 11 lines, 2| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, in two gold-
ruled columns, with 'Unvan, gold headings,
and thirteen whole-page miniatures in fair
Persian Style; dated A.H. 948 (A.D, 1541).
[CI. J. EiCH.]
A poetical history of Shah Isma il.
Author : KtisimT, j_^«-»'j'
Beg. cu^\j3 J\:^ ^,^ s3^\^
Mlrza Kasim, poetically surnamed Kasiml,
was born in Junabad (Yakut's Junabiz), or
Gunabad, in Khorasan, of a noble family of
Sayyids, in which the chief magistrature,
Kalantarl, of that town was hereditary.
Having left that oflB.ce to his brother Mir
Abul-Path, he adopted the life of a Pakir,
and devoted his leisure to poetry. Sam
Mirza states in his Tazkirah, written A.H.
957, fol. 26, that Mirzfi Kasim had then
written the four following Ma§navTs-: 1, A
Shahnamah, or poetical history of Shah
Isma'll, 2, Laila Majnun, dedicated to the
same sovereign. 8, Kar Namah, a poem
describing a game of Chaughan played by
Shah Isma'll, and written by the Shah's
desire. 4. Khusrau Shirin, dedicated to the
writer (Siim Mirza),
Mlrza 'Ala ud-Daulah gives in his Nafa'is
ul-Ma'a§ir, written A,H. 973— -979 (Oude
Catalogue, p. 46), a detailed notice on Kasim,
which has been inserted in the Haft Asmiin,
p. 136, He speaks of him as still living, and
states that he met him in Kashan, when on
the way to India, and that Kasim then wrote
a letter to Akbar, in which he gave the fol-
lowing account of his poems : 1. Shahnamah i
Mazi, a poetical record of Shah Isma*Il, con-
sisting of 4500 lines, 2. Shah Namah i
Navvab A'la, a history of Shah Tahmasp in
4500 lines, 8. Shfihrukh Namah, in 5000
lines, 4, Laila Majnun, 3000 lines, 5. Khus-
rau Shirin, of the same extent. 6. Zubdat
ul-Ash ar, in the metre of Makhzan ul-Asrar,
4500 lines, 7. Guy u Chaughan (called also
Kar Namah), 2500 lines. To these the
author of the Haft Asman adds an eighth
poem, entitled *Ashik u Ma'shiik.
The date of Mirza Kasim's death is not
accurately known. It is stated in Haft
Iklim, fol, 331, that in extreme old age he
made over his fortune to the shrine of Imam
*Ali Eiza in Mashhad, See also Riyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 867, Atashkadah, fol. 138,
Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 534, and
Hammer, Redekiinste, p, 385,
The poem was commenced in the time of
Shah Isma'il, who is addressed in the pro-
logue as the reigning sovereign ; but it was
not finished till after his death, which forms
the subject of the last section. The prologue
contains also a section in praise of the clas-
sical Magnavi writers, Nizami and Khusrau,
and of their worthy successor Hatifi, and a
eulogy upon the Vazlr Shams ud-Din Mu-
hammad Nuri. The historical portion of the
poem extends from the time of Sultan Haidar
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
661
to the conquest of Khorasan by Shah Ismail
and the peace granted by him to the TJzbaks
(A.H. 917).
Transcriber : »JyeJ\ ,jljj' f^j>\
See Ilaj. Khal., vol. iv. p. 13, Mohl, pre-
face to the Shahnamah, p. 77, the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 638, the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 388, Asiatischea Museum,
p. 376, and King's College Library, Cam-
bridge, No. 238.
On the first page is written: "This book
... is a relick of the great Sefiviyan library.
It was presented to me as a token of friend-
ship by Fethullah Khan, son of the heroic
and unfortunate Lutf AH Khan, who spent
some days at my house on his way to Mecca,
etc. Baghdad, December 29, 1819, Claudius
James Rich." Lower down is a Persian
entry written on that occasion by Fath Ullah
Khan.
Or. 339.
Foil. 386; 8 J in. by 5^ ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long; written in large Ncstalik; dated
Lucknow, A.H. 1180 (A.D. 1767).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The following three poems of Kasimi : —
I. Fol. 2 b. The poem al)ove described.
This copy contains towards the end, fol.
132 A, the following line, which gives A.H.
940 as the date of the completion of the
poem:
yF;ii^ j^ |J^ /- J^ »-ii»Jj
It is expressed by the chronogram Ja>, the
first letter of which has to be left out.
II. Fol. 133 a. mO i/V^. a poetical his-
tory of Shahrukh.
Beg. c: ^\y ^^Sj ^ ^\
The title is contained in the following
couplet, fol. 163 a:
The prologue contains a dedication to Shah
Tahmasp, and a mention of the author's
previous poems, viz., Shahnamah, Laila u
Majnun, and Shirin u Khusrau. The date of
composition, A.H. 950, is conveyed in the
following line, fol. 260 a :
III. Fol. 260 a. «*U4i., the second part
(Daftar) of the Shahnamah, containing a
poetical history of Shah Tahmasp, and dedi-
cated to him.
Beg. ^^:^J^} J^./]j3^^ uW
The narrative is brought down, in the pre-
sent copy, to the account of the arrest of
Prince Bayazid (A.H. 967) and of the cor-
respondence which took place on that occa-
sion between Sultan Sulaiman and Shah
Tahmasp. The text breaks oflF at the begin-
ning of the next- following section, relating
to the punishment of some refractory Sunnis
in Kazvin.
See the St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 387.
Add. 25,023.
Foil. 415; 9| in. by 6; 17 lines, 3i in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, apparently in the 17th century.
The collected poems of Ghazali.
Maulana Ghazali informs us in his preface
to the Divan, fol. 59 a, that he was born in
Mashhad. As he states further on, foL 60 b,
that he had completed his 30th year in A.H.
966, he must have been born about A.H. 936.
Persecutions to which he was exposed, as a
freethinker, in his native country, drove him
to India, where he attached himself to Khan
662
POETRY.— AH. 900—1000.
Zaman ('All Kuli Khan), one of Akbar's
generals, then Governor of Jaunpur (see
Blochmann, Ain Akbari, p. 319). When his
patron, who had risen in rebellion, was
crushed by Akbar (A.H. 974), he passed
into the Imperial service, and Akbar con-
ferred upon him the title of Malik ush-
Shu'ara. He died, according to Badaoni,
vol. iii. p. 170, on the 27th of Rajah, A.H.
980, in Ahmadabad, Gujrat. The date is
fixed by a chronogram of Eaizi. See Bloch-
mann, Ain Akbari, p. 568, note 1, Haft
Ikllm, fol. 295 a, Tabakat i Akbari, fol. 285,
Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 488 b, Tabakat i Shah-
jahani, fol. 234, Riyaz ush-Shu ara, fol. 319 b,
Haft Asman, p. 100, and the Oude Catalogue,
pp. 61 and 4-11.
His name is Ghazrdi, not Ghazzali as some-
times written; for the metre shows that the
first syllable is short, and the poet himself
says, fol. 59 b, that his takhallus was derived
from ghazal, a gazelle.
The present MS. has lost some leaves, and
the upper half of others, which apparently
contained illuminated headings. The con-
tents are : —
I. Pol. 1. Ghazrdi's preface to his imita-
tion of twenty Ghazals of Mir Hasan of
Dehli, composed at the request of Rukn us-
Saltanat Muhammad, of Nishapiir. The pre-
face, which wants the first two or three lines,
is followed by the beginning of the first of
Mir Hasan's Ghazals.
II. Pol. 3 a. ^j^\ jfS, poems addressed
to Akbar, and composed by Ghazrdi on
various occasions, when he was admitted to
the royal pi'esence.
The collection comprises — 1. Kasldahs in
alphabetical order, with a lacune at the
beginning, and another extending from
^ to J. 2. A long Ma§navl containing
moral and religious advice. In the conclu-
sion the poet excuses his remissness in at-
tending Court by the state of destitution to
which he had been reduced by the loss of
his Jagir, and ends with a humourous de-
scription of a sorry jade, the sole remnant of
his property. 3. Some short pieces, among
which is a chronogram on the birth of Akbar's
first child (Jahangir), A.H. 977. The first
Kasidah was written when Akbar had com-
pleted his 25th year, i.e. A.H. 975.
III. Pol. 63 a. M'ai)\ j\ST, " Vestiges of
Youth," the Divan of Ghazali, with a prose
preface, the beginning of which is wanting.
(See the Oude Catalogue, p. 412).
Beg. ^^jJ'oS J >>.v>- ^&>iai- ^J^yi Jiiix J\
We learn from the preface that the author
had completed his 30th year when he ar-
ranged his poems in alphabetical order, and
dedicated them to Akbar, in A.H. 966.
Contents: Preface, fol. 53 a. Kasidahs,
Tarklb and Tarji'-bands, fol. 60 a. Ghazals
in alphabetical order, fol. 91 b. Magnavis,
fol. 260 b. Kit'ahs, fol. 270 a, Ruba'is,
imperfect at the end, fol. 276 b.
r-j^jl
jir*"'
I a Sufi tract
IV. Pol. 295 a
on mystic love.
V. Pol. 309 h. )'\y^\ <j:Ju«, " Simnat ush-
Shu'ara," a collection of Kasidahs in alpha-
betical order, with a prose preface. Most of
them are addressed to Shah Tahmasp, some
to Khan Zaman, and a few to Mun'im Khan,
and other Indian Amirs.
Beg. ^j^J^-^ „^lj/^^W/4 ^
iJo
K*o '^j^ (*i^ f^.A-^ ji'^
VI. Fol. 347 b. ^jjj ^jiiii, a Ma§navi
poem on mystic love, in imitation of Nizami's
Makhzan ul-Asrfir, with a short prose pre-
face.
Beg. (—i-^J^ ti;-^j^^ ^^ r^
f-
^i
cliK
-lO^ij ^JlflJ
The prologue contains a panegyric ad-
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
663
dressed to Sbah Tahmasp, followed by an
eulogy upon the poet's Indian patron, Khan
Zaman, for whom, according to the Haft
Ikllm, the work was written. See Haj.
Khal., vol. vi. p. 379, and the Vienna Cata-
logue, vol. iii. p. 439.
An imitation of the Makhzan ul-Asnlr by
Ghazali Ls mentioned in the Haft Asman.
p. 100, under the title of Mashhad i Anvar,
and some of the lines there quoted are found
in the present poem.
VII. Fol. 377 ft. A Ma§navi, wanting the
first lines. It contains a violent diatribe
against one of the 'Ulama who had attacked
Ohazidi.
VII. Fol. 383 ft. Another Ma9navl want-
ing the first lines. It is a fierce satire against
Killch Khun, an Amir of Akbar's court (see
Blochmann, Ain i Akbari, pp. 34, 354), who
is designated by his proper name Kilich and
by his poetical surname Ulfati, and most
recklessly abused, both as man and as pre-
tended poet. This ruthless attack appears
from the introduction to have been instigated
and countenanced by Akbar himself.
IX. Fol, 391 a. JU- 'w^J, a short col-
lection of Ghazals in alpliabctical order, with
a preface, the beginning of which is wanting.
Beg. U JV j^ Jb ^j-i-« j^ 1m- U
These Ghazals were extracted, as stated in
the preface, from the author's first Divan,
(_^um jy\, as specimens of the artificial
manner to which he inclined in his youthful
compositions. They are not found, however,
in the present copy of the Div&n.
The Ghazals are followed by some Kit'ahs,
fol. 410 ft, and Ruba'is, fol. 412 a.
Or. 326.
Foil. 254; 7 J in. by 3^; 18 lines, 2\ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
16th century. [Gbo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The collected works of Vahsbi.
Vahshi, born in Bafik, Kirman, spent
nearly the whole of his life in Yazd, where
he died, as stated by his contemporary Taki
Kitshl, Gude Catalogue, p. 35, in A.H. 991
or 992. The first of these dates is expressed
by the chronogram t-»5 »;...> ^_^ }^ JjJj
quoted in Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 494. He was,
according to the 'Alamfirfii, fol. 48, un-
equalled in his time either in Ghazal or Mag-
jiavi. It is stated in the Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 480, that he imitated the manner of Bfiba
Fighanl, but with a more decided leaning to
the colloquial style. He is noticed in the
Haft Iklim, fol. 76, the Atashkadah, fol. 63,
and Haft Asm&n, p. 109. Compare Hammer,
Bedckiinste, p. 388, and Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 586.
The contents are as follows : —
I. Fol. 2 ft. Kasldahs in praise of the
Imilms, of Shfih Tahmasp, Mir Miran Ghiyag
ud-Din (a descendant of Ni*mat Ullah Vali,
who lived in Yazd; see Riyiiz, fol. 435), Shah
Khalil Ullah (see p. 035 a), etc., with some
Mar^iyahs at the end.
Beg. c-.U» \5-ifr O^ CI^^V j^ <.!«»■ I;
t_Ji, L:fi\j\ C^j. ^ \^-j\ CJ>&
II. Fol. 73 ft. ^^.Ji jli-, "The supreme
abode of bliss," a Masnavi in imitation of tiie
Makhzan ul-Asrar.
Beg. jjj^ ^^^ ^ji^ j-^. ^^
It has been edited by W. Nassau Lees,
Calcutta, 1861.
III. Fol. 90 ft. i^ji^ J 5^' " The love-
story of Farhad and Shlrin," a Ma§navi in
the metre of Khusrau u Shirin.
Beg. jij-»\ ^jiiT ».> *».^-. ^»
J^ *^ Jj ^j,<j JJ Aii-» jjjj^
This poem was left unfinished by the
66i
POETRY.— A.H, 900—1000.
author. It has been lithographed in Calcutta,
A.H. 1249, and in Bombay, with a poem on
the same theme by Visal, A.H. 1265. See
Bibliotheca Sprenger., No. 1526, Haj. Khal.,
vol. ill. p. 138, Stewart's Catalogue, p. 72,
and Ouseley's Collection, No. 36.
IV. Fol. 121 a. j^ jj£>Xi, "The loves of
Nazir and Manzur, a Magnavi in the same
metre as the preceding, imperfect at the
beginning.
The first line, as quoted by Haj. Khal.,
vol. vi. p. 291, and in the Vienna Catalogue,
vol. i. p. 577, is
jk-jji jii~i jju-* ikUa- j> y
The date of composition, A.H. 966, is stated
in the following lines at the end :
JJU
sJLlSi\j^Ci ^ (^j/^«
It is obtained either by doubling 30 five
times, and addin g 6, or by summing up the
letters oi J3 j>^ <-^^^ *-^
V. Fol. 162 h. Magna vis in praise of Mir
Mlran and others, including also some satires,
one of which is against a contemporary poet,
MuUa Fahmi.
Beg. y ciJj^ L^^jj:> Ji]b ,J\
VI. Fol. 181 b. Ghazals in alphabetical
order.
Beg. \j j\y Ji> c:*-.\; Id »_jla. jUj ^ j^
At the end are some Mukatta at, fol. 244 o,
including chronograms on the death of Shah
Tahmasp and other contemporary events;
lastly a few EubaMs, fol. 251 a.
A copy of the Kulliyat is described in the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 576.
Add. 23,552.
Foil. 253; 7i in. by 45; 12 lines, 2| in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Shavval, A.H. 1034 (A D. 1625).
[UoBERT Taylor.]
Another collection of the poems of Vahsbi,
containing : —
I. Fol. 2 b. Laudatory poems, in the
form of Kasldah, Tarkib-band, and Magnavi.
Beg. JLH::-*!^^ i^v^^J^ J^ j 'V ^j^^'-^' <J^
II. Fol. 116 b. Ghazals, without alpha-
betical order.
Beg. ^Wl ow ^> j^ j.bj^ ^\^ 0,-^ \j>.
III. Fol. 178 a. Khuld i Barin; see
above, art. ii.
IV. Fol. 204 b. Farhad u Shirin; see
above, art. iii.
Or. 318.
Foil. 82 ; 11 in. by 7 ; 14 lines, 4 in. long;
written in Nestalik, in four gold-ruled
columns, with *Unvan, apparently in the
17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilto:^.]
I. The Divan of VahshI, containing— Ka-
sldahs, fol. 2 b. Ghazals in alphabetical
order, fol. 18 b. Tarjl's, fol. 57 a. Bubii'is,
fol. 60 b.
Beg. J^jijj\ ^^\ ^"^^j ffi'^y^ ^^ ^J^ CJ^.
II. Farhad u Shirin, fol. 61 b. See p. 663,
art. iii.
Foil. 81 and 82 contain some Ghazals of
Haji Muhammad Jan Kudsi.
On the first page is the seal of Ghairat
Khan, an Amir of the court of Farrukhsiyar.
Add. 24,344.
Foil. 49; 6 in. by 3|; 10 oblique lines in
each page ; written in minute Shafl'ai cha-
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
665
racter on one side only of the paper, and fold-
ing'up in the manner of Oriental albums;
dated Muharram. A.H. 1174 (A.D. 1760).
Farhad u Shlrln ; see p. 663, art. iii.
Add. 7787.
Foil. 26; 9 J in. by 6^; 15 lines, 3| in.
long ; •vrritten in Naskhi, with two 'Unvana
and ruled margins; dated Zulhijjah, A.H.
994 (A-D. 1586). [CI. J. Rich.]
A poetical account of the taking of Tabriz
by TJ^man Pashfi (A.H. 993 ; see Malcolm,
History of Persia, vol. i. p. 520, and Ham-
mer, Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches,
vol. iv. p. 170), with a dedication in prose to
Sultan Mun'id B. Salim.
Author : Jamali B. Hasan Shushtari,
Beg. jV J J-iJ •^i^-^ f'-^
The author relates in the prologue how,
having set sail from BaghdsVJ on a trading
expedition, he was shipwrecked and left des-
titute on a foreign shore, and how he was
advised by Firdusi in a dream to address
this Sh.ihnamah to the Sultan. The time of
composition, A.H. 99i, is expressed by the
chronogram ^ xj ^^ y SiHyJ- The poem,
which is evidently written by a man of
inferior literary attainments, concludes with
praises of the Sultan and Vazirs, and with an
urgent appeal to their liberality.
An ornamental inscription, foil. 3 and 4,
shows that the present copy was intended
for presentation to the Sultan.
Add. 7789.
Foil. 250; 9 in. by 5| ; 13 lines, 2^ in.
long, with 22 lines in the margin ; written in
fair Shikastah-iimiz ; dated Raraazan, A.H.
1207 (A.D. 1793). [CLJ. Rich.]
VOL. 11.
The Divan of Muhtasham, with a preface
by Taki ud-Din Muhammad ul-Husaini.
Beg. of the Preface :
^\1» \^l^** d'-i^i'^ *?'^.'i «* tj^ J •^•*"
Beg. of the Divan :
'a* iVJij j^ j>- ^J^^ j^ i f» jxiii
Maulana Muhtasham lived in his native
place, Kashan, in the reigns of Shfih Ismail
rfnd Shah Tahmasp, and was looked upon,
during the latter period, as the most eminent
poet of Persia. His Mar^iyah on the death
of Imam Ij[usain is much admired and has
remained extremely popular. He died A.H.
996, a date fixed in the Riyaz ush-Shu'arjl,
fol. 415, by the chronogram ju^ j,j. See
'Alam-ahii, fol. 47, Haft Iklim, fol. 388, Taki
Kiishi (who was a pupil of Muhtasham),
Oude Catalogue, p. 23, and Spreuger, ib.
p. 600.
The writer of the Preface, who is better
known as Taki ud-Din Kashi (sec the Oiide
Catalogue, p. 13), states that Muhtasham
had, during the illness to which he suc-
cumbed, A.H. 996, sent for him, and re-
quested him to collect and arrange his
poetical works. He then dwells on the
unsurpassed merit of Muhtasham, whom ho
ranks first after Khakiini, and gives a number
of poems in his praise, and chronograms
on his death, written by several contem-
poraries. In conclusion the editor states
that, according to the poet's directions, the
collected poems, oUl/, had been arranged
in the following seven Divans : — 1. Shaibiy-
yah f-i r -■^, containing Kasidahs in praise of
God, Muhammad, the Imams, contemporary
kings, vazirs, amirs, and men of letters.
2, Shababiyyah, »xjI.-, and 3. Sibu'iyyah,
•jJUc, containing Ghazals descriptive of
beauty. 4. Jalaliyyah, i^"^, and 5. Nakli
u H
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POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
'Usbshiik, jllc JaJ, containing Ghazals de-
scriptive of love and of the poet's beloved.
6. Zurui'iyyat, ob,jj<e, comprising versified
chronograms, written at the request of his
friends. 7. Mu'ammayat, c^L.**, or riddles.
Tlie contents of the volume, which do not
tally with the above division, are as follows : —
Kasidahs and Tarkib-bands, ninety-seven
in number, to which is prefixed a table of their
beginnings, fol. 6 b. Mukattaat, and short
Ma§navis, fol. 106 a. Ghazals, not alpha-
betically arranged, fol. 122 b.
Beg. e:^.^:^ ^\^.f> ^ J ^'^^ ^^
Rubais, fol. 142 a.
Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 148 b.
Beg. VV--^ J- rr^ y ^^J^/J^
This is the usual beginning of the Divan,
probably the Shababiyyah. See the Oude
Catalogue, p. 500, and the Vienna Catalogue,
vol. i. p. 591.
Anotber series of Ghazals alphabetically
arranged, fol, 203 b.
Beg. ^j c:^ yl J^^ »^ )/• Oyi^
These are, no doubt, the Siba'iyyah or
youthful poems, as may be inferred from the
last line :
Or. 314.
Foil. 61 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3| in. long ;
written in Shikastah ; dated Zulka*dah, the
11th year of Muhammad Shah, i.e. A.H, 1141
(A.D. 1729). ' [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Maili.
Beg. L* «Jli j>j^ ij\^, ,y>M>j ^j
Mail! Haravi, or of Herat, whose original
name was Mirza Kuli, belonged to the Turk-
ish tribe of Jalair. He found a protector
in Sultan Ibrahim Mirza, son of Bahram
Mirzfi, who held a high office at the Court of
his uncle Shah Tahmasp. After the deatji
of his patron he went to India. This took
place, according to the Nafa'is ul-Ma'a§ir,
Oude Catalogue, p. 54, in A.H. 979. Taki
Kashi, ib., p. 43, gives a later date, A.H. 983,
and adds the erroneous statement that Maili
died on the road. In India he attached
himself to Naurang Khan, with whom he
stayed many years, and by whose order he
was eventually poisoned in Malvah. See
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 436, Tabakat i Akbari,
fol. 287, Badaoni, vol. iii. p. 329, and Bloch-
mann, Ain i Akbari, p. 571. According to
the Atashkadah, fol. 11, Maili was born and
had grown up in Mashhad.
The above mentioned Sayyid Naurang
Khan was the son of Kutb ud-Din Khan, an
Amir of Akbar's reign. He served with
distinction in the war against Muzaffar Shah
of Gujrat, A.H. 991, and received as a reward
a Jagir in Mrdvah, and subsequently in Guj-
rat, where he died in the 39th year of Akbar
(A.H. 1002—3). See Tazkirat ul-Umara,
fol. 201, and Maagir ul-Umara, fol. 411.
The death of Maili, the date of which is
not recorded, happened probably some time
before A.H. 1000.
Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol, 2 b. Ruba'is, fol. 59 b. Kasidahs, foil.
2 b — 36 a, in the margins. One of these is
addressed to Akbar, and two others to
Naurang Khan.
Copies are mentioned in the Oude Cata-
logue, p. 497, and in Bibliotheca Sprenger,,
No, 1461,
The MS. was written, according to the
subscription, for Mir Sharaf ud-Din 'Ali,
poetically surnamed Payam, a poet of the
reign of Muhammad Shah (see the Oude
Catalogue, p. 276).
POETRY.— 900— 1000.
667
Add. 16,793.
FoU. 278 ; 7^ in. by 4 ; 17 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with TTnviins and
gold-ruled margins; dated A.I I. 1060 (A.D.
1649). [Wm. Yule.]
The collected works of 'Urfi Shiruzi.
TJrfl, of Shiraz, one of the most popular
poets of his time, went in early life from
his native city to the Deccan, from whence
he proceeded to Fathpur Sikri, then the
residence of Akbar. There he won the
favour and protection of Hakim Masih ud-
Din Abul-Fath Glliini (see Blochmann, Ain
i Akbari, p. 424), and, after his death in
A.H. »97, attached himself to the Khan-
khanan Mirzu *Abd ur-Rahim Khan (t6.,
p. 334). He followed the latter in his expedi-
tion against Jani Beg of Tattah in A.H. 999,
but was carried off by dysentery, some say
by poison, in Lahore in the same year, at the
early age of thirty-six years. His contem-
porary BadaonI, vol. ii. p. 285, and vol. iii.
p. 286, gives the chronogram ^y» w^^ ^^
^j«l for his death. The same date is given
in the Mirat ul-'Alam, fol. 487, Mir'at ul-
Khayal, fol. 60, and RiyAz ush-Shu'ani, fol. 302.
See also Haft Iklim, fol. 107, Atashkadah,
foL 131, Haft Asman, p. Ill, Hammer,
Redekiinste, p. 304, Osmanische Dichtkunst,
vol. iv. p. 601, Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 628, and Blochmann, Ain i Akbari, p. 669.
ConienU.
I. Fol. 1 h. Ghazals in alphabetical order.
Beg. »«jb y &^ **^f'j ^^ '^ i/'
II. Fol. 99 h. Kasidahs, not alphabetically
arranged.
Beg- »ji-bJ^ jj,V j^jb J J jjj «li« ^^\
The Kasidahs of TJrfi have been edited,
with a commentary, Calcutta, A.H. 1254.
in. Fol. 174 h. )^it\ ^, a Masnavl in
imitation of the Makhzan ul-Asrar. See
Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 389, Haft Asman, p.
Ill, and Krafll's Catalogue, p. 69.
Beg. fiTj-^^ u^'J^ ^^ (•— ^
^.^^jC*.
zT
IV. Fol. 206 a. ^^JiL j o\*/, the love-
story of Farhad and Shlrln, in the metre of
Nizami's Khusrau u Shirin.
Beg. tJUiJoo^yjo J J \^j\^
V. Fol. 217 *. A Tarji* in praise of Masih
ud-Din Abulfath.
Beg. u^ifi^ J v3="^ ^3'^ *diT c^'
VI. Fol. 221 b. Mukatta'at.
Beg. ,^ij\i-.y )/ (jo^fo^. f^f''} »^ e^^ J.5 1/^
VII. Fol. 232 b. Ruba'is.
VIII. Fol. 252 b. A collection of prose
pieces.
The first of these is a letter written by
'Urfi during an illness, in which he describes
his state of mind in presence of death.
Further on are some discourses on moral
and religious subjects, a preface to a ial-
Namah compiled for Akbar, a letter to a
physician (Masih ud-Din) on his recovery, etc.
On the first page is found the stamp of
Tiket Rae, the Oude Minister, with an 'Ar?-
didah dated A.H. 1206.
Copies of the Kulliyat, or of portions of
them, are noticed in Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 72, the Oude Catalogue, p. 528, the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 592, and the Munich
Catalogue, p. 36.
Add. 7791.
Foil. 206; 9 J in. by 4|; 21 lines, 2| in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A similar collection, containing — Majma*
ul-Abkar, fol. 1 b. Farhud u Shirin, fol.
H H 2
668
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
35 h. Kasidahs, fol. 45 b. Mukatta'at,
fol. 98 a. Gliazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 105 h. EuLais, fol. 194 b. The last
two sections are slightly imperfect at the
end.
Add. 7792.
Foil. 140 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Festalik, with gold-ruled
margins; dated Zulka'dah, A.H. 1048 (A.D.
1639). [CI. J. Rich.]
A similar collection, containing —
I. Fol. 1 b. Kasidahs in alphabetical
order.
Beg. )) *^ vVj^ -ir^ cJ^ t)^
II. Fol. 33 a. Mukatta'at, imperfect at
the end.
III. Fol. 37 a. Ghazals in alphabetical
order. The first two letters and a portion
of the third are wanting.
IV. Fol. 113 b. The first portion of Majma'
ul-Abkar, about a third of the whole.
V. Fol. 127 a. A long Tarji', in which
the poet addresses his beloved.
The burthen is :
VI. FoU. 131 5—140 a. Eubais.
Egerton 1035.
Foil. 82 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 17 lines, 3^ in. long;
written in Nestalik, apparently in India in
the 18th century.
The Kasidahs of 'Urfi, followed by Mukat-
ta'at, fol. 75 o.
Egerton 1034.
Foil. 104 ; 91 in. by 6 ; 15 Hues, 4 in.
long; written in a cursive Indian character;
dated Zulhijjah, the 22nd year of Muhammad
Shah, A.H. 1152 (A.D. 1740).
The Kasidahs of 'Urf i, not alphabetically
arranged.
Foil. 2 — 9, 100 — 104, contain miscellaneous
poetical extracts, the largest of which is a
Sufi Ma§navi by Shah Abu *Ali Kalandar
(died A.H. 724, Oude Catalogue, p. 565),
headed tjM ^\ (j^jjl jjJGi i& ^ sli (_J^ ^ftJL*^
foil. 3 — 9, beginning:
It has been printed in Cawnpore, 1872.
Or. 365.
Foil. 172; 8i in. by 5; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century ; from the royal library
of Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A commentary on some Kasidahs of 'Urfi,
by Mirza Jan, ^^ \jji^
Rsg. ^^f^ sJW>ii fj^j J jlai **ir >^}^
It contains, as stated in the preface, a full
explanation of difficult verses and rare words
in thirty select Kasidahs of 'Urfl's Divan.
The date of composition, A.H. 1073, is ex-
pressed by the chronogram j^jS- jjl.aS -Jj».
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 530.
Harleian 343.
Foil. 107 ; 7 in. by 3 J ; 17 lines, 2 in. long;
written in cursive Indian Nestalik; dated
Sha'ban, A.H. 1013 (A.D. 1604) ; much
worm-eaten. .
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
669
A Masnavi poem, containing precepts on
spiritual life.
Beg. li, cr^W y J-ii jn.ii^ J\
The poem is preceded by the following
short prose preamble, in which some words
are obliterated :
•Vy) ^^ c;y^ a^^^ (/J i))^ >•>*
It would seem from the above that the
matter of the poem was deriyed from the
Ma^navi of Jaldl ud-Din Rumi, written in
the same metre. It is divided into seventy-
eight chapters (Bab), treating chiefly of
those dispositions and practices which are
to be either sought or shunned by the de-
TOtees; the precepts are frequently illus-
trated by narratives. Haj. Khal. gives the
title of the work, without any author's name.
Add. 10,585.
FolL 48 ; 64 in. by 3^ ; 12 lines, 2 in.
long; written in neat Nestalik ; dated Isfahan,
Jumada I., A.H. 1031 (A.D. 1622).
The Divan of Niiri.
•^^
Kizi Nur ud-Din Muhammad, of Isfahan,
and his brother Ka?i Mu'izz, were, according
to the Riya? ush-Shuara, fol. 467, pupils of
Khwajah Afzal ud-Dln Tarikah, of the same
city. The former died A.II. 1000. Taki
K&fihi states, Oude Catalogue, p. 27, that
Niiri was bom in Isfahan and brought up in
Kazvin.
His master, Afzal ud-Din, who settled in
Kazvin A.H. 967, and was much in favour
with Shah TahmTisp and Shah IsmaM II.,
was appointed, after the latter's death, Kazl
of Isfahan. He died in Rai in the reign of
Shah 'Abbas I. See *Alam-arai, fol. 40, and
Taki Kashl. ib.
Some verses of the present Divan are
quoted in the Haft Iklim, fol. 370, and the
Atashkadah, fol. 86. See also Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 525, where a line is quoted
which belongs to the second Kasldah of this
copy.
Contents : Kasidahs, two of which are in
praise of Shah Ismail (A.H. 984—986),
while most of the others are addressed to the
Vazir Muhammad, fol. 1 b. Ghazals in
alphabetical order, fol. 22 b.
Beg. UT wliV«;l» j»j jiy •^ pi? u^ "i^-
Ruba'is, fol. 46 *.
A copy of Nun's Divan with a diflerent
beginning is noticed in the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 402.
Or. 1222.
Foil. 193; 7 in. by 5^; 14 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
17th century. [Alex. Jaba.J
The Shi'ah legend of 'Ali's life, a poem by
Farigh, ^\i.
Beg. ulUU u\ cJdJ^ 41)
The author, who calls himself Qusain B.
^asan, begins with an eulogy on Shah 'Ab-
bas I., and states that the poem was written
A-H. 1000, the year in which Gilan, appa-
rently his native country, had been conquered
by that sovereign. He followed a prose nar-
rative composed by a Muhammad B. Ibrahim,
whom he calls his loving friend and brother :
670
POETRY.— A.H. 900—1000.
The poem has tlie heading ijli t-^Ui^. See
the Oude Catalogue, p. 397. The present
copy is imperfect at the end. The last sec-
tion relates to 'Ali's expedition in succour of
the king Saif B. Arkuvan, threatened by an
army of Hons.
Add. 7794.
Foil. 381 ; 9^ in. by 5J ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with three 'Unvans
and gold-ruled margins ; dated RabI I., A.H.
1050 (A.D. 164.0). [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Faizi, with a preface by the
author.
FaizI died A.H. 1004. See above, p.
450 a, Hammer, Redekunste, p. 400, Ouseley,
Notices, p. 174, and Haft Asman, pp. 115 —
126.
The author relates in his preface how he
was called by Akbar to Court, appointed
tutor to the prince, and subsequently received
the rank of Amir and the title of Malik ush-
Shu'ara. He adds that the present Divan,
containing about nine tliousand distichs, was
but a sample of his poetical compositions.
As the Divan contains a chronogram on
the death of Shaikh Mubarak, the author's
father, in A.H. 1001, it cannot have been
collected much before the poet's own death,
which took place three years later.
Contents : The author's preface, fol. 1 b,
beginning :
Kasidahs, Margiyahs, and Tarkibs, fol. 4 b,
beginning :
Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 112 b, beg.:
Kit'ahs, fol. 274 6. This section includes a
Ghazal which can be read in four different
measures, and some pieces consisting entirely
of words without diacritical points. Chrono-
grams, fol. 289 b. Unfinished Ghazals, fol. *
293 a. Initial verses, fol. 296 b. Riddles,
fol. 302 a. Rubais, fol. 313 a. A short
Ma§navi, fol. 380 b.
Copyist: tj?3|;:JJ\ iUl Oo.Up ^^ ^a** ^s?
Add. 23,981.
Foil. 346 ; 7| in. by 4 ; 17 lines, 1| in.
long ; written in a cursive hand, with four
'TJnvans and gold-ruled margins, probably in
the 17th century.
The poetical works of Faizi, viz. : —
I. Fol. 2 b. Ghazals in alphabetical order.
Beg. \,^j^ c:Jiji£». ^JL>. 8^^ ^^^
II. Fol. 106 b. ^^<i^}j, "Nal-Daman," a
Masnavi, founded on the episode of Nala and
Damayanti in the Mahabharata :
Beg. jIpTj y t^ji j ^i^ j'> l?^
The poem, which is dedicated to Akbar, is
stated in the conclusion to consist of four
thousand distichs, and to have been written
in the 39th year of the reign, or A.H. 1003 :
jiT] l\ . > J^^^jir^
^o/j^ ^f- J^ i^>»-
|.ij^jVJo i_»l\ sua J (_iJ^
The author mentions in the same passage
the change of his Takhallus from Faizi to
Fayyazi:
POETEY.— A.H. 900—1000.
671
o»^
J In* ^ j^ i^V
The Nal Daman is, according to the Akbar
Namah, the third poem of the Khamsah,
which Faizi had planned A.H. 993, but did
not live to carry out. It was to consist of
the following poems: Markaz i Advfir, Sulai-
miin u Balkis, Nal Daman, Haft Kishvar, and
Akbar Namah. The Nal Daman was com-
pleted, by Akbar's desire, in the space of four
months, A.H. 1003. See also Badaoni, vol. ii.
p. 396. It has been printed in Calcutta,
1831, and Lucknow, 1846. Copies are men-
tioned in Stewart's Catalogue, p. 75, Oude
Catalogue, p. 402, Munich Catalogue, p. 38,
and Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 42.
III. Fol. 230 6. j»jJ^», "The centre of
circles," a Ma^navi, in imitation of Nizami's
Makhzan uUAsrar.
Beg. ^-x^J\ ,j^}\ ^\ ^
This poem, the title of which is found in
the following line, fol. 248 o,
was the first of the above-mentioned Kham-
sah, and was composed by Fai^i in his
fortieth year, as appears from the following
jpatMge, fol. 272 a :
See the Lejrden Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 122,
and the Oude Catalogue, p. 401.
IV. Mukatta'ftt, fol. 278 *. Rubi'ls, fol.
285 o.
y. Fol. 305 b. Kasidahs. This section
is imperfect in the beginning and differs iu
its arrangement from the corresponding por-
tion of Add. 7794. It begins in the middle
of a long Kasidah, the first line of which is :
^3UJl-. j-«'j j^L*, Jo.y j^
(see Add. 7794, fol. 35 o), and ends with the
Kasidah beginning:
(see Add. 7794, fol. 23 6J.
Copyist: j^
Add. 7795.
Foil. 64; 8i in. by 5; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled columns, in the 17th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
Afarkaz i Advar ; see the preceding MS,,
art. iii.
Add.6625.
FoU. 95; 9i in. by 6J; 26 lines, so dis-
posed as to form the design of a star in each
page; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvnn,
gold-ruled margins, and 29 miniatures in the
Indian style; dated Agrah, Sha'biin, A.H.
1028 (A.D. 1619). [J. F. Hull.]
Nal Daman (see p. 670, art. ii.).
Copyist : ^JlS^ JLiJ ^J;;.^ ^ Jj jiiS jj*
Add. 16,804.
Foil. 140; 8i in. by 5; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written iu cursive Nestalik; dated
Jumada II., A.H. 1176 (A.D. 1762).
[Wm. Ylle.J
The same poem.
Copjist: iJJ^ .xLi
Add. 7797.
Foil. 51; 7 in. by 4i; 13 lines, 2| in.
672
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
lon^ ; written in small Nestalik ; dated A.H.
1040 (A.D. 1630-1). [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Vahshati.
Beg. y Uil o^ lij iJil, J (jJl; ^Jc».
The author of the Riyaz ush-Shu*ara, who
quotes several verses of this Divan, fol. 493,
calls the author Mauluna Vahshati Jiish-
ghani (from Jfishghan, a place between Isfa-
han and Kashan, see Ouseley's Travels,
vol. iii. p. 79), and states that he visited
Shiraz in A.H. 999, and was an intimate
friend of Abu Turab Beg PurkatI (who died
A.H. 1026; see Siraj, Oude Catalogue,
p. 151). The author of the Divan, who in
a contemporary note, at the end of this copy,
is called Vahshati Kashi, is, no doubt, the
" "Wahsliy Khwdjah Hosayn" mentioned by
Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 26, as a poet of
Kashan. His Divan cfmtains a satire on a
contemporary poet 'Arshi (Tahmasp Kuli
Beg, of Yazd), who is also mentioned by Taki,
Oude Catalogue, p. 35, as a living poet.
Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 b. Tliis section breaks off before the
end of the letter j. Ruba'is and Fardiyyat,
fol. 49 a.
At the end is a Kit 'ah addressed to a kinar
not named, in which the poet says that, in
order to kiss his threshold, he had crossed
the sea and entered the land of the infidels.
Or. 329.
Foil. 235 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 10 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, early in the 18th
century. From the royal library of Luck-
now. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
^\^ Cj\jS^\>j L--i=^
Select Ruba'is of Sahabi, in alphabetical
order.
Beg. \i»- *LjoLj t£sa iii xij^
Sahabi is described by his contemporaries,
Amin Razi, Haft Iklim, fol. 468, Taki Kashi,
and 'Ala ud-Daulah Kazvini, Oude Cata-^
logue, pp. 42, 50, as a native of Astrabad.
But Taki Auhadi, quoted in the Riyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 213, says that, although his
family came from Jurjan, he was born in
Shushtar. However, he settled at an early
period in Najaf, where he devoted himself
to the self-imposed task of sweeping the
holy shrine of *Ali. There he spent the
last forty years of his life in seclusion and
voluntary poverty. He is said to have de-
stroyed the greater part of his Ruba'is, his
favourite composition, of which, however,
six thousand are still extant. He died,
according to the Khuhlsat ul-Afkfir, A.H.
1010. See also Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 483,
Mir'at ul-Khayiil, fol. 62, Atashkadah, p. 141.
Several collections of Ruba'is, including
also Ghazals, are mentioned in the Oude
Catalogue, p. 552, and in Bibliotheca Spren-
ger., No. 1511.
The present copy bears a seal of the reign
of Muhammad Shah, dated A.H. 1133.
Add. 5599.
Foil. 395 ; 13| in. by 7 ; 20 lines, 5 in.
long; written in a cursive Indian character;
dated Ramazan, A.H. 1012 (A.D. 1604).
cM> ^!>^^
The Divan of Rafi'i.
This poet, who calls himself indifferently
HafI', Rafi' ud-Din, or Rafi'i, is not to be
confounded with a contemporary and better
known namesake, Mir Haidar Rafi'i of Ka-
shan, who died A.H. 1032 (see Blochmann,
A'in i Akbari, p. 593, and Badiloni, vol. iii.
p. 232). Writing in an easy, colloquial, and
unpolished style, he has not been deemed
POETRY.— A.H. 1000-1100.
673
•worthy of being recorded in the Tazkirahs.
But the following particulars of his life may
be gleaned from his Divan. He was bom in
Khorasan A.H. 942 (fol. 370 a), traveUed
through Irak to India (fol. 361 a), and
obtained in Dehli, A.H. 982, a financial
appointment as Shikdar, and a Jagir (fol.
328 b). Having been arrested on some ques-
tion of accounts, he was released by Akbar's
order, after seven years of confinement, and
served with distinction in the Deccan wars,
A.H. 1007 — 9. He appears to have settled
in the Deocan, where he held a Jagir, in a
place called Damami ^j/*'^, district of Bur-
hanpur.
A notice on Rafi*! in Ouseley's Notices,
pp. 376 — 382, contains his poetical descrip-
tion of the valley of Kashmir, which he
visited in the suite of Akbar. Sec also Ouse-
ley's Oriental Collections, vol. L pp. 171 —
176.
The Divan was collected A.H. 1010, as
stated in the following Ruba'i at the end :
•^i-J r^V usr- ti-'j CJ^H^**
ji^ J^\ sUm>' — > CJijiOf j\
.^y J j^Jj^ ^ ^yJJ CiU* jJ
It includes, however, some pieces writ-
ten as late as A.H. 1011 (fol. 370 a).
Contents : 1. Fol. 1 b. Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, beginning :
2. Fol. 313 a. Ka^ idahs, beginning :
This section contains poems addressed to
Akbar, to the princes Duniyal and Murad, to
Abulfazl, the Khankhanan, and other digni-
taries; also many personal narratives, de-
scriptions of various places, and poems on
contemporary events.
3. Masnavis, fol. 338 a. Mukatta*at, fol.
345 6. Rubals, fol. 372 6.
The MukattaVit include chronograms on
the taking of the fortress of Gavil (Gawil-
gurh), A.H. 1007, and of Asir, A.H. 1009.
Or. 342.
Foil. 133 ; 9 in. by 5J ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long ; wTitten in Ncstalik ; dated Lucknow,
Jumada II., A.H. 1250 (A.D. 1834).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
" Farhad and Shirin," a Ma§navi.
Author : Kau^ari, ^^^
Mir 'Akil, poetically surnamcd Kau^ari,
bom of a family of Sayyids in Hamadan, was
known for his devotion to the Imams, which
won him the favour of Shah 'Abbiis I. He
probably did not long survive the composi-
tion of the present poem, completed A.H.
1016 ; for he says in the conclusion, that he
was then bent down by age, and saw his end
draw near. He did not leave any other poem.
Tahir Nasirabadi states in his Tagkirali dated
A.H. 1083, fol. 120, that he had once met
Kau^ari's son in Isfahan, but had not been
able to procure from him a single line of his
father. See Riya^ ush-Shu'ara, fol. 394, and
Atashkadah, ful. 116.
After a panegyric addressed to the reign-
ing Shah, 'Abbas I., the poet complains
bitterly of the slackness of the poetical
market in Iran, and declares his intention of
sending his poem to that accomplished and
munificent patron of letters in India, the
Khankhanan (Mirza 'Abd ur-Rahlm Khan,
who died A.H. 1036 ; see p. 244 o), whose
praises had been celebrated by 'Urfi (see
p. 667 a).
1 1
674
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
The date of composition, A.H. 1015, is
given lit the end, in the following chrono-
gram
W^
^\-x^\
>\
lib j^lli ^4^4:^ tirirt"* "i/^
Copyist : ^\ ^^ J^j ^^ p^
Or. 325.
Foil. 31 ; 9 in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3| in. long;
written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated Haidar-
abad, Zulka'dah, A.H. 1064 (A.D. 1654).
Erom the Lucknow library.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Poetical works of Nau'l, ^y <^^
Beg. ^J* i^b I3j«» «!!!> t_->5 _. *'il& ij"^ J
Muhammad Riza Nau'T, of Khabushiln,
near Mashhad, went to India in tlie time of
Akbar, and found a patron in Mirza Yusuf
Khan Mashhadi, but soon after entered the
service of the Khankhanan Mirza *Abd ur-
Rahlm, and stayed with him and Prince
Daniyal at Burhanpur, where he died A.H.
1019. See Eiyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 468, Ba-
daoni, vol. iii. p. 361, Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol.
494, and Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 294. A
full account of Nau'i's life will be found in
Ouseley's Notices, pp. 161 — 166 ; see also
Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 516, and Bloch-
maun, Ain i Akbari, p. 606.
Contents: Kasldahs, fol. 2 b. Tarji' and
Tarkib-bands, fol. 20 a. Mukatta'at, fol. 36 a.
Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 37 b.
Ruba'is, fol. 92 b. Saki Namah, a Masnavi
in praise of the Khankhanan, fol. 99 b,
beginning :
Suz u Gudaz, j\>iJ j ;^ , the story of a
Hindu princess who burned herself on her
husband's pile, in the reign of Akbar, a
Masnavi dedicated to Prince Daniyal, fol.
Ill b, beginning:
It has been printed at the end of the first
volume of the Akbar Namah, Lucknow, 1284.
Add. 7816.
Poll. 96; 9| in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long; written in a cursive Indian character,
apparently in the 17th centurv.
'[CI. J. EiCH.l
The Divan of Shapur.
Beg. yUU JjJ ^j\ji yU J^<i Jijj laij
^j^yi»- (_->! {jXiS- iy\iiJ\ &i tj:,^jLol»-j
Khwajah Shapur, son of Khwajagi Khwa-
jah, of a distinguished family of Teheran,
was, according to Tahir Nasirabadi, fol. 178,
a sister's son of the poet Ummidi (died A.H.
925 ; see Tuhfah i Sami), and a first cousin
of Amin Razi (see above, p. 335 b, and
Blochmann, Ain i Akbari, p. 508). He first
used the Takhallus of Paribi or Karibi, which
he afterwards exchanged for Shapur. He
twice went to India, where he enjoyed the
protection of his relative Mirza Ja'far Asaf
Khan (who was raised to the Khanship A.H.
993, and died A.H. 1021 ; Tazkirat ul-Umara,
and Blochmann, Ain i Akbari, p. 411), and
of Sultan Salim (Jahangir). Taki Kashi
states, Oude Catalogue, p. 42, that Shapur was
engaged in A.H. 966 in imitating the Diviin
of Eighani. See Haft Ikllm, fol. 454, Riyaz
ush-Shu'ara, fol. 235, Atashkadah, fol. 94,
and Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 564.
Contents: Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 b, wanting the latter part from the
beginning of the letter ^ . Ruba'is, fol. 86 a.
Or. 286.
Poll. 136 ; 11 in. by 3^ ; 19 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
675
The Divan of Sanjar.
Beg. \ ^3/j^^ J^ *^ J^ ^ ^^
Mir Muhammad Hashim, poetically sur-
named Sanjar, was the son of Mir RafT ud-
Din Haidar, of Kashiin, a poet who has been
mentioned p. 672 b, to whom he was, in the
opinion of Amin Razi, fol. 390, far superior
in poetical talent. He went to India, ac-
cording to Maa^ir i Rahimi, Blochmann's
Ain i Akbari, p. 595, in A.E. 1000, was im-
prisoned by Akbar for some offence, to which
he alludes in the present Divan, fol. 101, and,
after his release, repaired to Ibrahim *Adil
Shah in Bijfipur, where he died A.H. 1021.
See also the Oude Catalogue, pp. 150, 671,
Riyaz ush-Shu'ar.l, fol. 218, and Atashkadah,
fol. 109.
Contents: Ghazals alphabetically arranged,
fol. 2 b. Kasidahs, fol. 76 b. Kifahs, fol.
105 a. Ma§navls, fol. 117 b.
Of the Kasidahs several addressed to
Akbar, to Ibrahim *Adil Shah, and to Mirza
Jfinl Beg, ruler of Tattah, with whom the
poet appears to have stayed some time.
Add. 24,088.
FoU. 190 ; 9 in. by 6^ ; 14 lines, 2 J in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century. [William U. Morlet.]
Laila and Majnun, a Ma^navi, with a prose
preface.
Author: Ruh ul-Amln, ^^'^\ ^jy
Beg. j^ji J^ j!> cr— ij^
This poet, no record of whom has been found,
appears from passages of his works to have
been aSayyid bom inlsfahan, who held a high
office at the court of the Kutubshahs in the
Deccan. The present poem is dedicated to
Sultan Muhammad Kuli Kutubshah, who
reigned from A.H. 988 to 1020. The author
refers in the prologue, fol. 20, to two previous
compositions, one treating of the loves of
Parviz, the other entitled Matmali, as the
first two poems of his Khamsah, the present
being the third. He bestows upon himself,
both in that passage and in the epilogue, the
most extravagant praises, which he puts in
the mouth of his great master NizamI, while
he speaks in very slighting terms of earlier
Ma§navi writers, as the latest of whom he
names Jami, Hatifi, and Maktabi. The last,
a contemporary of Ahli Shimzi, lived in the
first half of the tenth century of the Hijrah ;
see the Oudo Catalogue, p. 38.
In the prologue of the Asmiin Hashtum
(see below, Add. 25,903) the author states
that he had written the Laila Majnun in
the space of seven months.
Ruh ul-Amin was, according to Amal
l^ih, fol. 697, the takhallus of Mir Jumlah,
«'. e. Mir Muhammad Amin, a Sayyid of
Isfahan, who went A.H. 1010 to the Deccan,
and was, during the reign of Muhammad
Kuli Kutubshfih, the virtual head of the
state of Golconda. He entered, A.H. 1027,
the service of Jahangir, and held high offices
at the Delhi court until his death, A.tl. 1047.
See Mafi^ir ul-Umara, fol. 483, and Hadlkat
ul-'Alam, vol. i. p. 243. His poetical works
amounted, according to fahir NasirabadI,
fol. 52, to 20,000 lines.
Add. 6617.
Foil. 164; 7i in. by 4; 12 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins ; apparently in the 17th
century. [J. F. Hull.J
Another, somewhat shorter, recension of
the same poem.
Beg. j\iJ\y^jJL ^ji^^\
II 2
676
POETRY.— A.H. 1000-1100.
Add. 25,903.
Foil. 148 ; 8.i in. by 4^ ; 12 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated Rajab, A.H. 1024
(A.D. 1616).
A poem in imitation of Nizami's Haft Paikar
and on the same subject, by the above poet.
Beg. tfJjT J^ ^.Ji i^\jj ^^
This poem, the fourth of the author's
intended Khamsah, was written for Muham-
mad Kuli Kutubshah, whose panegyric
occupies a great part of the prologue, foil.
22 b — 28 a ; but we learn from the conclu-
sion, fol. 144 b, that, the king having died
during its composition (A.H. 1020), it was
dedicated to his successor, Sultan-Muham-
mad Kutubshah. The date of completion,
A.H. 1021, is conveyed in the following
line, fol. 147 b :
The above title is found in the epilogue,
fol. 139 :
A^ j.ib jM ^\> i^\ j>- ii.i»
Another title, with the same meaning,
-.jj2\ CJM, is found in the illuminated
heading at the beginning.
Or. 284.
Poll. 185 ; 8^ in. by 5^ ; 14 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 17th
century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
y6 (jij — is'
The Divan of Ruh ul-Amln.
Beg. U ^^Vjj ^ y yji j^ ^^jj i^^
In a prose preface, of which only a frag-
ment is extant, fol. 18, the author states that
this Divan, entitled Gulistan i Naz, contains
five thousand distichs, and consists of Ghazals
written in early life.
Add. 7799.
Foil. 290 ; 10^ in. by 6| ; 19 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with two 'Unvans
and gold-ruled margins; dated Jumada I.,
A.H. 1044 (A.D. 1634). [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Shani.
Beg. rI<;.^jj\jW i—n);^ »jV by-j ,j\
Maulana Shfmi, whose original name was
Nasaf Aka, belonged to the Turkish tribe of
Taklu, and was bom in Teheran. He was
the favourite poet of Shah 'Abbas I. It is
stated in the 'Alam-arai, quoted in the Zinat
ut-Tavarikh, fol. 651, and the Fava'id Safa-
viyyah, fol. 26, that the Shah was so delighted
with a Kasidah in praise of *Ali, which
Shani recited before him, that he ordered the
poet to be weighed and to receive his weight
in gold for his reward. This incident took
place in the ninth year of the reign (A.H.
1004-5). Shani spent the last years of his
life in Mashhad, Avhere he died, according to
Siraj, Oude Catalogue, p. 150, the Khulasat
ul-AfkSr, fol. 147, and Haft Asman, p. 132,
A.H. 1023, a date fixed by the chronogram
.k^ i\M^\y- See also Riyaz ush-Shu*ara, fol.
234, Atashkadah, fol. 8, and the Oude Cata-
logue, pp. 42, 112, 564.
Contents : Kasldahs in praise of the Imams,
of Shah 'Abbils, and some personages of his
Court, fol. lb. A Magnavi in praise of the
Imams, fol. 112 a, beginning:
^^ J i^-s-*^ *>^^.i) ***^— *
POETRY.— A. H. 1000—1100.
677
Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 129 b,
beginning:
Kit's bs and Rubals, fol. 288 a.
Copyist : ^y^y t»^J\ -^ j^ a^jA^
Or. 1301.
Foil. 251 ; 8 in. by 4i ; 14 lines. 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in two gold-ruled
columns, apparently in the 17tb century.
The same Divan, imperfect at the begin-
ning.
Or. 350.
Foil. 239; SJ in. by 4^; 16 Unes, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [Geo. "Wm. IIamilton.J
The story of Sultan Mahmud and his
favourite Ayaz, a Ma^navi.
Author: ZuliUi.J^j.
Beg. o-« j\>\ fj.iy^ ,CJ' JSi
yz^\j\^ jjj liljJ^ (jUP
Maulilna ZulAll, of Khwansar, 'Irak, lived
in the reign of 'Abbas I., and was one of the
panegyrists of the influential Sayyid, Mir
Muhammad Biikir Dumad. He is chiefly
known by seven Ma^avis, the most popular
of whiclj is the present poi-m.
It was commenced, as stated by the author
in the epilogue, in A.n. 1001,
and finished A.H. 1024. The latter date is
fixed by the following chronogram :
Zulali appears to have died shortly after ;
for we are told by Tahir Nasir.ibadi in
his Tazkirah, fol. 173, that he left the
poem unarrangcd, and that it was put into
order by Shaikh 'Abd ul-^usain B. Shaikh
'All Nak! Kamra'i in India. Mirza Tugbra, of
Masbhad, wrote a preface to it.
Notices on Zulilll will be found in Haft Ik-
lim, fol. 395, Mirat ul-Kbayrd, fol. 53, Riyaz
usb-Shu'ai-a, fol. 197, Atasbkadah, fol. 91,
and Haft Asman, p. 140. See also the Oude
Catalogue, pp. 41, 90.
The prologue contains eulogies on Shah
'Abbiis, the Vazir Mirza Hablb Ullah, and
the author's patron, Mir Bakir Damad, at
whose request, we are told, the poem was
written.
Foil. 1 — 18 have been supplied by a
modem hand.
The Mahmud u Ayftz has been litho-
graphed in the press of Navalkisbor. The
seven ]^Ia§navis of Zulali are mentioned in
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 57, and more fully
described by Dr. Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 593.
Add. 16,797.
Foil. 282; 8 in. by 4i ; 13 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Rain' I.,
the third year of Farrukhsiyar=A.H. 1126
(A.D. 1714). [VVm. Ytjle.J
The same poem, with a preface by the
author.
In the preface Zulali compares his seven
Ma^navis with the seven planets, Sab' Say-
yfirah, and enumerates them in the foUoMnng
order: l.j^^ jj;-.^. 2. j^mj »^*i!» . 3. *J WS*.
4. j-J*,^ J »jj. 5. jji.v-jjjT. 6. *.U ^j.'.*-!-. .
Another short prose preamble, also by
Zulali, is prefixed to the poem.
Add. 18,678.
Foil. 38; 6 in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 2 in. long,
with 16 lines in the margin; written in Shi-
kastah-amiz ; dated Shav'viil. A.H. 1222
(A.D. 1807).
The first half of the same poem, corres-
ponding to foil. 1—125 of Or. 360.
678
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
Add. 18,807.
Foil. 291 ; 9|; in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Muharram,
A.H. 1075 (A.D. 1664).
Three Magna vis by the same.
I. Eol. 1 b. Mahmud u Ayjiz ; see above.
II. Fol. 241 b. »jli?«, the " Tavern," with
a short prose preamble by the author.
Beg. «i\3^ wo-. »jb jl Si
III. Eol. 275 b. j^^ J Sjj, "The Moth
and the Sun," with a prose preface by Zulali.
Beg. "J^jV u**^ ^J f*^
Add. 16,792.
Foil. 179; 10^ in. by 6; 23 lines, 3 in.
long ; with 18 lines in the margin ; written
in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled mar-
gins; dated Ramazan, A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780).
[Wm. Yule.]
The Divan of Zuhuri.
Beg. U ^y>i> (jSJUs-j \iij> Li*^b jjb\y- ftio\
Zuhuri, whose proper name was Nur ud-
Din Muhammad, was a native of Turshiz,
Khorasan. His contemporary Taki Kaslu,
Oude Catalogue, p. 44, states that he went
at an early age to Yazd, from whence he
proceeded, A.H. 988, to India, and settled in
Bijapur. There he became the intimate
friend of another poet, Malik Kumml (see
Oude Catalogue, pp.30, 151), whose daughter
he married. Both stood in high favour with
Ibrahim 'Adilshah (A.H, 988—1037), who
rewarded them, according to the Eutuhat
'Adilshahi, fol. 301, for the Gulistan i Khalil,
their joint production, with a present of
9000 gold pieces. Both were killed in an
affray A.H. 1024 or 1025. See Badaoni,
vol. iii. p. 281, Mir at ul-'Alam, fol. 486,
Mir at ul-Khayal, fol. 57, Riyaz ush-Shu'aril,
fol. 281, Atashkadah, fol. 36, and the Oude
Catalogue, pp. 112, 125, 151.
Zuhuri's compositions in prose and verse,
which are much admired in India, are little
known in Persia. A notice on the author
and some of his works, written by Abd ur-
Razzak Surati, A.H. 1212, and entitled
Mukaddimat Zuhuri, has been lithographed
in Cawnpore, 1873.
The KuUiyclt, or poetical works of Zuhuri,
consist of a Saki Namah, dedicated to Burhan
Nizamshah, another Ma§navi, and the Divan.
See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 68, and the Oude
Catalogue, p. 580.
Contents of the Divan : Ghazals in alpha-
betical order, fol. 1 b. Ruba'is, fol. 143 b.
Copyist : (js^ ^
On the first page is the stamp of the Oude
Minister, Tiket Rai, with an 'Arz Didah dated
A.H. 1203.
Or. 294.
Foil. 183 ; 9i in. by 6^ ; 16 lines, 4 in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Rajab, A.H. 1241 (A.D. 1826).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same Divan, containing — Ghazals,
fol. 2 a; Kit'ahs, fol. 178 a; Ruba'is, fol. 1786.
Add. 26,167.
Foil. 140; 74 in. by 4; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Zulhijjah,
A.H. 1092 (A.D. 1681). [Wm. Erskine.J
Saki-Namah, a poem in praise of Burhan
Nizam Shah, and the Court of Ahmadnagar,
by Zuhiiri.
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
679
Beg. \j liJb d)>\ 1^ US
This poem, which is stated at the end to
consist of 4500 distichs, was written shortly
after the accession of Burhan, who reigned
from A.H. 999 to 1003.
The Saki Nftmah is mentioned by Firish-
tah, vol. ii. p. 307. It has been lithographed
in Lucknow, 1849.
Or. 338.
FoU. 201 ; 7 J in. by 4^ ; 12 lines, 2\ in.
long; written in Shikastah-amiz, with gold-
ruled margins, and eleven miniatures in
Indian style ; dated A.H. 1096 (A.D. 1685).
From the royal library of Lucknow.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same poem, with a diiferent beginning:
Five leaves at the beginning, and a few in
the body of the volume, have been supplied
by a later hand.
Add. 18,419.
FoU. 17 ; 1% in. by 4^ ; 12 Unes, 3^ in.
long; written in a cursive Indian character;
dated Lucknow, Bamazan, A.H. 1205 (A.D.
1791. [Wm. Ydia]
" Bread and Sweets," a Ma^navi on ascetic
life, by Baha*i, i.e. Shaikh Baha ud-Din *Amili,
wbo died A.H. 1030 (see p. 25 b).
Beg. ^_^\ V' c;* c/'-J< V-'
The author states, in a short preamble,
that he had written this poem during a
journey to Mecca and his stay there. It has
been printed in Constantinople, A.H. 1268.
Copyist : »/^l tV* J-«»'
Add. 7821.
Foil. 35 ; 7 J in. by 5 ; 5 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in Turkish Naskhi ; dated Jumiida I.,
A.H. 1214 (A.D. 1799). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same poem.
Copyist : ^UJu- ^ iJ^-X)^
Add. 5630.
Foil. 130 ; 9i in. by 5^ ; foil. 1—62, 10
lines in three columns, about 20 lines in
four columns ; written in Nestalik ; dated
A.H. 1044 (A.D. 1634).
[Nath. Brassey Halhed.]
The Divan of Talib Amuli.
Beg. Ji^ j^\ ij^ j,jh ^ ^ yyr
Talib, born in Amul, Mazandaran, was
cousin (i.>Jj »)*.) to Hakim Rukna (p. 603 a),
who composed an elegy on his death. Having
been induced by his relative to go to India,
he attached himself to Mirzfi Ghazi, ruler of
Sind (A.H. 1015—20; see Tazkirat ul-
Umara, fol. 125), and afterwards passed into
the service of Jahfingir, who conferred upon
him the title of Malik ush-Shu'ara. His
mind, however, became deranged, and he
died still young, A.H. 1035. The date is
expressed in the Mir'iit ul-'AIam, fol. 486, by
the chronogram, jU t^'J* ^jj>\ ^\ ^Jm ^J>y^
In the Taba^cat i Shahjahani, fol. 321,
A.H. 1040 is given as the date of his death.
See also Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 274, Atash-
kadah, fol. 92, Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 158,
Oude Catalogue, pp. 90, 125, 161, and
Ouseley, Notices, pp. 176 — 9.
Contents: Kasidahs in praise of 'All, of
Mirza Ghazi, Jahanglr, NQr Mahall, Shah
'Abbas, Mir Abul-Kasim, Chm Kilij Khan,
and others, fol. 1 6. Tarji's, fol. 67 ft. Ghazals
in alphabetical order, fol. 69 a. Ruba'is,
fol. 127 h.
680
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
Copies are mentioned in the Oude Cata-
logue, p. 575, the Miinich Catalogue, p. 38,
de Jong's Catalogue of the Academy's library,
p. 224, and in the Catalogue of the library of
King's College, Cambridge, No. 172.
Add. 17,489.
Foil. 41; 10 in. by 6 ; 16 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with Tnvan, gold-
ruled margins, and eleven miniatures in
the Indian style ; dated Zulhijjah, A.H. 1211
(A.D. 1797.
A poetical yersion of the Koka-Sastra,
a Sanscrit or Hindi work, treating of the
various temperaments of men and women,
and of sexual intercourse.
Author : Muhammad Kull, poetically sur-
named JamI, jj«l*: (.>aJj^ ^' j..^
Beg. ij\^ (•Lb fj-* \^\ Aj^
The translation is dedicated to *Abd ullah
Kutubshah, who reigned from A.H. 1035 to
1083. It was written, as stated at the end
of the prologue, fol. 13 a, in A.H. 1036.
The original work, ascribed to the Vazir
Koka, l/ji^, consisted of 34 Babs ; the trans-
lator has added two more.
Muhammad Kuli was bom, according to
his own account, at Haidarabad, one of the
" sixty " sons of a Vazir called like himself
Muhammad Kuli.
In the subscription the work is called
LJJ\ \SJJi!>, a title which does not appear in
the text, and which belongs to an earlier
version of the same work by Ziya Nakhshabi ;
see the Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 15, Ilahi,
Oude Catalogue, p. 80, and Pertsch, Zeit-
schrift der D. Morg. Gesellschaft, vol. xxi.
p. 511.
Hindustani versions of the Koka Sastra
are mentioned by Garcin de Tassy, Hist, de
la Litt. Hind., 2nd edition, vol. i. p. 187.
See also Aufrecht, Bodleian Catalogue, p. 404.
Add. 6622.
Poll. 294 ; 111 in. by 6f ; 25 lines, 4^ in.
long, in a page ; written in fair Nestalik in
four gold-ruled columns, with five 'Unvans ;
dated Rajab, A.H. 1039 (A.D. 1630).
The Khamsah of Hasan B. Sayyid Fath
Ullah.
This Khamsah consists of five long rhap-
sodies in glorification of Muhammad, of the
first four Khalifs, and of the author's spiri-
tual guide, Shaikh ul-Islam Shaikh Muham-
mad B. Fazl Ullah ul-Bakri, who had come
from Medina to India (fol. 234 a), and who
is spoken of in the fifth poem as dead
(fol. 232 b).
The author boasts of his descent from Amir
Khusrau : his mother was a daughter of
Hasan B. Piyarah, whose genealogy is
traced up to the celebrated poet (fol. 235 a).
The poems, which follow the metres of
Nizami's Khamsah, and are designated as
the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth
Tuhfah iiaJ, begin respectively on foil. 1 b,
57 b, 119 b, 160 b, and 228 b, as follows:
«A.»£- /^aJ SAmi iX*^ (»^W
UJO i\j X^\ ^JyJt j_y_^\
^3^i Vj
U'
lila*
»LjJ^\ 1^^ c.r^ ii-^=^
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
681
The date of each, and the number of its
verses, are recorded in its epilogue, and
repeated in the subscription. The first was
written in two months, and completed in
Safar, A.H. 1038; it contains 5314 distichs.
Tlie second Avas completed in Jumada, A.H.
1038, and contains 800<» distichs. The
third was completed in ZulkaMah, A.H. 1038,
and consists of 4225 distichs. The fourth
was finished in Muharram, A.H. 1039. The
fifth was finished in llabl' I., A.H. 1039; it
consists of 8500 distichs.
The author mentions in his conclusion
another Khamsah previously written by him
in praise of Muhammad, his wives, his
grandchildren, Hasan and Husain, and their
descendants A Ma$navi entitled «j^*i« »iid
tsojL, and attributed in the Oude Catalogue,
p. 419, to Muhammad Hasan, of Dehli, A.H.
1013, is probably a part of that work.
Copyist : ^jj> ji^\ a*p
Add. 7801.
Foil. 76; Hi in. by 7J; 17 lines, 6^ in.
long; written in Ncstalik, in four gold-ruled
columns, with 'Unvrm and ten miniatures in
the Persian style; dated A.H. 1109 (A.D.
1697). [CI. J. Rich.]
Jarun-Namah, a Ma^navi on the taking
of Jarun (Uormuz) from the Portuguese by
Imam l^uli Khiin.
Author : ^dri, ^jjji
Beg. \^ ^jy. ^U; jyjl
Imam Kuli Khan, son and successor of
Allah Virdi Khan, Beglerbegi of the Province
of Pars, captured Hormuz, after a siege of
two months, in the 36th year of the reign of
Shah *Abbas I., A.H. 1032 ; see 'Alam-anii,
fol. 382, and Malcolm, vol. i. p. 646.
The poem was written in Imam Kuli's
lifetime and dedicated to him. But a sub-
sequent addition, foil. 59 — 65, contains a
record of the cruel execution of that general
and his children by Shah Safi, which took
place, as stated, fol. 63 «, in A.H. 1043. See
Malcolm, vol. i. p. 571.
Poll. 65, 71, 72 contain some versified
chronograms of births, etc., by the same
Kadri. This poet is not to be confounded
with his namesake Kadri Shirazi, who died
in India, A.H. 989. See Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
•fol. 370.
Appended is a fragment of a poem on
Shirin and Khusrau, foil. 66—70.
Add. 19,662.
Poll. 445 ; 9 in. by 6i ; 17 lines, 3g in.
long; written in Shikastah-amiz, with ruled
margins ; dated Jumada I., the fifth year of
the reign (of Shah Husain) = A.H. 1111
(A.D. 1699).
Tlie Divan of Asir.
Beg. Ub J J cJl*- ^xJi *3b ^i
3Iirza Jalal Asir, son of Mlrza Muniin, one
of the Sayyids of Shahristan, and a native of
Isfahan, stood high in the favour of Shah
*Abba8 1., who gave him one of his daughters
in marriage. He died young from excess of
drink, loaving a Divan, which consists, ac-
cording to Tiihir Nasinibadi, fol. 80, of 8000
lines. The date A.H. 1049 given for his
death by Siraj, Oude Catalogue, p. 149, and
by Abu Talib, Khul.sat ul-Afkar, fol. 15, is
probably correct. An earlier date, A.H.
1040, given in Mirat ul-'Alam, fol. 476, and
Hamishah Bahar, Oude Catalogue, p. 117,
is not consistent with the evidence of his
K K
682
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
Divan, whicli contains chronograms on
events of A.H. 1044 and 1045. See also
Kisas ul-KhakcTni, fol. 163, Mir'at ul-Khayal,
fol. 62, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 49, and Oude
Catalogue, p. 342.
Contents : Kasidahs in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 b. Kifahs, including chronograms,
fol. 57 a. Magnavis, fol. 60 a. Tarji's, fol.
73 a. Ghazals alphabetically arranged, fol.
79 a, beginning :
Ijj-iwr* ui~«li i^jV^ j^ Jj "^y.
Eubals in the same order, fol. 438 a. See
Ouseley's Collection, No. 15.
Copyist : c[3^ <^tri Ci^\^
Or. 278.
Foil. 148 ; 61 in. by 4 ; 11 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently late in
the 17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
c>5^ ^^ji^
The Divan of Auji.
Beg.
j\m d\^.^ j\
Xj
U\
L^y rj
Aujl Natanzi, a native of Natanz, near
Isfahan, lived in Herat. He and two other
poets, Malik Mashriki, and Fasihi of Herat
(who died A.H. 1046 ; Oude Catalogue,
p. 151), were the favourite companions of
Hasan Beg Shfimlu, the Beglerbegi of
Khorasan. This Amir, who succeeded to the
post of his father tEusain Khan A.H. 1027,
and died about the close of the reign of Shah
Safi (A.H. 1038 — 1052), was a passionate
lover of poetry, and has left a Divan of three
thousand lines. See *Alam Aral, fol. 368,
and Tahir Nasirabadi, fol. 28 h.
Auji died, according to Siraj, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 149, A.H. 1050. His Divan is
stated to contain about ten thousand lines.
See Tahir, fol. 188, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
47, and Atashkadah, fol. 94.
Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 2 h. Tarkibs,
fol. 33 h. Kit'ahs, fol. 47 h. Ghazals in
alphabetical order, fol. 57 h, beginning :
Ruba'is, fol. 136 h.
The laudatory poems are mostly in praise
of the Imam *A1] Riza and of the author's
patron, Hasan Khan. A Kasidah is addressed
to Shah Safi at the time of his accession,
and a Tarkib to the Vazir Mir Abul-Ma'ali.
Or. 299.
Foil. 109 ; 71 in. by 4| ; 15 lines, 2i in.
long ; written in neat Xestalik on gold-
sprinkled paper, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled
margins, in the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Ghiya§.
Beg. (jij^^ '^'J-s^. tiiV* i ^'^^- " e^.^ c^^AWjji s»-
Ghiya§a i Halvfi'i, or " the confectioner,"
was a native of Shiraz, and a contemporary
of Mulhimi and of Nizam, of Dast i Ghaib
(who died A.H. 1039). In middle life he
settled in Isfahan, where he was much
appreciated by men of taste. Having lost
his sight, he died, in consequence of a fall
from the roof of his house, in the reign of
Shah Safi (A.H. 1038—1052). See Tahir
Nasirabadi, fol. 179, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol.'
321, Atashkadah, fol. 133, and Oude Cata-
logue, p. 412.
Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 3 h. Saki Na-
mah, a Magnavi addressed to the Shah, fol.
31 a. Ghazals without alphabetical arrange-
ment, fol. 37 «, beginning :
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
683
Rubfus and Fardiyyat, fol. 104 a.
The laudatory poems are addressed to the
Imams, and to a princely personage, only
designated by the title of Khan. Many
Kasldahs treat of moral and relii^ious subjects
in the style of Khftkani. One of them,
imitated from a well known Kasidah of that
poet, and entitled y,^' ^V"» was composed
in A.H. 1035, as shown by the chronogram
Add. 7800.
Foil. 180; 9i in. by \\ ; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [CI. J. Rich.J
The Divan of Mashriki.
Beg. sjV> ^j^ ^> u-^;' ^/j ^fr ss.^
Mirza Malik Masbriki, who has been
mentioned, p. C82 b, as one of the favourite
poets of Hasan Khun, governor of Herat,
was bom in Isfahan of a family which came
from Mashhad, and was one of the secretaries
of the Diir ul-Insha, or chancelry, of Shah
'Abbiis I. He appears to have been staying
in Isfahan during the reign of Shah Safl
(A.H. 1038—1062) to whom several of his
Kastdabs are addressed. His Divan includes
a chronogram on some royal building erected
A.H. 1060.
Notices on Masbriki arc to be found in the
Tazkirah of Tahir Nasir.ibAdi, fol. 185, the
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 429, and the Atash-
kadah, fol. 49.
Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 1 b. Ghazals
and detached renes, in one alphabetical
series, fol. 58 a, beginning :
l-,\
';> ^y '"^ urJ'* uT- j-»
A Mafnavl on Khusrau and Shirln, written,
as stated in the prologue, by desire of Shah
Safi, and left unfinished, fol. 166 o, beginning:
Another Masnavi, fol. 175 a. RubiiTs,
fol. 177 b.
Or. 305.
Foil. 338 ; 10 in. by 4^ ; 21 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
17th century. From the royal library of
Lucknow. [Geo. "Wm. Hamilton.]
• Poetical works of Mir Muhammad Kdzim
Husaini, poetically surnamed Karim.
The author, no record of whom has been
found, was, as appears from some passages
of his works, a native of Irak, in the service
of 'Abd ullah Kutubshah, who reigned in
Haidarubad from A.H. 1035 to 1083, and
his father's poetical surname was Fikr. See
the Oude Catalogue, p. 450.
The contents are as follows :
I. Foil. 66 A collection of Rub.Vis,
mostly of religious nature, in alphabetical
order, with a prose preface.
Beg. of Pref. ^j» u\l^ *»-^Ji tj^^* J^
The collection comprises, as stated at the
end, four thousand and eighty Rubfi'is.
n. Foil. 300 b. MJ aS " The Treasure,"
a Kasidah addressed to Sultan 'Abd ullah
Kutubshah, with a prose preface, beginning:
In a letter to the Sultan, which is prefixed,
the author alludes to his poem as a buried
treasure which he had discovered in the
estate bestowed upon him by the sovereign.
The Ij^idah, which begins thus, fol. 308 d,
w^j
E K 2
684
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
consists of upwards of a thousand lines.
The text is frequently interrupted by long
extracts from NizamI, Sa'di, Jami, and the
author's own poems. The poet offers to the
king very bold advice for the reformation of
abuses and the better government of the
kingdom. He adds bitter complaints of
the neglect and niggardly treatment he had
met with during seven years service, and of
the exactions which reduced his scanty
allowance, and threatens to leave Haidarabfid
to return to his native Irak, and to the holy
shrines of Najaf.
EoU. 3 and 4 contain a notice on ten
religious Magnavis of the author, with
remarks on the efficacy of their recitation.
Or. 337.
. Foil. 143 ; 10| in. by 6; 17 lines, 3^ in long;
written in Indian Shikastah-amiz ; dated
'Alamgirpur, vulgo Bhilsah, Zulhijjah, the
28th year of Aurangzib, A.H. 1095 (A.D.
1684). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A story of two Sindian lovers.
Author : Eiziu, ^J^J
Beg. »i Jj ^ |.s. J Jo ^ ^^\
The author, who appears to have been a
native of Sind, states in the introduction,
fol. 30 h, that the original name of the lover
was Panun ^^iy\, and that of his beloved,
SisI (_gM>x.^, but that, from fear of offending
Persian ears by outlandish names, he had
substituted for them Nigar and Zibii.
The poem is founded, as stated at the end,
upon a prose narrative, due to Sayyid 'All
of Thathah, a holy personage, who was a
contemporary of the heroes of the tale.
The date of composition, A.H. 1053, is
expressed by the words J^ and ^j, as stated
in the following lines, fol. 140 h :
Appended is a eulogy on the work by the
transcriber Jaikarn, in which the author is
named Maulana Hajl Muhammad Riza'I.
See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 544, and
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 73.
Or. 323.
Poll. 482 ; 8^ in. by 4^ ; 15 lines, 2J in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century ; much damaged by worms.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The poetical works of Kudsi, ^si ^^-^^ •
Haji Muhammad Jan, who took the sur-
name of Kudsi from the holy shrine of
Mashhad, his native place, had performed
in his youth a pilgrimage to Mecca. He
went to India in A.H. 1041, and was patron-
ized by 'Abd Ullah Khan Fir iiz Jang, who
introduced him to the notice of Shahjahan.
He soon became one of that sovereign's
favourite poets, but did not obtain the
appointment of Malik ush-Shu'ara, to which
h(; was, according to the *Amal Salih, fol.
696, entitled above all others, because he
had been forestalled by Talib Kalim. He
spent the last years of his life in Kashmir,
where he died A.H. 1056, according to Siraj,
Oude Catalogue, p. 151, the Sarv i Azad, and
Haft Asman, p. 143, or A.H. 1055, as stated
by Shir Khan, fol. 64, and in the Khulasat
ul-Afkar, fol. 225. The first of the above
dates is confirmed by a Tarklb composed by
a contemporary poet on Kudsi's death. Or.
851, fol. 7, in which it is expressed by the
chronogram :
^ «;^Ay (►i^ i_^JJ JjJ-? J^j* jj'i
Other notices on Kudsi will be found in the
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
685
Tazkirah of Tahir, fol. 169, the Tabakat i
Shahjahani, fol. 32^ Padishah Namah of
Amin, fol. 430, Padishah Namah of 'Abd ul-
Hamid, vol. i., part 2, p. 351, VakiVit i
Kashmir, fol. 119, Riyaz ush-Shu'am, fol.
370, and the Oude Catalogue, pp. 113, 128,
and 53G.
The contents are as follows :
I. Fol. 2 b. A description of the gardens
of Kashmir, a Ma^nari dedicated to Shah-
jahan, imperfect at the beginning.
II. Fol. 19 b. Tarkib-bands, mostly in
praise of Imfun Riza, beginning :
The first of these was written, according to
the heading, when the poet was setting out
for Irak ; another at the time of his departure
for India.
III. Fol. 47 b. Kasldahs, only partially
arranged in alphabetical order. They are
mostly in praise of the Imams. One is
addreiBed to Minuchihr,govemor of Mashhad,
another to I;Iasan Khan, governor of Ilerat.
lY. Fol. 136 b. Ghazals in alpliabctical
order, beginning:
V. Fol. 215 b. Preface to the Divan of
Kudsi, written in Agra, A.H. 1048, by Jalal
ud-Dm Muhammad Taba^ba'i (see p. 258 a).
VI. Fol. 222 b. RubVis.
VII. Fol. 274 b. Mar^iyahs on the death
of the poet's son, and other persons, in the
form of Tarkib-bands.
VIII. Fol. 291 a. J^M. .-U^k, a
poetical history of Shahjahun in Ma^navi
rhyme.
Beg; y'^ j< jb ^ J\ji. |.Ui
The poem was loft unfinished. The
present copy contains a confused series of
detached fragments, treating of Shahjahan's
accession, his early life, and some events of
the beginning of his reign. The latest of
these is the erection by Shahjahan, on his
return from the Deccan, of several edifices,
and especially of the famous Dehli mosque,
the building of which is dated by a chrono-
gram A.H. 1047. Some of the fragments
are written twice and even tlurice over with
some variations.
IX. Fol. 477 a. Two fragments, probably
belonging to the Magnavi mentioned under
Art. I. The first is part of a description of
Kashmir ; the second is in praise of Shah-
jahun, and begins :
c,'*^
-Lo «J i_y'V^
t^.-yir*
Or. 351.
Foil. 68 ; 8J in. by 5 ; 17 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in cursive Ncstalik, apparently
in the 17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Some poems by Kudsi, as follows :
Fol. 2 b. A Kit'ah of religious character,
ending with an invocation to 'Ali.
Fol. 4 b. Kasidahs addressed to Shah-
jahfin, mostly on Nauruz festivals.
Foil. 7 and 9 contain the Tarkib-band,
composed by some poet not named, on the
death of Kudsi, which has been noticed
p. 684 b.
Fol. 21 a. Ma§navis, beginning :
686
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
Tins sectioa contains poems on various
palaces erected by Sbahjahiin, with chrono-
grams ranging from A.H. lOlO to 1048 a
long description of Agrah, fol. 44 a, and
other pieces relating to events of that period.
The longest, however, foil. 48 b — 51 b and
21 a — 26 b, relating to the flight and death
of Rajah Jajhar Singh (A.H. 1044), is not
by Kudsi, but by KalTm, and is found in
the Divan of the latter, Add. 24,002, foU.
86 a— 94 b.
Fol. 61 a. Kit'ahs, most of which contain
chronograms on contemporary events.
Add.
24,002.
Foil. 166; 9 in. by 6; about 20 lines,
34 in. long ; written in a cursive Nestalik,
with two 'Dnvans, and gold-ruled margins ;
probably in the 18th century.
The Divan of Kalim.
Beg. ^ix^ju) v_.yij jTjiS »S I, [j^ j» j^-i.
•^•^ A d^J^'^ ^- J^ ^5^ ^J" J'^ /
Abu Talib, poetically surnamed Kalim,
was born in Hamadan and grew up in
Kashan. After completing his studies in
Shiraz, he went to India, where, accord-
ing to the *Amal i Salih, fol. 697, he stayed
some time with Mir Jumlah, poetically
styled Riih ul-AmTn (p. 675 b). Having
been attached to the court of Shahjahan
shortly after that sovereign's accession,
he became his favourite poet, and re-
ceived from him the post of Malik ush-
Shu'ara. Amin states, in his Padishah
Namah, fol. 431, that Talib and Kudsl were
then (A.H. 1047) simultaneously engaged
upon the composition of two poetical records
of Shiihjahan's reign, both of which he terms
Padishah Namah. Talib was sent to Kash-
mir, to devote himself to the completion of
his task, and he died there, as stated by his
contemporary Varis, in the third volume of
the Padishah Namah, fol. 630, on the 15th
of Zulhijjah, in the 26th year of the reign
(A.H. 1062). The same year is given as the
date of his death by Shir Khan, fol. 67,
while Mir'at i 'Alam, and other later works, '
give A.H. 1061. See Tazkirah i Tahir, fol.
165, Atashkadah, fol. 110, Riyaz ush-Shu*ara,
fol. 385, and the Oude Catalogue, pp. 113,
128, 151, and 453.
The contents of the Divan are as follows :
Fol. 2 b. Kasidahs, mostly addressed to
Shahjahan, with a Tarkib-band of the kind
called Bahariyyah, or vernal poem, at the
end.
Fol. 41 a. MukattaVit, includinsr chrono-
grams, the dates of which range from A.H.
1024, Dara Shikiili's birth, to A.H. 1054.
Fol. 52 b. Masnavis, mostly descriptive
of buildings erected by Shahjahan, and
recording their dates. The longest, foil.
86 a — 94 b, contains an account of the flight
and pursuit of Jajhar Singh. The last is a
Saki Namah composed for Zafar Khiin,
governor of Kashmir.
Fol. 97 b. Ghazals in alphabetical order,
beginning :
The margins contain additional Ghazals.
Foil. 160 a. Ruba is.
Add. 7798.
Foil. 183; 7i in, by 3|; 14 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [CI. J. Ricii.j
A collection of Kalim's Ghazals, slightly
imperfect at beginning and end. It is far
richer than the corresponding section of the
preceding MS., and contains a few Ruba'is
at the end.
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
6S7
Add. 22,701.
Foil. 162; 9 in. by 5^; 17 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins; dated Sha'bun, A.H
1098 (A.D. 1687). [Sir John Campbeil.]
Another collection of Kalim's minor
poems, containing Ghazals, fol. 1 6, Rubit^is,
fol. 153 b, and two Ma^navis, fol. 159 b.
Or. 306.
Foil. 193; 9i in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins; dated Jumada I., A.D. 1814.
[Geo. Wm. HAMitTON.]
Ghazals of Ealim.
Or. 357.
Foil. 210 ; 7i in. by 4^ ; about 20 lines
written diagonally, in Nestalik, partly in
three and partly in four columns, probably
in the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Five fragments of a poetical record of the
life of Shfihjahun, by Kalim, as follows:
1. Early life of Shahjahan, concluding
with the death of Jahfinglr, fol. 1.
2. Part of the prologue, and account of
the emperor's forefathers from Timur to
UumAyun, fol. 48 a.
3. Early part of Sh.lhjahan'8 reign, from
his accession to Znfar Khan's expedition to |
Tibet (A.II. 10i6— 7), fol. 72 a.
4. Another part of the introduction,
beginning with the Mi*hij, and ending with
the birth of Sh.ihjahftn, fol. 198.
5. Description of Kashmir, foL 205.
The lame work is mentioned in the
Oude Catalogue, p. 454, under the title of
^ mU iUJaH. See also the Miinich
Catalogue, p. 96, and King's College Library,
No. 253.
Add. 25,330.
FoU. 196 ; 8i in. by 4^ ; 15 lines, 2f in.
long; written in Nestalik, on gold-sprinkled
paper, with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins;
dated A.H. 1042 (A.D. 1632).
The Divan of Ilfihi.
Beg. ^tr^ jU ^
IT
Mir Iluhi is the author of a Tazkirah, in
which he calls himself 'Imad ud-Din MahmQd
Iliihi liusaini, the contents of which have
been fully stated by Dr. Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, pp. 66 — 87. He belonged, ac-
cording to Taliir Nasirflbadi, fol. 192, to the
family of the Sayyids of Asadiibad, Ilamadan,
and lived some years in Isfahan under
Shah 'Abbas I., in frequent intercourse with
the poet Hakim Shifa*i. He then went
to India, and appears to have stayed some
time in Kabul with the governor Zafar Khan,
to whom several of his pieces, one of them
dated A.H. 1033, are addressed. After some
years spent at Court, under Jalulngir and
Shahjahan, he acccompanied Zafar Khan
to Kashmir, A.H. 1041 — 2, and resided there
till his death, the date of which, A.H. 1063,
is expressed in some verses engraved on his
tomb, and quoted in the Vakiat i Kashmir,
fol. 122 a, by the chronogram ^^^j^ ^^ dyi.
See *Amal i Sftlih, fol. 701, Mir'at ul-
Khayal, fol. 84, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 40,
Atashkadah, fol. 115, and Oude Catalogue,
pp. 150 and 435.
Zafar Khan, son of Khwajah Abul-IJasan,
was a munificent patron of letters, and no
mean poet himself. He was appointed
governor of Kabul, as lieutenant of his
father, in the 19th year of Jahfingir (A.H.
1033). Having been sent in the same
688
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
capacity to Kashmir in the 5th year of
Shahjahan (A.H. 1041—2), he held that
post down to the 26th year of the reign,
when he was transferred to Tattah. He
died A.H. 1073. See Ma'agir ul-Umara,
fol. 374,
Contents : Kasldahs in praise of the
Imiims, of Shahjahan, Mahabat Khan, and
other Amirs, fol. 1 b. Tarkib and Tarjl'-
bands, fol. 57 b. Kit'ahs, including a Mar-
siyah on Husain, fol. 69 b. Magnavis, fol.
95 a. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol.
102 b., beginning:
^U
^^ k^ ^ y e:^-»9-j ^\
Ruba IS, fol. 157 b.
Foil. 78—87, 173—195 have been supplied
bv a later hand.
Add. 7815.
Foil. 136; 7i in. by 4|; 14 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
Safar, A.H. 1049 (A.D. 1639).
[CI. J. Rich.]
^* u!^^
The Divan of Masih.
Beg. \) Si J CiJoi d^jM ^^jO (jn^si-Uli JSe
Hakim Rukn ud-Din Mas'iid, of Kashan,
poetically surnamed Masih, who has been
already mentioned, p. 603 a, left the court
of Shah *Abbas I., in consequence of a sup-
posed slight, at the time of the Shah's setting
out for Mazandaran (A.H. 1006). He arrived
at the court of Akbar with his famous con-
temporary. Hakim Sadra of Shiraz, after-
wards Masih uz-Zaman, A.H. 1011, and
stayed there in a position of great honour
and emolument during the whole reign of
Jahangir and the first years of Shahjahan.
Amin states in his Padishah-Namah, written
A.H. 1047, fol. 429, that the Hakim had
sometime previously obtained, on account of
his advanced age, leave to retire and to go to
Mecca, and that he was then staying at home
engaged upon the composition of his eighth
Divan. His contemporary, Tahir Nasirabiidi,
who had seen no less than ten Divans of his
composition, states, fol. 161, tliat he died in
Kashan A.H. 1066, and adds, in order to fix
the date, the chronogram
^jii ^^..^jb i^lili ^Jy^ vj:^
Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order.
Kit'ahs, with some short Magnavis, fol. 101 6.
Euba'is, fol. 120 b.
In the subscription the work is designated
as the sixth Divan of the Hakim.
Or. 475.
Foil. 65 ; 8i in. by 4| ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, probably in the l7th century.
[Geo. Wm. HAiirLTON.]
Three Magnavis of the same poet, viz.:
I. Fol. 1 b. i^y^. Anecdotes of lovers.
Beg. i^li- j\ j^ii^j \j-< Luj^^ji-
tiJb yLi J\i>- J^OJS- (j£j Ij
The title occurs in the following line,
fol. la:
The poem is dedicated to Shah 'Abbas, and
appears, from some passages, to have been
written shortly before the author's flight.
In one of these, fol. 47, he begs to be allowed
to leave the Court, then at Eai, and to go
home to Kashan, in order to get healed of
the scab. Further on he refers to the
end of his brother poet, Akdasi Mashhadi,
POETEY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
689
whose deathbed he had attended in A.H,
1003, and to the death of his own father in
A.H. 1001. In another passage, fol. 55 b, he
states that he had, at the time of writing,
completed his 35th year.
II. Fol. 56 b. A Masnari, entitled Sakl
Namah, in praise of Shah *Abbri8.
Beg. j\^ ay, d^-tj yi^ J^ ^ ^J
.1
fcj'jii*
» r,
III. Fol. 63 ft. A Masnavi, without title,
relating to the adventure of a caravan at the
tomb of Hatim.
Beg. jb y1^ ^ ^^^ ^ 1^
On the first pa^c is a Persian note stating
that this " very rare work of Hakim Blasih
Bukna*! Kashl, the master of Su'ib," had
been presented by Ziya ud-Din Ahmad Khan
to Col. Wm. Hamilton, at Dehli, on the
17th of January, A.D. 1867.
Or. 1250.
FoU. 195 ; 9J in. by CJ ; 11 lines, 3J in.
long ; written in Nestalik, probably about
the beginning of the 19th century.
The story of Rdm and Sita, in Ma^navi
rhyme, by Masih.
The prologue contains a long panegyric
on Jahangir, and the author's apology for
having taken his theme from a heathenish
tale.
Or. 293.
FoU. 70 ; 7i in. by 4^ ; 12 lines, 2g in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, apparently
in the 18th century ; from the royal library
of Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Saidi, consisting of Ghazals
alphabetically arranged.
Beg. \^U. ji-^ y (•I;*' J^ *^^ '^
\^\^ yr^ .>jj-»T ji V j\
Mir Saidi, whose original name was Say-
yid *Ali, belonged to a family of Sayyids in
Teheran, and made his studies in Isfahan.
Having gone to India, he found access, A.H.
1064, to the court of Shahjahan, and secured
.a protectrice in that emperor's accomplished
daughter Jahiin-aru Begam, who was then in
her 42nd year (see p. 357 b). He was
scarcely more than thirty years of age when
he died, in Dehli, A.H. 1069, as stated in
Kisas ul-Khakani, fol. 167 a. See also Tahir,
foL 267, Vari^, fol. 530, Sarkhush, fol. 78,
Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 485, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 259, Atashkadah, fol. 94, and the Oude
Catalogue, pp. 112, 125, and 383.
Add. 7813.
Foil. 75; 61 in. by 3i; 11 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently about
the close of the 17th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The same DivAn.
Add. 26,235.
Foil. 60; 10 in. by 5^; 18 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century. [Wm. Erskine.]
"The troubles of India," a poetical ac-
count of the struggle of Shahjahan's sons
for the empire, from the rising of Murad-
bakhsh in Ahmadabad to the death of Dara
Shikuh, A.H. 1067—1069.
Author ; Bihishti, ,jliv
L L
690
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
Beg.
The author, who calls himself the panegy-
rist -\j^ of Sultan Muradhakhsh, writes in
the interest of his master, and in a spirit of
bitter animosity against the successful com-
petitor Aurangzlb. He asserts that he had
witnessed all the battles he describes :
The poem was evidently written shortly after
the events related, and before the death of
Muradhakhsh, which took place in A.H.
1071. The title is contained in the last line ;
jjb«»jii '_;: ■ t**]^ a-«U ^^\ ^
Or. 302.
Foil. 170 ; 10 in. by 5^ ; 16 Hnes, 3| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-jlmiz, about the
close of the 17th century. From the royal
library of Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Fauji.
Beg. iC-i-U. Ujl_j (ji>y>- J '•.♦?- j^ ^yl^ i^\
Mulla Mukim, or Mukima, poetically sur-
named Fauji, belonged to a family of poets.
His father, Mulla Kaidi, of Nishapur, a poet
of some note, and a nephew of the better
known Naziri, went to India in the reign of
Shahjahan, and died at sea on his return
voyage to Persia, A.H. 1064, as stated in the
Fauz i 'Azim, fol. 92, by Fauji's brother,
Mulla 'Azima. See the Mir'at us-Safa, fol.
223, and Tahir Nasirabadi, fol. 236. '
Fauji, who went also to India, attached
himself to Mirza Jan Beg, who commanded
in Orissa, under Shah Shuja', took Hijli in the
24th year of Shahjahaa (A.H. 1060-61), and
fought by the side of Shah Shuja in that
prince's last war (see Tazkirat ul-Umara,
fol. 116). Fauji went from India to Mecca,
and, after performing the pilgrimage, re-
turned to his native place, NIshapQr, where
he died, according to the Mir'at us-Safa, A.H.
1075, and, as stated in the Kisas ul-Kha-
kani, fol. 177, at the age of forty-two years.
See Mir'at ul-KhayfU, fol. 106, where Fauji
is wrongly described as a native of Shiraz,
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 346, and the Oude
Catalogue, pp. 118 and 398.
Contents : Kasidahs in praise of the Imams,
of Shah Shuja,', and of the poet's special
patron, Mirza Jan Beg, fol. 2 b. Ghazals in
alphabetical order, fol. 47 a, beginning :
LjbU c:^,«»li.^ u^J^ uVi ^'^jij'^ t?*^
Kit'ahs, including some chronograms,
which relate to contemporary events in India,
and range from A.H. 1062 to 1059, fol. 151 a.
Ruba'is, fol. 153 b. A Siiki-Namah, written
in Orissa, for Mirza Jan Beg, and two shorter
Masnavis, fol. 157 b.
Or. 360.
Foil. 223 ; 11^ in. by 6^ ; 21 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with three 'Un-
vans, and gold-ruled margins, apparently in
the 17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Shah.
Beg. jfcl^ j-dufr j\>- jxcT —jJ^ jii
Mulla Shah, originally called Muhammad
Shah, and sumamed Lisan Ullah, was one of
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
691
the greatest Sufis of India, and the spiritual
preceptor of Dara Shikuh, who has given a
full account of his life, with many of his
letters and poems, in the Safinat ul-Auliy<l,
fol. 86 — 118 (see p. 358 a). He was the son
of Mulla 'Idi, the Kazi of Ark, in the canton
of RQstak, Badakhshan, and, having early
adopted a religious life, wandered, A.H.
1023, to India, in quest of a spiritual
guide. He found one in Miyan Mir, the
celebrated saint of Lahore (see ib.), by whom
he was initiated in Sufism and affiliated to
the Kadiri order. After his master's death,
A.H. lO^i^, he settled in Kashmir, where a
vast monastery was built for him and his
disciples, at the expense of Daru Shikuh and
his sister Jahanara Begam, both devoted
adherents, and where he was frequently
visited by Shahjahan. He died in Lahore,
A.H. 1072, and left, besides a large number
of religious Ghazals and Ma§navis, an un-
finished Sufi commentary upon the Coran.
See Mir'at ul-Khayal, foil. 87—91, 'Amal i
Salih, fol. 686, Mir at ul-'Alam, fol. 4-47, Va-
ki*at i Kashmir, fol. 126, Riya? ush-Shu'ara,
foil. 247—250, and the Dabistan, vol. iii.
p. 284.
Contents : Ruba*is of a religious nature,
with paraphrases in Ma§navi rhyme, and
comments in prose, fol. 2 b. Another series
of Ruba*is in alphabetical order, with para-
phrases in Ma^navi, fol. 17 b. The same
series, without paraphrase, fol. 130 b. Ghazals
and Kasidahs, forming one alphabetical
■erics, fol. 187 b, beginning:
The second series of Rubri*is includes chrono-
grams relating to incidents of the author's
life, with dates ranging from A.H. 1023 to
1060. From these we learn that he wrote
a Shash Ganj A.U. 1055, and a commentary
on the Surat Yusuf A.H. 1057, and that he
was joined by his relatives, after forty years'
separation, in Kashmir A.H. 1060.
Or. 277.
Foil. 177 ; 9i in. by 5 J ; 16 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently about
the close of the 17th century. From the
royal library of Lucknow.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Insan.
Beg. \->j ^ jlp '*-'j>>-*J ^ e,^^
The author states in his first poem that he
was a Sayyid, originally called Abu l-'Ala,
that he was born in A.H. 1037, and that he
had given up the world and adopted a life of
religious poverty in A.H. 1060:
In the concluding lines he says that he had
given up the writing of poetry in A.H. 1077.
From his frequent references to Kasi, or
Benares, he appears to have been dwelling
in that city. His principal theme is the
mystic love of the Sufis, and he often refers
to bis complete enfranchisement from all
positive creed or religious law.
Contents : Kasldahs, or longer poems, in
alphabetical order, fol. 2 b.
Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 42 b.
Beg. U jj,lli Alb y ^^\lj ^^lli ^ ^^\
iJk>.)
5/ y J',
T
Tarjr.bands, fol. 132 a. A Saki-Namah,
fol. 145 a. Ruba'is, fol. 150 b.
L L 2
692
POETRY.— A.IT. 1000—1100.
Or. 300.
Poll. 70; 8i in. by 4^; 16 lines, 2f in.
long ; written in Shikastali-amiz, in the
first half of the 18th century. From the
royal library of Lucknow.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Ghani, with a preface by
Mcihir.
Beg. of Pref . dyrj c>\ji\Jiiiijut y C>lj ^J\
Beginning of the Divan :
\J^ ^l^b
ii;^>.y- or
■Li
e^j ^
Muhammad Tahir, surnamed GhanT, was
a Kashmirian by birth, and a disciple of
another Kashmirian poet, Muhsin Fani,
whom he is said to have surpassed in poetical
genius. (Fiini died A.H. 1082). He adopted
the takhallus ^^ as a chronogram for A.H.
1060, the date of his first poetical composi-
tions, and died at an early age, A.H. 1079,
three years before his master. His Divan
was collected by his friend, Muhammed *Ali
Mahir, who composed the following chrono-
gram on his death :
See 'Amal i Salih, fol. 705, Sarkhush, fol.
95, Mir'at ul-Khayal, fol. 101, Tahir Naslra-
badi, fol. 328, Vakiat i Kashmir, fol. 322,
Biyaz ushShuara, fol. 322, and the Oude
Catalogue, pp. 113, 151, and 410.
The editor describes Ghani, whom he calls
his master, as a man who by holiness of
life had almost become a disembodied spirit.
The date of his death, A.H. 1079, is expressed
by the chronogram U;S' ^
Contents : Ghazals, and longer poems, in
one alphabetical series, fol. 6 b. Euba'is,
fol. 57 b. Masnavis, fol. 66 a.
Fol. 68 contains a short piece in prose,
in which Ghani clears himself of a false
accusation of plagiarism.
On the first page is a *Arz-Didah, dated
A.H. 1169.
The DTvan of Ghani has been printed in
Lucknow, 1845.
Add. 25,819.
Foil. 202; 8| in. by 6i; 13 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Cawnpore,
Muharram, A.H. 1223 (A.D. 1808).
[Wm. Cuebton.]
Yusuf and Zulaikha, a Magna vi.
Author : Nazim, Ji>U
Beg. U4 *ii-» (.jv^ uJ^ ^-'-^^
Mulla Nazim, son of Shah Riza Sabzaviiri,
was born in Herat, where he spent his whole
life as court poet of the Beglerbegis of that
province. The author of the Kisas ul-IOia-
kani states, fol. 178, that Niizim was then
(A.H. 1076) upwards of sixty years of age,
and that his Divan contained twenty-fiA'e
thousand lines. He died, according to Siraj,
Oude Catalogue, p. 151, A.H. 1081. See
Tahir Nasirabadi, fol. 246, Riyaz ush-Shu*ara,
fol. 470, Atashkadah, fol. 85, and the Oude
Catalogue, pp. 129, 515.
After eulogies upon Herat, upon the
reigning sovereign. Shah *Abbas II., and his
protector, 'Abbas Kuli Khan Shamlu, gover-
nor of Herat, the poet relates in the prologue
how he had been urged by his patron to try
his skill in Ma§navl, and how the theme of
the present poem had been suggested to him
by the same exalted personage. He con-
cludes with an encomium on his predecessor
Jami. In the epilogue Nazim states that he
had devoted fourteen years to the composition
of the poem, having commenced it A.H. 1058,
and completed it A.H. 1072.
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
693
The Yfisuf u Zulaikha of NSzim has been
printed in the press of the Oude Akhbiir,
Lucknow, A.H. 1286.
Or. 292.
Foil. 392 ; 8J in. by 4i ; 23 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, with
*Unvfln and gold-ruled margins, apparently
in the latter part of the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Sa'ib.
Beg. \^^ jj> j[^V '»>^ j/J
Mirza Muhammad *Ali, poetically surnamcd
S&'ib, is by common consent the creator of a
new style of poetry, and the greatest of
modem Persian poets. He was bom in
Isfahan, where his father, a native of Tabriz,
was Kadkhuda, or provost, of the merchants
of ^Abbiisabad. As he was, according to the
Kisa-s ul-Khakani, fol. 1G3, upwards of sixty
years of age in A.H. 1076. his birth must
have taken place about A.H. 1010. Hanng
started in early life for India, he made a
long stay at Kabul, where the Governor,
Zafar Khan, treated him with great kindness.
Ho was afterwards favourably received by
Shfihjahan, who conferred upon him a com-
mand of one thousand and the title of
Ifnsta'idd Khfin. He left the Court, how-
ever, to accompany his munificent patron,
Zafar Khftn, to his government of Kashmir
(A.H. 1041-2), and, after staying there some
time, retumed to Persia, where Shah 'Ab-
bas II. bestowed upon him the title of Malik
ush-Shu'anl. The latter part of his life was
spent in Isfahan, where he died at an
advanced age, A.H. 1088, leaving upwards
of a hundred and twenty thousand lines of
poetry, chiefly Ghazals. The date of bis
death is fixed by the following chronogram
of a contemporary poet, Vaiz, Add. 7812,
fol. 245 :
Other dates, however, are given, viz., A.H.
1080 by Siraj, Oude Catalogue, p. 151, 1081
by Sarkhush, fol. 74, 1087 by Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii. p. 290, and 1089 in Mir'at ul-*Alam,
foL 486.
Notices on Sa'ib will be found in the
Tazkirah of Tahir, fol. 163, Mir'at ul-Khayal,
fol. 65, Riya? ush-Shu'arii, fol. 260, Atash-
kadah, fol. 16, Ouscley's Notices, p. 227, and
Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 385.
The Divan of Sa'ib has been lithographed
in the press of Navalkishor, Lucknow, A.H.
1292, with the title ,«A« oUl/. A small
collection of select verses has been litho-
g^phed in Lucknow, A.H. 1261, under the
title of i_J^^ jj,ya *-->Vj^ , and reprinted with
the title «_J^^ c^'ji>J» Lucknow, 1871.
Contents : Ohazals, about 1800 in number,
alphabetically arranged, fol. 3 b. Matali',
or opening lines, in the same order, fol.
313 b. Mutafarrikat, or detached lines,
similarly arranged, fol. 323 b.
Copies of Sa'ib's Divan are mentioned in
the catalogues of Vienna, vol. i. p. 597,
Upsala, p. 110, St. Petersburg, p. 398, and
Miinich, p. 38, and in the Ouseley Collection,
No. 19.
Add. 7806.
Foil. 281 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 17 lines, 2\ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvun and
gold-ruled columns; dated Shawal, A.H.
1166 (A.D. 1753). [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Sii'ib, containing : —
Fol. 1 b. Kasldahs in praise of the Imams,
694
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
and of the Shahs Safi, 'Abbas ll., and Sulai-
man, beginning:
j^^Jia- «iU iS^tt»\ji f^f^J^ <J^^Xj j\ ti)l>- J*«
Fol. 20 b. ^i&J} t_«-^j, "What should be
learnt by heart," a selection from the Gha-
zals, MataH', or opening couplets, and Muta-
farrikat, or detached lines, of Sa'ib, in two
alphabetical series.
Beg. \j ^\s^Jo Jjjj c:.^ :>j4 V^j^J
Fol. 141 a. A Ma§navi in praise of Shah
'Abbas II., beginning :
Fol. 146. Jl^' oT;*, "The Mirror of
Beauty," another selection from the Divan
of Sa'ib, containing Ghazals, or detached
lines, descriptive of feminine charms, ar-
ranged in alphabetical order, under each of
the following headings : Mirror, Eyebrow,
Frown, Eye and Eye-lashes, etc.
Beg. A^Ty/y ui^^ ^^ c?jj J^
In the preface of the Lucknow edition
both the above titles, Mir'at ul-Jamal and
Vajib ul-Hifz, are said to belong to a selec-
tion made in Sa'ib's lifetime, and under his
roof, by 'Amil'a of Balkh. The Mir'at ul-
Jamal is mentioned in Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 70.
Add. 7804.
Foil. 308 ; 10 in. by 6 ; 16 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in a large Nestalik, about the
close of the 17th century. [CI. J. Eich.]
The Divan of Sa'ib, imperfect at the begin-
ning, and containing only Ghazals in alpha-
betical order.
Add. 7803.
FoU. 489 ; 9^ in. by t>l ; 16 lines, 3 J in.
long; written in fair Shikastah-amlz, pro-
bably early in the 18th century.
[CI. J. Eich.]
The Divan of Sa'ib, containing Ghazals in
alphabetical order, fol. \ b. Kit'ahs and
Ruba is, in one alphabetical series, fol. 433 b.
Beg. \j U> wUL»* ^8js6 ^^3 j^.'H J** ^^•^
Or. 1223.
Foil. 208; 8 in. by 4i; 21 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, probably early in the 18th century.
[Alex. Jaba.]
Ghazals of Sa'ib, in alphabetical order.
Beg. J J jji,j^ **iUH. o^^ j^ '•^j ^.
»ii j^Joi-J ^}i J i^\ ^^la- [U-i ^L».
At the end are some lines by a contem-
porary poet, Nahifl, who states that he had
collected and arranged these poems in the
author's lifetime, and had completed that
task in A.H. 1066, a date expressed by this
chronogram, u-oV ^Jt^A 'a^U *Ii»y •
Add. 24,001.
Foil. 171 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 17 lines, 3J in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins ; dated Eamazan, A.H.
1166 (A.D. 1753).
Ghazals of Sa'ib, in alphabetical order.
Beg. l^ljjp ^ij ^:>ji ^\ ^ s* s^ ^\
Add. 25,828.
Foil. 289; 9 in. by 5^ ; 16 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
ruled margins ; dated Thanesar, Safar, A.H.
1119 (A.D. 1707). [Wir.' Ctjketon.]
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100. .
695
Ghazals of Sii'ib, in alphabetical order, be-
ginning like the preceding MS.
Add. 7805.
Foil. 76; 14i in. by 8J; 27 lines, 2| in.
long, with a large number of additional
lines in the margin; written in Nestalik,
probably early in the 18th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
A portion of the Divfin of Sn'ib, compris-
ing Ghazals from letter \ to letter i, the last
incomplete.
Beg. tijJltj^ •JUiJ \f o^f-j^ »--»j k
This collection is richer, as far as it goes,
than any of the preceding. It contains mar«
ginal additions, and some Turkish glosses.
Add. 7807.
FoU. 176; 7i in. by 4|; 16 lines, 2} in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. [CL J. Rich.]
The " Mirror of Beauty," a selection from
the Divan of Sa'ib ; see p. 604 a.
Egerton 705.
Foil. 310 ; 8^ in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 2i in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in the 18th cen-
tury.
The poetical works of Binish.
Blnish, a Kashmirian poet, whose proper
name was Ismail (see fol. 177 a), went,
according to the Riyaz ush-Shu arft, fol. 86,
and the Atashkadah, fol. 165, from his native
country to Hindustan, and stayed in Dchli.
Some of his poems are addressed to ^afshi-
kan Khan (Muhammad Tahir), an Amir who
was raised to the Khanship in A.H. 1068,
accompanied Aurangzib to Kashmir in the
sixth year of the reign (A.H. 1073-4), and
died A.H. 1085. See MaTisir ul-Umarii, fol.
371. Sarkhush, who wrote his Tazkirah
about A.H. 1100, speaks of Blnish as dead.
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 110.
Contents : Fol. 1 b. jV^^\ {J^^t-i> a Mag-
navi, in the measure of Nizami's Makhzan
ul-Asrar, treating of the virtues of the true
Fakir, dedicated to Aurangzib.
♦ Beg. f^J\ ^^^j^\ jii\ ^
Fol. 46 ft. Jjj a/, " The Treasure of the
Soul," a Ma^navl.
Beg. vi,— j^ JJ^ J^ •^ i^Vjj
c— j\ j."^ diu j^,j ^
It contains eulogies on Aurangzib, on
Mirza Muhammad Kasim Eirmani, Diviln of
Kashmir, and on Mir Jamshid Kashuni, the
poet's patron, descriptions of the four sea-
sons, and a S&ki-Namah.
Fol. 86 *. •=-.X " The Bouquet," a
Ma^navi treating of creation, and including
descriptions of Kashmir and Lahore.
Beg. •v»^— 3 e>^^- *J^-»J^
Fol. 124 b. JUi. j^, " Stirring of Fancy,"
a Ma§navi, dedicated to Aurangzib, contain-
ing a story of two lovers, natives of Benares,
with anecdotes and a eulogy on Isfahan.
Beg. ^> Jjj^j UijIjL-i-
Fol. 180 b. j»/ »xii,j , " The String of
Jewels," a Ma^navi dedicated to Aurangzib,
containing the story of Amir and GJauhar,
two lovers of Sari in Mazandariin.
Beg.
iLm «<u>;
411)
(►-^ J^ CC
■»|l<Mll
966
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
This poem is stated at the end, fol. 217 «,
to be the last of the author's Khamsah.
Fol. 220 a. Ghazals in alphabetical order.
Beg. ^ fti^ '-r'^-» e/j^^ o'^ ^ t^
Fol. .292 h. Kasidahs in praise of the
Imams, of Mirza Muhammad Kiisim, the
Divan before mentioned, and of Safshikan
Khan.
Beg. %^ U j\->\3 ^Uaj i,j y i_*3j
On the last page is written : " George
Curttenden, Moorshedabad, Oct. 4th, 1785."
Or. 310.
Foil. 137 ; 8 in. by 5|; 16 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Jainagar,
Sha'ban, the 20th year of 'Alamgir (A.H.
1088, A.D. 1677). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Muhyi, containing Ghazals
of a religious character, alphabetically ar-
ranged, and a few TarjI's at the end.
Beg. iui-y- IjiW jjWcJl^ (_/^ (/^
iC^yU V^\-^^ d'O'^.C' i^^i^y^ ,<i^ I
The Divan is ascribed in the subscription
to Piran Pir Mir Muhyi ud-Din Ghau§ ul-
A'zam, i.e. the famous saint Muhyi ud-
Din 'Abd-ul-Kadir Jilani, who died A.H.
561, and to whom the best authorities
do not attribute any poetical composition.
It is distinct from a Divan containing
the same takhallus, and ascribed to the
same holy personage, which is noticed in
the Oude Catalogue, p. 501, and has been
lately lithographed in the press of Naval-
kishor, without date. A Divan attributed
to Ghaus ul-A'zam is mentioned in Stewart's
Catalogue, p. 58.
Add. 23,613.
Foil. 79 ; 8| in. by 4| ; 11 lines, 3J in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century.
The Divan of Sharif.
Beg. l^jjii _Uflx> _ljki b vi^—i vj:^«»jj
V^ J=- <^?.^ ^'^^ '^j^. u^
It contains Ghazals of a religious and
mystic character, in alphabetical order, with
a few Ruba'is similarly arranged, fol. 76 b.
A Divan with the same beginning is de-
scribed in the Oude Catalogue, p. 567, as
containing chronograms ranging from A.H.
1089 — 1091. Its author is stated to have
been aVaki'ah-Navis, or news- writer, attached
to Zabardast Khan.
Or. 309.
Foil. 102 ; 8f in. by 5 ; 21 lines, 3^: in.
long; written in Nestalik, about the close of
the 17th century. From the royal library of
Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
__i5dksi* i^\ji:i
The Divan of Majzub.
Beg.
\ JwJsU, ^A£a\ ii\\ \
^fj^ Jij
Mir Muhammad, poetically called Majzub,
is described by Tahir Naslrabadi, writing
about A.H. 1083, fol. 145, as a young scholar
devoted to Sufism, whose teaching was daily
attended by the students of Tabriz. He i§
also mentioned in the Kisas ul-Khakani,
written A.H. 1073, fol. 164, as a living poet,
born in Tabriz, who had written poems in
praise of the Imams, a Masnavl of 3000 lines
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
C97
entitled Shah Eah i Xajat, and Ghazals in
which he followed Hafiz.
The present Divan contains some chrono-
grams relating to pilgrimages to Mecca and
Najaf performed by the author and his
father in A.H. 1060 and 1065, and to the
death of the latter in A.H. 1066. At
the end is found the following lluba*i, which
gives A.II. 1093 as the date of Majzub's
death :
Jl^ji- SMxi C^j ^^\J\ ^^J^
^J^\-f■ O-l^J jA iyJ\ \JLaSm
There must therefore be some error in the
following chronogram quoted by Tahir, and
in Riyaz ush-Shu'aru, fol. 4.'i9, according to
which the Shuhrah i Najut would have been
completed A.II. 1006, a date which can
hardly be reconciled with those above stated :
V*> ^V *1;*^
Contents : Kasidahs in praise of the Imams,
fol. 2 b. Ghazals alphabetically arranged,
fol. 10 a. Mukhammas, Tarji*-bands, Ma^
navi», and Ki(*alis, fol. 91 b. Rubals, fol.
98 6.
See the Oude Catalogue, pp. 131, 479.
Add. 19,624.
FoU. 115; 9 J in. by 6^; 18 lines, ^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Benares,
Muharram, A.H. 1182 (A-D. 1768).
[Samuel Lee.]
The love-story of Kamrup and Eamlatu,
a Ma§nav).
Author : Muhammad Murud, i\jt x^
Beginning with a panegyric on his patron,
Himmat Khrm, to whose literary assemblies
he was admitted, the poet relates how in one
of these Himmat Khan had read the touching
tale of Kftmrup, written by himself in prose,
and had desired him to put it into verse.
Himmat KMn, we are further told, died
shortly after, and the author found some
solace in composing the present poem as a
monument to his memory. The date of its
completion, A.H. 1096, is expressed by this
chronogram at the end :
The name of the heroine is inverted for
the convenience of the metre to ^^UJ.
Mir 'Isa, son of Islam Khan Badakhshi,
received the title of Himmat Khiin in the
first year of Aurangzib, with whom he was a
great favourite, and was raised in the 24th
year to the post of Mir Bakhshi. He died in
Ajmir, A.H. 1092. Himmat Khan was pas-
sionately fond of Persian and Hindi poetry,
and used the poetical surname of Mlran. See
Maa^ir ul-Umara, fol. 677 a, and Tazkirat
ul-Umara, fol. 106.
The Dastur i Himmat is ascribed to Him-
mat Khun himself by Garcin de Tassy,
Litterature Hind., 2nd edition, vol. i. p. 213.
Add. 7812.
FoU. 265 ; 9 J in. by 5^ ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently about
the close of the 17th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of VuMz.
l»,Uj*l ^j 1^] y3 /> »jj'i-
H M
698
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
Mirza Rafi' ud-Dia Muhammad B. Path
TJllah KazvinI, poetically surnamed Va'iz,
lived in Isfahan during the reigns of 'Ab-
bas n. and Shah Sulaiman, and is chiefly
known as the author of Abvab ul-Jinan, a
vast collection of the traditional sayings of
the Imtlms, the first volume of which has
been printed in Teheran, A.H. 1374. Sar-
khush, writing in A.H. 1093, speaks of him
(fol. 137, and Oude Catalogue, p. 114) as still
living; and it is stated in the Riyaa ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 500, that he died in the early
part of the reign of Sultan Husain, i.e.
shortly after A.H. 1105. The date A.H.
1082 assigned to his death by Siraj, Oude
Catalogue, p. 151, is not consistent with the
fact that his Divan contains chronograms as
late as A.H. 1088. See also Atashkadah,
fol. 107, and the Oude Catalogue, p. 587.
Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 b. Detached lines, fol. 166 b. Kasl-
dahs, fol. 172 i, beginning :
This last section contains pieces in praise
of Muhammad and each of the twelve Imams,
of 'Abbas II. and Shah Sulaiman, and a Ta'-
ziyah on the martyrdom of Husain. In one
of these, fol. 215 a, the author begs the Shah
to be excused from accepting an oiiice con-
ferred upon him at Court, and says that,
after spending nearly fifty years in anxious
cares, he wished to pass the rest of his life in
retirement.
Rubals on moral and religious subjects,
fol. 217 b. Chronograms relating to private
or public events, with dates ranging from
A.H. 1030 to 1088, fol. 229 b. Three short
Masnavis, fol. 248 b.
See Bibliotheca Sprenger., No. 1517.
Add. 7810.
Poll. 176; lOi in. by 6; 17 lines, 8^ in.
' '• ^^\
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins ; dated Rabi' I., A.H. 1132 (A.D.
1720). [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Shaukat.
Beg. \j ^\j6 ^/ cu-]/ i/^\j i^^ ^\ *
Khwajah Shaukat, of Bukhara, went to
Herat in A.H. 1088, and entered the service
of the Beglerbegi of the province, Safi Kuli
Khan Shamlu. He afterwards repaired to
Mashhad, where he was well received by
Mirza Sa'd ul-Din Muhammad, Vazir of Kho-
rasan, and ultimately settled in Isfahan,
where he spent his latter years as a religious
mendicant, and died, according to Hazin,
fol. 28, A.H. 1107. See Riyaz ush-Shuara,
fol. 250, Sarkhush, fol. 73, and the Oude
Catalogue, p. 568.
Contents : Ghazals and Mukatta at, ar-
ranged in alphabetical order, according to
the rhyme and to the initial letter of each
piece, fol. 1 b. Ruba'is, the last of which gives
a chronogram for A.H. 1093, the date of the
collection of the Divan, fol. 153 b. Kasl-
dahs, mostly in praise of Imam Riza, and of
the above-named Sa'd ud-Din, fol. 156 b.
See Kraff't's Catalogue, p. 69, and Ouse-
ley's Collection, No. 85.
Copyist : ^J^ ii\y»
Or. 290.
Foil. 209 ; lOi in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
19th century. Prom the royal library of
Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same Divan.
Or. 347.
Poll. 79; 7f in. by 5^; 13 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated
POETRY.— AH. 1000—1100.
699
Zulhijjah, the fourth year of Ahmad Shah
(A.D. 1751), A.H. 1164. From the royal
library of Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
«u
J JX*
The story of two Indian lovers, Manohar
and Madhum.ilat, a Ma§navl.
Author: Eazi, ,^j<j
Beg. \j ^j M J)^ ^ \mj\j^
Mir 'Askari, who came of a family of
Sayyids settled in Khwsf, Ehorasan, but waa
bom in India, took the poetical surname of
Razl from his spiritual instructor Shaikh
Burhiln ud-Din Buz i Iliihi. He was an
early follower and favourite companion of
Prince Aurangzib, who on his accession
bestowed upon him the title of *Akil Khan.
In the 24th year of the reign (A.H. 1091—2)
he was appointed governor of the province
of Dehli, and discharged that office till his
death. He died at the age of eighty-two, in
the month of Rabi* II., A.H. 1108. 'Akil
Khan left a Divan, and several iMa^navis
composed in his youth, which are mentioned
in the Hamishah Bahar, Oude Catalogue,
p. 123. He is also the author of the Zafar-
namah i *Alamgiri, a copy of which, wrongly
ascribed to Amir Khan, has been described
above, p. 2G5 a.
Bee 'Kirikh i Muhammadi, fol. 235, Sar-
khnsh, fol. 48, Mir'at ul-Khayfil, fol. 135,
Ma'a^ir ul-Umara, fol. 387, Ta?.kirat ul-
Umara, fol. 09, liiya? ush-Shu'ara, fol. 192,
Ouseley'e Notices, p. 167, and the Oude
Catalogue, p. 543.
The present poem was composed, as stated
in the conclusion, A.H. 1065. In the pro-
logue the author sings the praises of his
spiritual guide, Shah Burhan ud-Din, and
states that he had substituted in his version
Mibr and Moh for the original names of the
lovers.
The Mihr u Mah has been lithographed in
Lucknow, 1846.
Or. 315.
Foil. 143; Si in. by 4^; 19 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, early in the 18th
century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Nasir 'All.
Beg. jij J^. f^ji »j3 ^\
This poet, who uses sometimes Niisir 'Ali,
but mostly *Ali, as his takhallus, was born,
and spent a great part of his life, in Sirhind.
Two Amirs of the reign of Aurangzib, Saif
Khan Badakhshi, governor of Sirhind, and
the Amir lU-Umara Zulfakar Khan, are
mentioned as his patrons. He led the life
of a devotee, and was as eminent in Suflsm
as in poetry. After travelling through many
parts of Hindustan and the Deccan, he took
his abode in Dehli, where he stayed until his
death. Sarkhush, who lived in his intimacy,
and collected his Divan, states, fol. 88, that
he died on the 6th of Ramazan, A.H. 1108,
a date adopted by all later writers, but adds
a chronogram of his own composition i^ »T
ci^j ^J»^ J'j«J, which gives A.H. 1109. See
Mir'at ul-Khayal, fol. 160, Riyaz ush-Shu'arfi,
fol. 313, Tarikh i Muhammadi, fol. 236,
Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 197, Naghmah i
*Andalib, fol. 120, and the Oude Catalogue,
pp. 126, 151, and 329.
Contents : A religious poem called Ma§-
navi, divided into two Daftars, fol. 2 6. It
contains in the prologue a eulogy on
Aurangzib, and, further on, fol. 48, a reference
to the author's age, which was then fifty-
two. It breaks off on fol. 53, and is followed
by a few short Ma^navls. See the catalogues
of Loyden, vol. ii. p. 107, and of Gotha, p. 80.
^^asidahs in praise of Muhamn:ad, of the
M M 2
700
POETRY.— A.H. 1000—1100.
Indian saint Abu 'All Kalandar, and of the
author's patron, Saif Khan (BadakhshI), fol.
59 a.
Beg. JU».JA* jj<J ^J\j'»> »^ c^\^
Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 67 a.
Beg. l^i> C^j^ji ^J^ ojxi ti^W- «^W^
Euba Is -^vith a few Kit'ahs, also in alpha-
betical order, fol. 118 b.
The Divan of Nasir 'Ali has been litho-
graphed in Lucknow, 1844, and A.H. 1281.
Or. 352.
Poll. 61; 7 in. by 4|; 11 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated
Benares, the 44th year of Aurangzlb, i.e.
A.H. 1111—1112 (A.D. 1700).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Ma§navis by Nasir 'Ali.
Beg. ^jC>ji> jy^ J ^>jyj bU^
The first contains a description of Kashmir.
The longest, fol. 17 — 61, is a portion of the
Magnavi above described, corresponding to
Or. 315, foil. 3 6—32 a.
The margins of foil. 2 — 10 contain the
first part of a Masnavi on the love-story
of Prince Manohar jfcji* j^ and Princess
Madhumalat tlOUysj.*.
Beg. (jSJ4 lif" ijjjl^ii- Ji*^
The tale is stated to have been taken from
a Hindu poem written by Shaikh Jamman.
Add. 25,827.
PoU. 112 ; 9^ in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in plain Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century. [Wm. Cureton.]
The Divan of Nasir *A1!, containing Gha-
zals, Kit'ahs and Pardiyyat in one alpha-
betical series.
Beg.
Li\Ls-^\
,b
Wk.01
Or. 301.
PoU. 64 ; 8| in. by 6 ; 15 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, a pparently
in the 19th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Ghanimat.
Beg. U iS^ y ^_^^^ '-r^^ **?.^ l?^
Muhammad Akram, poetically styled Gha-
nimat, a native of Ganjah, or, according to
others, of Kusur, Panjab, was a Sufi of the
Kadirl order, and a pupil of the poet Muham-
mad Zamfin Rasikh, of Lahore, who died
A.H. 1107. He was some time attached to
Mukarram Khan (Mir Muhammad Ishak),
who filled the post of Nazim of Lahore from
the 39th to the 41st year of Aurangzlb
(A.H. HOG— 8 ; see Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol.
94). Ghanimat left, besides his Divan, a
Masnavi composed A.H. 1096, and entitled
Nairang i 'Ishk, or Shahid u 'Aziz, which is
very popular in India, and has been litho-
graphed in Lucknow about A.H. 1263. See
Sarkhush, fol. 97, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
322, Tazkirah i HusainI, fol. 95, Mir'at
Aftabnuma, fol. 146, Naghmah i 'Andallb,
fol. 133, and the Oude Catalogue, pp. 127,
410.
The Divan consists only of Ghazals, in
alphabetical order.
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
roi
Add. 7779.
Foil. 192 ; 7i in. by 4^ ; 17 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, about the close of the 17th century.
[CI, J. Rich.]
The Divun of 'Azlm.
*AzIm or 'Azimii, of Nishapur, who has been
mentioned, p. 690 a, as the brother of Fauji,
lived in Kliorasan, and died, according to the
Mir at us-Safa, fol. 223, A.ll. 1110, or, as stated
in Naghmah i 'Andalib, fol. 124, A.H. 1111.
The statement of the Riyfiz ush-Shu'ara,
that 'Azim was appointed Divan of Lahore
by Shfihjahan rests on a confusion. Sarkhush,
the poet's contemporary, asserts distinctly
that he never came to India (see the Oude
Catalogue, p. 113), nor is there in his Divan
any trace of a residence in that country.
The laudatory poems are addressed to Shah
Sulaiman (A.U. 1077—1105), and to two
Amirs who resided at Nishapur, viz. Bairam
'All Khan, who died in A.H. 1071 (see fol.
140 a), and his son Muhammad Ibrahim.
The dates of various chronograms contained
in the Divan range from A.U. 1055 (fol.
140 o) to A.H. 1082 (fol. 190 A). Compare
the Oude Catalogue, p. 358.
The contents are as follows :
Fol. 1 b. |»Alic jj», a Ma^navl treating of
the creation of the world and the nature of
man.
B(
•g-
*Azim wrote it in Kandahar (see fol. 82 b),
some time after the death of his father Kaidi,
in A.H. 1004 (see fol. 91 a). The prologue
contains eulogies on the Shfih ('Abbas II.),
on Mirzil Sa'd ud-D'm Muhammad, Vazir of
Khorasan, and on Safi Kuli Khan (son of
Zulfakiir Khiin, governor of Kandahar),
Beglerbeg of that province (see foil. 54 a,
55 J).
Fol. 99 b. Kasidahs and Tarkib-bands,
mostly in praise of the Imams.
Beg. »3Jij ^JJJ j/j} ^}i ii\ f^j ij\
*litfj yUi\ ^^ jd J^j\ J-»U jCL
Fol. 137 a. Kifahs and Tarlkhs.
Fol. 142 b. Ghazals in alphabetical order.
Beg. U j^ y yV ^Z. yj\^ ^J jlo J\
^ / y uV-^ J J^^ r?*^ y j^ ^
Fol. 190 b. Margiyah on Mir Abul-
Ijasan, and a few Rubfi'is.
Or. 334.
Foil. 242 ; 10 in. by 6 ; 21 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Naskhi in two columns,
about the close of the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A versified sketch of general and Indian
history, in the metre of the Shahnfimah.
Author: Fanui, ^Jji
Beg. o^^ J Lr*5 u^ J^^\^ f^
Tliis is the first volume Jj\ J* only of
an extensive work, which, according to the
prologue, was intended to comprise the his-
tory of the prophets and of the ancient kings
of Kashmir, Kabul, Sind, Bengal, the Deccan,
Ujjain, and Hindustan. The author, who is
not otherwise known, begins with eulogies
on his spiritual guide. Shaikh Lukman B.
Shaikh 'U^mfin KhalU Sulaimfini, and on the
reigning sovereign, Aurangzib. As he refers
incidentally to the conquest of Bijapur and
Golconda by the latter, he must have written
after A.H. 1099.
702
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
Tlie present volume contains an account of
the creation of the world, of the prophets
from Adam to Lukman, and of the early
kings of Persia.
Or. 1217.
Foil. 434; 9^ in. by 5^; 15 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
A.H. 1532 (for 1132, A.D. 1720).
[Alex. Jaba]
^^^.Aiijl e)L^
A versified treatise comprising an intro-
duction on the creed, and four books treating
of the laws of purification, prayer, legal alms
and fasting, according to the Hanaf i school.
Beg. liljp^ J, ^\^ ij^ s^>-
The author, whose name does not appear,
was originally, according to his own state-
ment, an illiterate Uzbak in the king's ser-
vice, but had been enlightened, and aflB.Iiated
to the Nakshabandi order, by Shaikh Nauruz.
He completed the first book in A.H. 1111,
and the second A.H. 1112. In his conclu-
sion he adds that he was postponing the
composition of a fifth book on pilgrimage
until he had himself performed that sacred
rite, but that he was yet. prevented by the
prevailing state of impiety and lawlessness
from carrying that design into execution.
In a lithographed edition of this work,
printed in Lucknow A.H. 1290, the author
is called in the subscription Sufi Ilahyar
Khan, ^^li.jb&)\ <_/'>*•
Or. 311.
Poll. 192 ; 9 in. by 5J ; 12 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, with 'Un-
van and gold-ruled margins, in the 18th cen-
tury. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Makhfi.
Beg. U ^^l::^ jT ^^i, ^::^:U^jj\j c?^
Makhfi is the poetical surname of Zib un-»
Nisa Begam, the eldest child of Aurangzlb, a
princess celebrated for her high literary
attainments and her liberal patronage of men
of learning. She was born A.H. 1048, and
died in Dehli on the 10th of Muharram, A.H.
1114. See Tarikh i Muhammadi, fol. 237,
Mir'at ul-'Alara, fol. 444, Maasir 'Alamgiri,
pp. 462, 539, Gul i Ra'na, fol. 79, Naghmah
'Andalib, fol. 89, and the Oude Catalogue,
p. 480.
Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 b. Tarji'- and Tarkib-bands, fol. 149 b.
Kasidahs, fol. 174 b. Mukhammasat, fol.
189 a.
The Divan of Makhfi has been litho-
graphed in Cawnpore, A.H. 1268, and in
1284.
Lucknow, A.H
Add. 25,826.
Poll. 136; 10| in. by 6^; 17 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, in the 18th
century. [Wm. Cuheton.]
The same Divan.
The first page bears the name of Turner
Macan.
Add. 16,790.
Poll. 102; 9i in. by 6; 15 lines, 4 in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India; dated Jumada I., A.H. 1219 (A.D.
1804). ' [Wm. Yule.]
The Divan of Ni'mat Khan *Ali.
Beg. \^\^:i jii\ ^, ^j^ j\ JoU ^_^\J
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
703
Ni'mat Khiin 'All, who has heen already
mentioned, pp. 268 b and 272 o, was the son
of Hakim Fath ud-Din Shirazi. He is stated
in the Tarikh i Muhammadi, fol. 215, to have
died in Dehli, on the first of Rabi' I., A.H.
1122. Notices on his life are to be found in
the Rija? ush-Shu'ara, fol. 316, the Tazkirah
i Husaini, fol. 92, and Naghmah i 'Andalib,
fol. 128.
This copy contains only Ghazals, in alpha-
betical order.
A Divan, including also Kit'ahs, chrono-
grams, and riddles, is described under the
title of »j..»i>'> ^^^^ in the Oude Catalogue,
p. 328. See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 71, the
Ouseley Collection, No. 257, and Bibliotheca
Sprenger., No. 1374.
Or. 317.
FoU. 203; 7i in. by 3i; 9 Unes, 2^ in.
long; written in Siiikastah-amiz ; dated
BhJihjahanabad, 8ha*ban, A.ll. 1247 (AD.
1832). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Dlvfin of Nihnat Kb An 'Ali, contain-
ing Ghazals in alphabetical order, but differ-
ing from the preceding copy in contents and
arrangement.
Copyist :
oijV
Add. 16,789.
Foil. 121; 9i in. by 6 ; 15 lines, ^ in.
Ions; ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century. [Wm. Yulb.]
Two compositions of the same Ni'mat
Khan 'Ali, viz. :
I. Fol. lb. A Ma^navi, containing moral
tales and apologues.
Beg.
•t-j* •^W^J •»**
^l> j\ jb
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 329.
The author's KuUiyat are described in
Stewart's Catalogue, p. 74.
II. Fol. 108 b. jlfr J j^,^, "Beauty
and Love," a tale in mixed prose and verse.
Beg. JLj fc_«ij jJL jip (J:*?.j*.
(^V;j<> cr'T iliil j^ j».
It has been published in Lucknow, 1842,
and 1873, and printed, with a commentary
by Imambakhsh, in Dehli, 1844. See Biblio-
theca Sprenger., No. 1621-2, and Zenker,
vol. ii. p. 51.
Egertoii 698.
Foil. 72; 9i in. by 6^:; 14 linos ; written
in Indian Nestalik; dated Zulhijjah, A.H.
1218 (A.D. 1804). [ADA.M Clarke.]
The Ma^navi mentioned in the preceding
MS., art. I.
Copyist: jjU o*^ jJj x^\
Or. 344.
Foil. 24; 10 in. by 6; 11 lines, 3 J in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with 'Unvun
and gold-ruled margins; dated A.H. 1200
(A.D. 1706). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Fil-Namah, also called JjJ ^^^J^.
Beg. j^ J^»i J\^ ^\-Lf
The author, who appears to have been a
dependent of Jahfindar Shiib, describes a
chase in the forest of Nanpirah, Oude, in
which that prince, then heir presumptive,
had a victorious encounter with a formidable
wild elephant. He designates himself in the
following verse, fol. 20 6,
704
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
by the name of Ralii, -whicli may have been
his takhallus, and, complaining of his evil
star -nhich had banished him from Court,
begs to be taken into the royal service.
Jahandiir Shah ascended the throne in
Muharram A.H. 1124.
Egerton 686.
Poll. 376; 13| in. by 9i ; 22 lines, 6f in.
long ; written in four columns in Nestalik,
apparently in the 18th century.
A poetical account of the life of Muham-
mad and the first Khalifs, principally founded
on the Ma'ilrij un-Nubuvvat (see p. 149 a).
Author : Bazil, Jib
Beg. ^Jtic jV_Js-~_j ii._ijU_i- j*^— J^
Mirza Muhammad Rafi', poetically surnamed
Bazil, and entitled Eafi' Khau, was the son of
Mirza Mahmud, who with his brother Mu-
hammad Tahir, afterwards Vazir Khan, went
from his native city, Maslihad, to India in the
reign of Shahjahan. Rafi', who was born in
Dehli, was attached as Divan to the staff
of Prince Mu'izz ud-Din, whose mother was
a sister of his own, and subsequently obtained
the post of governor of Gualiyar. Having
lost the latter otfice after the death of Au-
rangzib, he retired to Dehli, where he died
A.H. 1123 or 1124. The first date is given
by Siraj, Oude Catalogue, p. 150, and fixed
by the chronogram i>b ^Jm^, ij^^ U, quoted
in the Riyaz ush-Shu'ara; the second is
found in Mir'at us-Safa, fol. 222, and Tarikh
i Muhammadi, fol. 246. See also Mir'at Ja-
hannuma, fol. 324, Mir'at Aftabnuma, fol.
137, Maa§ir ul-ITmara, fol. 575, Khul.lsat ul-
Afkar, fol. 30, and the Oude Catalogue,
p. 368.
Bazil did not live to complete his work,
which is here finished by another hand.
The original poem comes to an abrupt ter-
mination, fol. 315, shortly after the account of
'Usman's assassination. The continuator, who
calls himself Najaf, states in the next-follow-
ing lines that at that point the poet's hand
was stayed by death. He adds that he had
long entertained the thought of completing
the work, when he became, A.H. 1135, the
fortunate possessor of a poem written, long
before Bazil's time, by a Sayyid Abu Talib
in Isfahan, which contained the history of
*Ali from the point at which Bazil had
left oflp, and found that it tallied so well with
the Hamlah, that, by adding it to the un-
finished poem, he was able to produce a
complete and uniform whole.
This continuation, which begins with 'All's
accession to the Khiiafat, was apparently
brought down to his death ; but it breaks off
in the present copy, a little before the end.
The present poem is quite distinct from a
poetical history of *Ali, which bears the same
title, and has been twice lithographed in
Persia, A.H. 1264 and 1270. This last was
written in A.H. 1220 by MuUa Bamun *AlI
i_j.l«j^i !iLc (Mumin 'All ?) KirmanT, poeti-
cally called Eaji, by order of the Sliahzadah
Ibrahim Khan. See the Journal of the As.
Soc. of Bengal, vol. 21, p. 535.
The Hamlah i Haidari of Bazil has been
lithographed in Lucknow, A.H. 1267.
The first page of the MS. bears the name
and the Persian seal of General Carnac.
Egerton 1037.
Poll. 312; 12i in. by 7|; 18 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in two columns, in a cursive
Indian character, apparently in the 18th
century.
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
705
The first half of the same work, cor-
responding to foil. 1 — 187 of the preceding
copy.
Egerton 1038.
Foil. 134 ; 15 in. by 8| ; 21 lines, 6 in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik, in four
columns; dated Safar, A.H. 1207 (A.D.
1792).
The second half of the same poem, cor-
responding to foil. 187 — 316 of Egerton
686.
Copyist : ijyOj ^ k_ii*3 ^^J> s^
Add. 25,806.
Foil. 360; Hi in. by 6^ ; 23 lines, 4| in.
long; written in cursive Indian Shikastah*
amiz, in four columns; dated Lucknow, Zul-
hijjah, A.U. 1206 (A.D. 1791).
[Wm. Curbto.v.]
The same work, with a continuation by
Az&d, foil. 316 — 360, which contains the his-
tory of 'All from his accession to his death,
and begins thus :
fcl*-«nlyU jjjj j.^ »-Sm ^UJ
Aziid, who has been mentioned p. 373 o,
states in the prologue that, after completing
his Dilkusha-N&mah (sec p. 719 b), he had
been desired by Muhammad Fakhr ud-
Din Khan, a cousin of Bflzil, to complete
the unfinished work of the latter.
Copyist : y^^j c^bU- 'yj j^ J» «--*^ Jy*«
Add. 7809.
Foil. 90; 9 in. by 4^; 14 lines, 2% in. long;
written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and gold-
ruled margins, in the 18th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
" The Model of the Chaste," a tale in Ma^-
navi rhyme.
TOi. n.
Beg
Author : Turab, i--y
author, who praises in the
il *U)
^ j j^ r^
The autlior, who praises in tne pro-
logue the reigning sovereign, Shah Sul-
tan-Husain, states that his purpose had been
to write a strictly moral tale, fit to be read by
old and young. The story, which is borrowed
from the KaTi of Kullini, records the trials,
and eventual triumph, of a virtuous woman,
exposed to the obsessions of a wicked Kazi,
her husband's brother.
The title and date of composition, A.H.
1126, are stated in the following lines, fol,
98 6:
jt^y* uiM»-U<t lAi'sB*!! ■jjl««»a.>
The fly-leaf bears the title oUi^^ J^\
Add. 16,795.
FoU. 108; 7i in. by 4^; 12 lines, 2 J in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, in the 18th century.
[Wm. Yule.]
The Divan of 'Ali.
Beg. ^i^^Ui.1 Jj b i/^ ^ j\ dljjJ J iyL ^
Mirza Abul-Ma'ali, poetically sumamed
'Ali, came of a noble family of Nishapur, which
traced its origin to Farid ud-Din 'Attiir. He
was a Sufi and an eminent scholar, and lived
at the court of Farrukhsiyar, from whom
he received the title of Vizarat Khan. See
MushaH, fol. 67, Uamishah Bahar, Oude
Catalogue, p. 120, and Garcin de Tassy, Litt.
Hind., vol. i. p. 191.
N N
706
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
Contents : Kasidahs, and Kit'ahs, including
chronograms, fol. 1 b. Gliazals in alpha-
betical order, fol. 23 a. Ruba'is and Fardiy-
yat, fol. 164 b.
The Divan contains some pieces addressed
to Farrukhsiyar, and chronograms ranging
from A.H. 1124 to 1127, and relating for the
most part to births and marriages in the
imperial family.
Or. 313.
Foil. 149; 7i in. by 4^; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, for TIzbak Khan, son of Kipchak
Khan ; dated Multan, Zulka'dah, A.H. 1142,
(A.D. 1730). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Munsif.
Beg. Ijjii ;j-jj) JUIS «ji j\_j J fji^
b (jtai ^^ ^ j^^i la^ '^
The poet gives his proper name, Fazil
Khan, in the following chronogram, fol. 146,
relating to the building of his house in
Lahore, A.H. 1117 :
^\^ J.oU ftili- liLjT jl_^
He appears to have been attached to the
service of 'Abd us-Samad Khan DUir Jang,
to whom several of his Kasidahs are ad-
dressed, and to whose victory over the Sikhs,
in A.H. 1127, he refers fol. 9 a. See Spren-
ger, Oude Catalogue, p. 507.
'Abd us-Samad Khan distinguished himself
under Farrukhsiyar by the capture of the
Sikh chief Bandu, and was rewarded for his
success with the Subahdari of Lahore and
Multan. See Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 72.
Contents: Kasidahs, fol. 2 b. Ghazals
in alphabetical order, fol. 14 b. Rubais
similarly arranged, fol. 132 b.
Add. 25,822.
Foil. 166; 8f in. by 5; 17 lines, 21 in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
from the camp of Nizam ul-Mulk Asafjah,
near the fort of Ausa (Owsa), Deccan
Sha*ban, A.H. 1145 (A.D. 1733).
[Wm. Cubeton.]
...I
Selection from the Divan of Bidil.
Beg. \ia- (_jUi jl o?;5a-» d^ tS ^y*J»- ^
L.W9. i.y^^ i,,\i *_](,_& '«Ja-i
>,0 ^j.
Ji-i
J
Mirza 'Abd ul-Kadir, poetically surnamed
Bidil, is by common consent the greatest
Indian poet of the last century ; but Persian
critics find fault with him for his unidiomatic
phraseology. He was of Turkish extraction,
belonging to the Chaghatai tribe of Arlat,
but was born in 'Azlmabad (Patna). He
is described as a man of herculean strength
and proud spirit. Having been attached in
his youth to the service of Prince Muhammad
A'zam Shah, he chose to leave it rather than
to prostitute his talent by lauding his patron,
as he was required to do, and led henceforth
a free and independent life, dwelling mostly
in Dehli, where his house was the common
resort of all lovers of poetry, and where he
died in A.H. 1133 at the age of seventy-nine.
His collected works are said to amount to
more than a hundred thousand lines.
Notices on Bidil are found in Mir'at ul-
Khayal, foil. 267—268, Sarkhush, fol. 19,
Mushafi, fol. 25, HusainT, fol. 29, Tarikh i
Muhammadi, fol. 253, Riyaz ush-Shu*ara,
fol. 83, Khulasat ul-Afkar, fol. 35, Naghmah
i 'Andallb, fol. 50. Compare Sprenger, Oude
Catalogue, p. 378, and Garcin de Tassy,
Litt. Hind., vol. i. p. 314.
A volume entitled Jj.--^ <-^y^ litho-
graphed in Lucknow, A.H. 1287, comprises
the Nikat, Ruka'at, Divan, and Chahar
'Unsur.
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
707
The present MS. contains Gbazals in
alphabetical order, fol. 3 b, Euba*is, simi-
larly arranged, fol. 134 a, and Mukhammasat,
foL 146 b.
Add. 7093.
FoU. 332 : 9^ in. by b\ ; 17 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Rajab, the
4th year of the reign (of Farrukh8iyar= A.H.
1128, A.D. 1716).
A poem treating of Sufi doctrines, by
Mirza Bldil.
It is divided into numerous sections, each
of which has a Ma^navi distich for its rubric.
The author states at the end that the
poem consists of cleren thousand lines, and
gives the date of its completion, A.IL 1124,
in the following chronogram :
Beg.
Copyist: ^jjc-. a\
jd •li^
On the first page is a note stating that the
MS. had been bought in A.H. 1159 by
Hincii Muhammad, son of Mu'tamad Khdn;
also the Persian seal of Archibald Swinton,
with the date 1174.
Add. 7094.
Foil. 1G7 ; 94 in. by 5^ ; 16 lines, 3^ in.
long ; Written in cursive Indian Nestalik ;
dated A.il. 1135, the fourth year of Muham-
mad Shah (A.1). 1719).
The "Gardens of Insight," a Ma^navi
containing precepts on spiritual life, illus-
trated by anecdotes of the patriarchs and
some celebrated saints.
Author : Maulavl 'All Asghar B. 'Abd us-
Samad, s.%jeLi\ j-P ^^ Juo\ ^^ {jy^y*
Beg. Vflj j> J iy>-y y. V>^ y ^.y >^*»"
The above title and author's name are
found in the subscription. From the follow-
ing words, which are appended to the latter,
J\ UJiP *i\>\i* J *3l(^ J'jJ 4lS^ (.b, it wo\ild
appear that 'Ali Asghar was alive at the date
of transcription, and that the transcriber,
who calls himself ,_^j* i^ yj**^ w^ J* ^
j_^yLJ', was one of his disciples.
Add. 5635.
Foil. 109 ; 8 in. by 4| ; 15 lines, 2 J in.
long ; written in Indian Nestalik, in the
18th century. [Nath. B. Halhed.I
The Divan of Kdsim Divanah.
Beg. ^j^j«> yJ^-jY-* »^*-»^ j' «*"«A»^ «^
Mullfi Kasim, a native of Mashhad, studied
in Isfahan, and became a pupil of Mirzii Sa'ib.
lie subsequently went to India, where ho
was apparently still living in A.H. 1136.
See the Ilamishuh Bahur, Oudc Catalogue,
p. 128, Sarkhush, fol. 107, Riya? ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 372, Mir'at Aftabnuma, fol. 152, Husaini,
foL 108, and the Oude Catalogue, p. 533.
His nickname Divanah, or madman, was
probably due to the use he made of that
word in the first line of one of his Ghazals :
Contents: Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 6. A Ma^navi, fol. 105 b. Ruba'is,
fol. 108 a.
Copyist ;
N N 2
708
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
Add. 25,805.
FoU. 172 ; 12 in. by 8^ ; 19 lines, 5f in.
long; written in a cursive Indian hand in
four columns, in the 18th century; much
damaged by fire in 1865. [Wm. Cureton.]
A pofem on the life and warlike deeds of
'All.
Author : Hikmat, \i^^C-
Beg. Oi*^ 3-^'^ ^'^ (»^*^
The author, whose proper name was
Muhibb 'All Khan, wrote this poem, as he
states in the prologue, in order to complete the
unfinished Hamlah i Haidarl (see p. 704 a).
He was evidently a Shi'ah of the most rabid
stamp, and never mentions Abu Bakr or
'Umar without calling them hog, dog, or
similar names.
A passage of the conclusion, in which
A.H. 1143 was given as the date of compo-
sition, is now lost.
Add. 7808.
Poll. 201; 10| in. by 5|; 19 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Shikastah-amlz, in the 18th
century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A poem on the history of Fatimah, accord-
ing to Shi'ah tradition, by the same Hikmat,
with a continuation.
Beg. ^iff. fj^tji. si>j\^ (.'Jo
Hikmat, who commenced this poem, as
stated in the prologue, after completing the
Saulat i Safdarl, left it unfinished.
The continuation, entitled ^jj^\i *»-o\J -.y,
foil. 38 &— 201 o, is by Hazik jiU, who in
the prose preface prefixed to the first part
calls himself c-*i_fk!\ Jolso ^c-^\ ^^> c^sf
Beg. Ui- Jo cu-il ^ij i.»- \j lAi-
Hazik states that he was a native of
Shiishtar, fol. 194, that he had previously
written a history of prophets and saints, fol.
188 a, and that he was upwards of seventy
years of age when he composed the present
poem, fol. 194, which he completed in the
space of four months, while performing a
toilsome and a dangerous journey.
On the first page is written, by a later hand,
the following title, which does not appear in
the text :
ji^l s\jS ;_>aiir2 jiWj [jaiji
Add. 25,831.
Foil. 48 ; 6J in. by 4} ; 6 lines in a page ;
written in Nestalik, in the 18th century.
[Wm. Cureton.]
A collection of detached distichs describ-
ing the charms of the female breast.
Author: Allah VirdI Khan Fayyaz, ^JJl
Beg. Ujj »l« (ji^j"» jii (jtJU-.i. jiS
The author states in a short preface that
he wrote these verses in the space of a week,
at the request of a Darvish called Shaukmast,
who had accosted him while he was fishing
on the river's bank. The date of composi-
tion, A.H. 1144, is expressed in a versified
chronogram by the words c^^.^.^ ^J^^ ^j
Add. 19,620.
Foil. 100; 8^ in. by 4^; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in the 18th cen-
tury. [Samuel Lee.]
The Divan of Mukhlis.
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
709
Beg. \j i^V ^ »i ^:,'^.j9j^ yy. ^'
\ r*^ c^ f^- ^^ ^^ j^ ^f^
Mirza Muhammad, poetically styled Mukh-
lis, was called from his native place, Mash-
had, to Isfahan in the reign of Shah Sultan
Ijusain by I'timad ud-Daukh Mumin Khun.
Hazln, who was acquainted with him, states,
fol. 33, that he died in that city, about sixty
years of age.
Several pieces of the present Diviin are
quoted in the Riyaz ush-Shu'ani, fol. 444.
See also Mir'at AJFtfibnumu, fol. 154, Nagh-
mah 'Andalib, fol. 167, and Oudo Catalogue,
pp. 128, 138.
Contents : Ohazals, in alphabetical order.
Ki^'ahs, similarly arranged, fol. 81 b.
Add. 22,704.
Foil. 96 ; 8^ in. by 5; 14 lines, 3 in. long;
written in Nestalik ; dated Sliarval, A.H.
1234 (A.D. 1819).
[Sib Johh Caxpbbll.]
The second jiart, ^j^ ks^, of a religious
poem, entitled " Gardens of Union," treating
of ascetic life.
Beg. \j^^J^\j,/^^/jb
The author, whose name docs not appear,
was a wandering Darvish of the Ni'matullfihl
order, lie refers incidentally, fol. 32 a, to a
journey he took from Isfahan to Kirmun to
visit the tomb of the holy founder of the
order in Mahan (see p. 634 b), and to a dis-
turbance in which his fellow traveller Mush-
tak lost his life. The prologue contains a
long panegyric on Ahmad Pasha, who wielded
an almost independent power in Baghdad
firom A.H. 113.j to 1159. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 433.
Or. 281.
Foil. 149 ; 8J in. by 5 ; 12 Hnes, 3J in.
long ; written in Skikastah-amiz, about A.H.
1161 (A.D. 1738). From the royal library of
Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Sabit.
Beg. jjLj jjai .>^ y _i^ '*Ji^'j »^ J^
wk> y-^ f^ i/^** ji»^ *^^^
Mir Muhammad Afzal, poetically styled
S&bit, was the nephew of Himmat Khun
(Mir 'Isa), of Badakhshan, who Avas Mir
Bakhshi under Aurangzlb, and died A.H.
1092 (see p. 697 b). Sabit, who was a
Sayyid of great learning and piety, died in
Dehli, his native place, on the 13th of Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1151. See Tarikh Muhammadi, fol. 289,
Mir'at AfUibnumfi, fol. 187, Riyaz ush-Shu'ani,
fol. 95, Atashkadah, fol. 173, and the Oude
Catalogue, p. 578.
Contents : Kasidahs, mostly in praise of
the Imfims, fol. 2 b. Masnavis, including
Mar^iyahs on the martyrs of Karbalu, fol.
67 b. A second series of Kasidahs, addressed
for the most part to contemporaries, fol.
88 o. Ghazals, in alpliabetical order, fol.
96 b. Ruba'is, fol. 141 b. Kifahs, fol. 143 a.
MukhammasAt, fol. 146 a.
The first of the above sections includes
a long ^^asidah entitled ^\S Lyl^, foil.
21—39, in which the poet retorts on his
critics. The Divan was collected, after Sabit's
death, by his pupil. Band i *Ali who writes
at the end : j-> ^^ j j^ \^j.a^ ob^...* »JA
yiyi)'^ *j^ <ti^ [^'ii <^^ "i-^ yi«^^ J^'^ i3*"
j»yV iJl' #Ji-» »Ui j^ 4^j3yi ^J^J^ Aj'^ »\^J
Or. 274.
Foil. 279; 9 in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
710
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
ruled columns; dated Rain* I., the 19th year
of Muhammad Shah, A.H. 1147 (A.D. 1734).
[Geo. Wm, Hamilton.]
The Divan of Afarin.
Beg. \j *-oU (_^jj" ^j_j jjj ^^ ^^ \Si^^
Shah Fakir Ullah Afarin, a Sufi and poet,
■was born in Lahore, and died there, A.H.
1154. Valih, who met him in his native
city, A.H, 1147, was much struck with his
genius, and says that, had he only been
born in Persia, he would have been the
greatest poet of the age. See Riyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 61, Mushafi, fol. 11, Tarlkh
Muhammad], fol. 294, and the Oude Cata-
logue, pp. 150, 154, and 317.
Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
fol. 3 li. Mukhammasat, fol. 256 a. Ru-
ba*is, fol. 266 a. Kasidahs in praise of Mu-
hammad, and a Tarji-band on the martyrdom
of Hasan and Husain, fol. 267 h.
Or. 348.
Foil. 103 ; 9 in. by 5| ; 11 lines, SJ in.
long ; written in Nestalik for Col. Geo. Wm.
Hamilton, then Commissioner of Multan ;
dated Kalachur, Rabl' I., A.H. 1277 (A.D.
1860).
" Hir and Ranjhan," the tale of two Pan-
jabl lovers, a Masnavi by the same poet.
Beg. jU J ;li j^ j^^ p'^
Copyist ' J^jJ* jy^"^ *^^ -J^^ "^^^ Jy^
In the subscription the title is written
'but in the text the heroine's name is in-
variably written t^|;.
Azfxd found Afarin engaged in composing
this poem in A.H. 1143. See the Oude
Catalogue, p. 317. A prose version of the
same tale is found in Or. 1244. A Hindu-
stani version, Kissah Ranjha Hir, by Makbiil,
has been translated by Garcin de Tassy,
Revue de T Orient, 1857.
Add. 18,545.
Foil. 235 ; 9 in. by 5f ; 14 lines, 3J in.
long, in a page ; written in fair Nestalik,
with gold-ruled margins ; dated Jumada I.,
A.H. 1162 (A.D. 1749).
[H. Steinschuss.]
A Masnavi on love and anecdotes of lovers,
with a prose preface.
Author : Muhammad, known as Kasim,
poetically surnamed Zarafat, ^-*'Ju j^i^\ <yt^
Beg. of the Preface :
Beg. of the Poem :
The author, who lived at Lahore, says
repeatedly that he had never made a study
of prosody, nor written any verses before.
The poem, which is said to consist of 6268
lines, and in which are inserted extracts
from various works, Persian and Arabic, is
divided into two Daftars, the first of which
was completed A.H. 1146, and the second,
fol. 203 b, A.H. 1149. An appendix, in
which the poet describes a happy meeting
with his beloved, is dated A.H. 1156.
This copy contains numerous marginal
additions.
Egerton 1036.
Foil. 207 ; 8i in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, in two
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
711
columns, dated Zulka'dah, the 7th year of
*Alamgir II. (A.H. 1173, A.D. 1760).
The love-story of Kamrup and KTimlata,
a Ma§navi.
Author: Anjah, «_.*^1
Beg. ^J^ *113 (_^yb J^ Ji
Badr ul-'Asr, commonly called Hs'iji Rabf,
poetically styled Anjab, gave himself out for
a native of Andalus (Spain). He came in his
childhood to Isfahan, where he spent thirty
years, and became a pupil of Murtaza Kull
B^Zanknah,sumamed Valai Isfahanl. After
long travels he settled in Dchli, where he
died, it is said, upwards of a hundred years
old. lie was a most prolific poet ; Mushafi,
who saw him some months before his death,
mentions, among his works, an imitation of
the Khamsah of NizAmi, a Divan of sixty
thousand verses, an extensive work on
Imitmi tenets, a tale of the four Darvishes
in prose, and a metrical translation of the
eighteen Parvas of the Mahubharat ; see Ikd
Surayyfi, Add. 1G,727, fol. 4 a. Compare
Hamishah Bahar, Oude Catalogue, p. 118.
Murta^'i Kuli Beg, sumamed ValA, a native
of Persia, was attached to the service of Sar-
buland Khan, and went, after the death of
that Amir, to Bengal, where he died. See
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 500.
The prologue contains a eulogy on Mu-
hammad Shah, and upon a Khan, called
Hahmud, who had sent for the author, then
living in seclusion, and requested liim to
put the above story into verse. The poem
was completed, as stated at the end, in
A.n. 1167.
Or. 304.
Foil. 249 ; 9| in. by h^ ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Shikastah, dated Itajab,
A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1740). From the royal
library of Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamiltok.]
Beg. j^^ *i^t-^ *P J^ J J ii\jJ i)^
Mirza Muhammad Riza, afterwards Kizil-
l)ash Khi'in, poetically sumamed Ummid, was
a native of Hamadan aad a skilled musician.
Mlrza Tahir Valiid, and afterwards Mir Najat,
were his instructors in poetry. Having gone
to India in the reign of Bahadur Sliah, he
attached himself to the service of Nizam ul-
Mulk AsaQah. He died in Dchli on the
'9th of Jumada I., A.H. 1159. See Tflrikh i
Muhammadi, fol. 305, Mushafi, fol. 8, Nagh-
mah *Andalib, fol. 43, the Oude Catalogue,
pp. 153, 300, 581, and G. do Tassy, Litt.
Uind., vol. iii., p. 250.
Contents : Kasidahs in praise of Muham-
mad and 'All, of Muhammad Shah, Zulfakar
Khan, and others, fol. 2 b. Mukattaat, the
first of which is addressed to Farruklisiyar,
fol. 11 6. Qhazals, in alphabetical order,
fol. 16 b. Mukhammasat, fol. 239 a. Mu>
fradat, alphabetically arranged, fol. 241 a.
Kuba is, fol. 246 a.
Copyist : ,^A|m.«^^ ^i^^ ^^jx«
Or. 345.
Foil. 91 ; CJ in. by SJ ; 12 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Tlie love- tale of Prince Niyaz and Princess
Naz, a Sufi allegory in Ma§navi rhyme.
Author : Azad, o]jT
Beg. J jJjU «u5.1«; J> ^\
The prologue contains a eulogy on a holy
Sayyid, Mir Abu '1-Vafa, by whose desire
the poem was written. The author's name
occurs in the first line of the epilogue,
fol. 91 a :
712
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
as well as in some other passages ; see foil.
22 h, 50 a, 85 a.
The title, which is found in the epilogue,
fol. 91 h,
is often repeated in the same form, " Niyaz
u Naz," apparently intended to distinguish
it from the well-known poem " Naz u Niyaz "
of Zamiri, a poet of the reign of Shah Tah-
masp.
A poet called Azad, whose proper name was
Mlrza Arjumand, is mentioned by Siraj, and
the author of Hamishah Bahar, Oude Cata-
logue, pp. 154, 117. He was the son of
*Abd ul-GhanI Beg Kabul, of Kashmir, who
died A.H. 1139, ib. p. 151. But there is
nothing to show whether the present poem
should be ascribed to him, to an earlier Azad,
a native of Yazd, who died, according to
Mir'at Jahannuma, fol. 296, A.H. 950, or to
some other poet of the same name.
Or. 272.
Foil. 125 ; 81 in. by 5^ ; 11 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, probably
about the close of the 18th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Itminan.
Beg. U jj\jifr ^\ ^ \j d,^ jj^^ J3
This Divan, which consists entirely of
Ghazals, contains several imitations of
earlier poets, especially of Amu' Khusrau.
The latest of these appears to be Hdali, who
died A.U. 939 (p. 656 a). No record has
been found of the author.
Or. 270.
FoU. 69; 8i in. by 5; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written
in Nestalik, in the 18th
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
century.
The Divan of Hasrat.
Beg. l—fe jJi-«< »\iLjL«;i) ^feii ui;*^ j^^ "•
The proper name of the author, who desig-
nates himself alternately by the poetical
surnames Hasrat and Ashraf, has not been
ascertained. It appears from various chro-
nograms contained in his Diviin that he
lived in India in the time of Muhammad
Shah, and was a dependent of 'Azamat Ullah
Khan. He records victories gained by that
Amir over the Eohillas and the Jats in A.H.
1134), and his death in A.H. 1146. Later
chronograms, which extend to A.H. 1158,
relate to the rout of the army of Barhah by
Mu'in ud-Din Muhammad Khan, A.H. 1150,
and to some incidents in the life of Parid
ud-Din Khan, who was apparently the
author's last patron.
Contents: A Kasidah in praise of Mu-
hammad, fol. 3 6. A Magnavi containing
anecdotes of celebrated Sufis, iftiperfect, fol.
5 a. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 10 a,
beginning :
Kit'ahs, fol. 59 a. Euba'is, fol. 62 a.
Or. 247.
Foil. 367; 9^ in. by 5^; 14 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, dated Shahjahanabad,
A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753).
[Geo. "VVm. Hamilton.]
A Sufi poem, in Masnavi rhyme.
Author: Shaikh Sa'd ud-Din Ahmad,
POETRY.— A.n. 1100—1200.
713
sumamedDiv.inah, poetically styled Kuddusi,
l_^jAflJ. t>»lj^ »JV^«V >— 'i/^' "*"**■' c/i"*^' ***** ?t^
Beg. .JU?" jr^ vyjiiW^ ^^ J^ -fl' jji
It treats of mystic love and contemplation,
in the form of comments on Arabic texts
taken from the Kur'an and the liladl^, which
are inserted as headings.
The author, who uses Kuddusi, and some-
times Kudsi,as his takhall us, appears from the
appended letters mentioned below to have been
consulted by the *Ulama of Balkh as a great
authority on Sufi doctrines. He is designated
there as the author of yWi*^ i^J* and other
religious works. It is stated in the Arabic
subscription, fol. 320 a, that he gave out the
present work as one of the writings of
Shaikh Kuddusi ul-Munawari, ^ «aa1^ Jm.
The following short pieces are subjoined : —
Letter of Kazi Fuzail to the author, dated
Balkh, A.H. 1166, with four questions on
points of Sufi doctrine, and the answer, in
two drafts, foil. 322 b, and 351 6. A letter
in verse to Miyan Muhammad 'Umar Pasha-
vari, and other poetical pieces on Sufi sub-
jects, by the author, fol. 328 b. A letter of
the Kazis and Muftis of Balkh to the author,
relating to some unguarded utterances of
great Sufis, with the answer, fol. 335 b.
Some Ghazals by Kuddusi, in alphabetical
order, fol. 342 b.
Beg. \f i^i JV»»> (^^j>> jAfr «_aJ»
)/* •>^ J^ J^ »*^ e;*"?
Ifa^navis by the same, fol. 359 a.
Or. 276.
Foil. 308; Hi in. by 6 ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, with gold-
ruled margins; dated Dehli, A.H. 1157
(A.D. 17W). From the royal library of
Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Uamilton.J
The Divan of Iksir, in the author's hand-
writing.
Beg. \ ^V. J J^ Ju^ ^y^ ^^ ^-^^
The poet, whose proper name is written in
the subscription Muhammad 'Azim B. Mu-
hammad Ja'far, and who was better known
as Mirz& 'Azimai Iksir, has been already
mentioned p. 376 a. See also Mushafi, fol.
14, Anis, fol. 9, and the Oude Catalogue,
p. 435.
Contents : Ghazals, fol. 2 b, and Euba'is,
foL 291 a, both alphabetically arranged.
Add. 18,583.
FoU. 197; 8i in. by 4f ; 17 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Shikastah-amiz, with Un-
van, gold-ruled margins, and five miniatures
in Indian style; dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1161
(A.D. 1748). [Adam Clabke.J
lir^ J
jk^Ut
" Shahid and Mashhud," a love-story, by
Iksir, in the same handwriting.
Beg. e>-.Uj> ^\j\ O-iS f^/^
The author says in the prologue that he
had learnt tlio story, which is here put into
verse, from his younger brother Abul- Hasan,
a learned and travelled man, who told him
that it was a popular tale in Egypt.
Or. 296.
FoU. 171 ; 10 in. by 5^ ; 14 Unes, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik, in the 19th cen-
tury. From the royal library of Lucknow.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
o 0
714
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
The Divan of 'Ishrat.
Beg. ybj y Jdi cMj cJ ^J^Ji y^
The author, whose proper name is not
stated, appears to have been a dependent
of Shuja' ud-Daulah (the Nazim of Oude,
A.H. 1167—88). In a long Kasidah ad-
dressed to the Navvab and appealing to his
liberality, he describes himself as a Hindu :
Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
fol. 2 h. Kasidah, fol. 165 6, beginning :
Cj^^ j^\ j^ »UiT kJ»}a ^.^ /
The same Divan is described in the Oude
Catalogue, p. 442, where it is attributed to
Mirza *Ali Riza 'Ishrat.
Or. 324.
Foil. 319 ; lOJ in. by 6; 13 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with three *Un-
viins and gold-ruled margins, in the 18th
century. From the royal library of Luck-
now. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Mubad.
Beg. bo y oU-ii* CL-viwiiJ^ dUi ai ^^1
From a preface written A.H. 1180 by the
poet's son, Tika Ram Zafar, we learn that
Miibad, originally called Zindah Ram Pan-
dit, was a native of Kashmir, and a pupil
of Mirza Girami, son of 'Abd ul-Ghani Beg
Kabiil (see p. 712 a) ; that he had settled in
Lucknow, where his two sons took service
in the reign of Shah 'Alam ; that one of these,
Sita-Ram 'Umdah, died in A.H. 1173, and
that his father did not long survive him.
Contents : Kasidahs in praise of *Alij of
Shah 'Alam, Navvab Madar ud-Daulah, and
others, fol. 15 J. Ghazals, in alphabetical
order, fol. 31 b, beginning:
Mukhammasat, fol. 218 a. Chronograms
relating to contemporary events in the reigns
of 'Alamgir II. and Shah *Alam, to the birth^
and deaths of Amirs, etc., with dates ranging
from A.H. 1169 to 1174. Ma§navis, fol.
258 b. Rubais and Kit'ahs, fol. 278 a.
Thirty Ghazals from Mubad's first Divan,
collected in Dehli, fol. 303 b. Appendix by
the editor, fol. 315 b.
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 504.
Add. 7814.
Foil. 210; 9| in. by 5^; 15 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divan of Imla.
Beg. \j ^j JjL^ ^ ^^
The Divan consists entirely of Sufi poems.
The author, M'ho is only designated by his
takhallus, appears to have been a holy per-
sonage and spiritual teacher. Afghan, ap-
parently the author of the next following
Divan, is described ia the subscription as his
adopted son and successor : . . . iU-j, S^\>
.... ^^^W\ (_.«iaJ' ^j\^ ^_j^.V fj^^ -**^W C*— «
itayi S0.5 ^^.Xi- j! e^^y>- '^>\}^ (_r^^ ' ' * '^'^
Contents : Two Masnavis, fol. 2 b. Gha-
zals, in alphabetical order, fol. 3 b, begin-
ning :
\(ijt^ ^^ ^ys- CX^ yL»j OiUsjl-^
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
715
Rubals, similarly arranged, fol. 194 a.
The last two leaves contain invocations to
Shaikh Muhyi ud-Din 'Abd ul-Kiidir Jilani.
Or. 275.
Foil. 124; 8 in. by 5|; 13 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, probably in the 19th
century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Afghan.
Beg. \j>\jj y ^U; J ui-Ui ^^;^ ^f^
The author, probably the Afghan above
mentioned, was originally called Imam 'All
Khan. He was a Darvish living in Lucknow,
and left, besides this DivAn, a Ma§navi com-
posed A.H. 1174. See the Oude Catalogue,
pp. 197, 318, and Garcin de Tassy, Litt.
Hind. vol. i. 117.
The DivAn contains Ghazals, Ki^ahs, and
detached verses, in one alphabetical series,
and a few Ruba'is at the end, fol. 121 a.
Add. 16,805.
Foil. 81 ; 6| in. by 4; 18 diagonal lines
in a page, written in cursive Nestalik, in the
latter half of the 18th century.
[Wm. Yule.]
A record of the author's life, in Ma^navi
rhyme.
Author : Gulshan, j^^lii'
Beg. ^^ ^jsui ^ *^/ fj a'
The author, whose proper name does not
appear, tells us that he was bom in Jaunpur.
He went as a young man to Dehli and en-
tered as secretary the service of a youthful
Amir who had a taste for poetry, Band i *A1T
Khan, afterwards Shir-afkan Khan, a son of
Ghairat Khan. There he witnessed, some
time later, the invasion of Nadir Shah, and
the sack of the capital. He speaks at some
length of the poets with whom he became
acquainted at Dehli, especially of Shaikh
Hazin (p. 372 6), and 'All Kuli Khan Valih
(p. 371 a). Having attached himself to the
latter, he stayed with him until the Khan's
death, in A.H. 1169. After that event he
returned home, but, finding no employment
there, he repaired to ShamsAbad, where he
found a patron in Sayyid Basfllat Jahan.
The above poem, which was written shortly
after the author's arrival at Shamsabad, is
followed by four shorter Ma§navis, foil. 63 a,
67 o, 70 o, and 73 o, the first in Hindustani,
the other three in Persian, all relating to the
author's new master, whose death in A.H.
1176 is recorded in the last. In the last
but one, fol. 70 a, the author says that he
was then past sixty.
Or. 322.
FoU. 4-16; 9i in. by 5^; 14 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with five *Unvans
and gold-ruled margins, about A. 1 1. 1155
(A.D. 1742). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Muhammad, known as 'Ali
ul-Jilani ^azin, ^J>J». ^iLjfJ^ ^ j^*^^ •^^
Beg. ^^ y^ J^ ^\j,'\ ^\j '^U ^\
Shaikh Muhammad 'Alt Hazin, who has
been already mentioned, p. 372 b, died, accord-
ing to theTarikh i Muhammadi, fol. 317, in
Benares, on the 13th of Jumada I., A. 11. 1180.
He is considered in India as the greatest poet
of his time, although his pungent satires had
roused against him bitter animosities. Full
o 0 2
716
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
notices on his life, with extracts from his
poems, will be found in Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
foU. 138—150, Mushafi, foil. 32—37, Haft
Asman, foil. 161 — 4, Naghmah i 'Andalib,
foil. 65—70, and Atashkadah, fol. 174. His
collected works, including his memoirs and
the Tazkirat ul-Mu*asirin, have been litho-
graphed, under the title of ^ja, OU/, in
Lucknow, A.H. 1293.
See also the Oude Catalogue, p. 424, Biblio-
theca Sprenger., No. 1413, the Munich Cata-
logue, p. 39, and the catalogue of King's
College Library, No. 124.
The author states in a prose preface, fol.
3 b, that, after having previously pubhshed
three Divans, he had collected in a fourth,
A.H. 1155, the remainder of his detached
pieces. He adds that he was then past fifty
years of age, and residing in India. The four
Divans contain, according to his account,
about thirty thousand lines, and thousand
one hundred and seventy pieces.
Contents: Kasldahs, mostly in praise of
Muhammad, and the Imams, fol. 6 b, begin-
ning : (JL-l::^ ^_j_j t^^. cJj^ ^J6 jS-
Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol. 62 J,
beginning :
Fragments of Ghazals, c»U^ OlS^iu, also
in alphabetical order, fol. 340 b. RubiVis,
similarly arranged, fol. 363 b. Mukattaat
(Lucknow edition, p. 903), fol. 389*. A
Ma§navi called ^^\ ^ ^^^^ (Lucknow edi-
tion, p. 823), fol. 406 i, beginning :
l^\^ ,.,^ \, ,iT a/ ,.J *\i>
Abridgment of a Ma§navl called Kharabat
{ib. p. 839), fol. 417 &, beginning :
\<^\i\
J\^jJLj C.-
-1* US
The prologue of Matmah ul-Anzar, another
Ma§navi (ib. p. 863), fol. 432 6, beginning :
Prologue and epilogue of a Masnavi called
Tazkirat ul-'Ashikin ;(ib. p. 889), fol. 437 J,
beginning:
Epilogue of the fourth Divfrn (ib. p. 1026),
transcribed from the author's autograph, fol.
444 b, soLiy ^jic> ^^} J>^ j^ Ci^ JiJ \ «-»3li- (^\
j-i. Jai ^J•J:A tiljU* ^ j' ^i> beginning :
Foil. 2 and 3 contain some lines of poetry
in the handwriting of Hazin, signed as fol-
lows :
Additional pieces, written here and there in
the margins of the Divan, are due to the same
hand.
Or. 356.
Foil. 222; Hi in. by 6| ; 9 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in large Nestalik, with 'Unvans
and gold-ruled margins, in the 18th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of the same Ali Hazin. .
Beg. ^_^\::»^jLj j^l::ij. O^jc ^J^ jif-
Contents : Kasldahs in praise of the Imams
and on various subjects, including Mukat-
ta'at and a Margiyah on the death of Husain,
fol. 26. Chaman u Anjuman, fol. 161 b.
Mukhtasar i Kharabat, fol. 178 a. Dibajah
i Tazkirat ul-'Ashikin, fol. 201 a. Dibajah i
Matmah ul-Anzar, fol. 216 a.
In a prose preface prefixed to the above
four Magnavis, fol. 160, the author states
that the original drafts had been scattered in
various countries, and that he had now
written what he describes as a sample of
each, in order to comply with the desire of a
noble friend in India.
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
717
Add. 18,890.
FoU. 300 ; 10 in. by 6^ ; 18 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Shikastah-amiz, probably
early in the 19th century.
The Divan of Hazin, containing Kasidahs
and Ghazals, fol. 61 b.
The alphabetical series, although breaking
off in the letter /•, is richer than the corre-
sponding section in the preceding copies.
Add. 5608.
Foil. 39; 12 in. by 7} ; 23 lines; written
in cursive Shikastah-amiz, about A.H. 1180
(A.D. 1767).
A poetical account, in Ma^navi rhyme, of
the British wars in Bengal, from the first
year of 'Alamgir II. (A.D. 1764) to the con-
elusion of peace with Shah 'Alam, and the
grant of the Divanl of Bengal to the East
India Company (A.D. 1765).
Author : Musafir, /^^
Beg. jy^ ^3i y Uj'j^
The poet, who designates himself only by
the above takhallus, was, it appears, with the
Marattah army in Benares, and subsequently
in Iluhabad. He writes as a warm partisan of
the conquerors of Bengal, whom he hails as
the future masters of India. In the epilogue
he states that he had previously written a
similar account in Hindi.
The above title is given on fol. 38 b, with
the date of composition, A.H. 11 80, expressed
by the chronogram j^
On the first page is the Persian seal of
Johannes Matthias Reuss (?) ^_^.
Add. 26,285.
FolL 421; 12i in. by 7i; 19 lines, ^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, about the close of
the 18th century. [Wm. Erskine.]
Two Masnavis by Nizam ud-Din 'Ishrat
Siyalkuti l^urashT, ^JjS^U-» Oj^le ^^jj^ ^IkJ
Ishrat states in the latter part of his
second poem that, having gone from Siyalkut,
his native place, to pay homage to Ahmad
Shiih Durrani, then on his return march from
Dehli, he accompanied the Shah to Kabul,
and received from him, with many marks of
favour, the necessary documents for the
composition of a poetical record of His
Majesty's reign, and the permission to go
back to Siyalkut, in order to devote himself
to that task.
I. Fol. 1. i/ji>\i 't-U^i, a poetical account
of Nadir Shah's invasion in India, A.H.
1161-2, concluding with a brief record of
his subsequent wars and his death.
Beg. ^jjtL ^ i\JL^ ^\si
The date of composition, A.H. 1162, is ex-
pressed in the following line:
cf« ^V cje-^ •* t^J^^ f^-^ J^^
II. Fol. 130. ^JXt^'^ ty*\j^, a poetical
record of the life of Ahmad Shah Durrani,
from his rise to power under Nadir Shah to
the defeat of the Beluch chief Nasir Khan,
A.H, 1173.
Beg. jji ^\j^ iLi;^ ^ii>
III. Fol. 288 b. Continuation of the above
poem, dealing with Ahmad Shah's Indian
campaign and his defeat of the Marattas at
Panipat, concluding with the Shah's death
and the accession of Timur Shah (A.H. 1186).
718
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200
The main part of this section was written
in the life time of Ahmad Shah, to whom the
author bitterly complains of the sterility of
his Jiigir, and the annoyances which it
entailed upon him.
Add. 23,982.
Poll. 64; 7| in. by 4^ ; 16 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Shikastah-iimiz, apparently
in the latter part of the 18th century.
The Divan of Niyazi.
Beg. \j U J>i ^jWj >-*^/ elL-J
This poet, whose proper name was Navvab
Ahmad Mirza, was a son of Mirza Sayyid
Murtaza, who had married a daughter of
Shah Sultan Husain, and held in that Shah's
reign the office of Sadr. Niyazi, who was
married to a daughter of his maternal uncle,
Shah Tahmasp II., died in Isfahan A.H.
1188. Lutf 'All Khan, who was personally
acquainted with him, composed the following
chronogram on his death, Atashkadah, fol.
189:
Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
fol. 1 b. Euba'is, fol. 61 a. Chronograms,
fol. 63 a. The chronograms, the dates of
which range from A.H. 1170 to 1187, relate
to the death of some holy personages of
the period, of a princess, 'Ismat Nisa, and of
Shahbaz Khan.
Add. 7820.
Poll. 206; 8i in. by 6; 11 lines, 2| in.
long, and 18 lines in the margins ; written
in cursive Nestalik ; dated Safar, A.H. 1202
(A.D. 1787). * [CI. J. Rich.]
" The Cypress and the Rose," also called
" Palaknaz Namah," or the story of Prince
Palaknaz, in Magnavi rhyme.
Author : Taskin, (ja^CJ
Beg. 2\e. .sLac) ^ »io\ *\j^
The autlior states, in the conclusion, that
he had adopted the above takhallus, because
he had found in the composition of this
poem a relief (taskin) to his woes ; that his
real name was 'Arab-Zadah, and that he was
born of a family called Aulad Ya'kub, in the
town of Katif. He was induced to write
the present poem, as he states in the prologue,
by his friend Mirza Sharaf, who communi-
cated to him the prose narrative on which
it is founded, and urged him to complete
what Ziya'i had only commenced. The date
of composition, A.H. 1189, is recorded on
fol. 7 a.
A copy is mentioned in the Ouseley Col-
lection, No. 69.
Or. 1267.
PoU. 271; 8 in. by 5f ; from 12 to 14
lines, 3;^ in. long; written in cursive Nes-
talik, with miniatures in the Persian style;
dated Ramazan, A.H. 1257 (A.D. 1841).
The same poem, wanting the greatest part
of the prologue, and the epilogue.
Or. 291.
Poll. 120; 8^ in. by 6^; 13 lines, 3i in.
long ; written in NestaLik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, about the close of the
18th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Sani*.
POETRY.— A.H. 1100—1200.
719
Beg. jj« ^^ya. ILJuUi^ Jj ti J^
Nizam ud-Dla Ahmad Sani', of Balgram,
lired in ^(urshidabad, and afterwards in Cal-
cutta, where he died about A.H. 1195. See
Mushafi, fol. 65, Naghmah 'Andalib, fol.
105, Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 217, and
Garcin de Tassy, Litt. Hind. iii. p. 54.
Contents : A Tarji'-band, and three Mu-
khammas, fol. 2 b. Ghazals, in alphabetical
order, fol. 10 b, beginning:
\ ^f' j^ 3 j^ *^ f/ *^y cir?;
Bubals, fol. 117 o.
Or. 321.
FoU. 282 ; 9 in. by 5^ ; 13 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with *Unvan and
ruled margins, in the 19th century.
[Geo. Wm. HAMaTox.]
The Divan of Vfikif.
Nur ul-'Ain Vfikif, son of Amanat Ullah,
Kazi of Patiyalah, was a pupil of Arzu (p.
601 b). He died in Dehli A.H. 1200. Sec
Naghmah 'Andalib, fol. 191, Mir'at Aftab-
numa, fol. 157, and Sprenger, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 589.
Beg. U;'- yaj^^'i^ ^ j^ ^j^ J^
Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
with a few Eit'ahs fol. 2 b. HubiVis, fol.
254 a. A long Tarji*-band, followed by a
few Ruba*i8 and a Mukhammas, fol. 2G9 b.
Or. 354.
FolL 232 ; 10^ in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 5 in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four columns,
with 'Unvan and gold-ruled margins, appa-
rently in the 18th century. From the royal
library of Lucknow.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The history of Mukhtar, the avenger of
Husain, a Shi'ah legend, in Ma§navi rhyme.
Author : Azad, j|]jT
Beg. jV J uW ^3"^ c^
,^\ jlW ^l^ ^\^
Mir Ghulam *Ali Azfid, of Balgram, died
in Aurangabad A.H. 1200. See p. 373 a.
He refers in the prologue to the numerous
poets who had before his time sung the
praises of the Prophet's family, mentioning
by name Asir, Zulali, 'Urfi, Kudsi, Sa'ib,
Zuhurl, Firdusl, Bazil, the author of Hamlah
i Haidarl, and Juya. Inspired by the me-
mories of Karbala, he found a new theme
in the subject of the present poem, which
he commenced in the month of Safar, A.H.
1131.
The poom is also called, from its subject,
Mukhtar Namah. See the Oude Catalogue,
p. 364.
At the end is found a Kasidah addressed
to Shah Husain Safavi, imperfect at the end.
Or. 316.
FoU. 373; 8^ in. by 6; 15 lines, Z\ in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, apparently
in the 18th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Nizam.
Beg. ll«31j J.^1 ^>i tr»i^^ '^'^ r^.
The author, who is only designated by the
above takhallus, is the wcll-kuown 'Imad ul-
720
POETRY.— A.H. 1200—1300.
Mulk Ghazi ud-Din Khan Bahadur Firuz
Jang, grandson of Nizam ul-Mulk Asafjah,
and Vazlr of Ahmad Shah and 'AlamgTr II.
After the latter emperor's death, A.H. 1173,
he relapsed into ohscurity, and died about
A.H. 1200, in Kalpl. MushafI states, fol.
101, that he was still alive in A.H. 1199.
See also Khizanah i 'Amirah, fol. 18, Maa§ir
ul-Umara, fol. 392, Gulzar i Ibrahim, fol.
240 a, Naghmah 'Andalib, fol. 181, the Oude
Catalogue, p. 273, and Garcin de Tassy, Litt.
Hind., vol. ii. p. 476.
Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
with two Kasidahs, fol. 2 b. Several Ghazals
are addressed to Fakhr i Jahan, the author's
spiritual guide, also called Maulana Fakhr
ud-Din (see the Oude Catalogue, p. 273).
Ruba'is, fol. 293 b. Tarkib and Tarji'-bands,
fol. 298 b. Musaddasat of the kind called
C^^yjAj , fol. 323 b. Mukhammasat, fol. 330 b.
The last of these is in Oriental Turkish.
Add. 26,172.
Foil. 54 ; 5 in. by 8| ; about twenty lines
in a page; written in Indian Shikastah-amiz,
about the close of the 18th centurv.
[Wm. Erskine.]
Poems of KazI Ghulam Kasim Mihri, ^JO^
ce«* (»-»^ p^
Beg. ^jjT Ji>^ *^^ i^T JU- Uj
At the beginning is found this heading :
J^ J)Ki j^ io\^ji jfjicii i\i^ j^ jiJii tOUjlai*
j]aj ^J» *«/i J ^!s)i^lj *\3J\ ^J iii\ idJ:>j\ i^j^ ^Ki
The author, who uses Kasim as his
takhallus, was affiliated to the Nakshabandi
order. From a Kasidah addressed to Tippu
Sultan, shortly after his accession (A.H, 1197),
we learn that he was the son of Kazi Husain,
and a native of Bombay. Another poem, in
praise of the same prince, is stated, at the
end, to have been written off Ceylon, in
Zulhijjah, A.H. 1205, on a voyage to Pegu.'
The volume, which has the appearance of
a scrap-book, contains Kasidahs, Ghazals,
and Masnavis, mostly of a religious nature,
without systematic arrangement. The latter
part contains Hindustani pieces and a few
chronograms for A.H. 1206 and 1207.
Or. 273.
FoU. 147; 8^ in. by 5^; 11 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in cursive Indian Nestalik,
dated Shavval, A.H. 1209 (A.D. 1795). From
the royal library of Lucknow.
[Geo, Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Aftab.
Aftab is the takhallus of the Emperor
Shah 'Alam ('All Gauhar), who was born
A.H. 1140, and died A.H. 1221.
The Divim consists of Ghazals, in alpha-
betical order, with a few Ruba'is at the end,
fol. 145 b. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 318, the Miinioh Catalogue, p. 40, and the
Ouseley Collection, No. 68.
On fol. 3 is a profile portrait of the
author.
Add. 7823.
Foil, 73; 8i in. by 4|; 17 lines, 3 in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik, on Euro-
pean paper, early in the 19th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
POETRY.— A.H. 1200—1300.
721
i:;^j\>.
t^W^
The Divan of Ehakfin.
Khukjfn is the poetical surname of Fath
'All Shiih.
The Divan of the royal author is mentioned
by Sir John Malcolm, who had obtained a
copy of it in one of his missions to Persia,
A.D. 1800 or 1810. See " History of Persia,"
vol. ii. p. 547, Wm. Ouseley's Travels, vol. iii.
p. 372, Asiatisches Museum, p. 377, and the
catalogues of St. Petersburg, p. 403, and
Miinich, p. 41.
Contents : Preface to the Diviin by Nasha^
fol. lb. This preface, as well as the short
prose introductions to the various sections
of the Diviin, and the epilogue, are found col-
lected in the works of Nashat (see p. 722 a),
foil. 18 a — 26 b. Kasidahs in praise of 'All
and of the Shah's predecessor, Aka Muham-
mad, fol. 6 a. Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
foL 15 a, beginning :
Tarkib-band, fol. 65 a. Detached verses, in
alpha))etical order, fol. 57 a. Rubik*is, fol.
62 b. A Mar^iyah on the death of Husain,
fol. 64 a. Ha^navls, fol. 66 b. Epilogue of
Nashflt. fol. 71 a.
Add. 18,544.
FolL 74; 10 in. by 6^ ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Ncstalik, with 'Unvan and
gold-ruled margins, early in the 19th cen-
tury. [II. Stebnschuss.J
The same Divan, wanting the Kasidahs
and the prose prefiuiM.
Add. 25,017.
Foil. 188 ; 81 in. by 5 ; 13 lines, 2J in.
long, with 26 lines in the margins ; written
in neat Nestalik, with three IJnvans and
VOL. II.
gold-ruled margins, early in the 19th cen-
tury.
Three Magnavis, ascribed, in the label
affixed to the back of the MS., to Haji
Muhammad Husain ShirazI, c>^ j_y_».L».
The author, whose name does not appear
in the text, addresses Fath 'All Shah, fol.
133 a, as the reigning sovereign. He has
all the prolixity of Sufi poets, and delights
in the endless repetition of the same idea
under different images.
' I. Fol. \b. Sjc^i j-^j, •' Vamik and 'Agra,"
a love-story.
Beg. V^O _MI>^ i.i«-Uj y^
The author says in the prologue that under
the hero's name he only describes the holy
love that bums in his own heart.
II. Fol. 92 *. *.U p,\ "The Book of the
Camel."
Beg. <^/ j^ ^ J^^ ,J"> j-i
The above title, which is taken from one
of 'Attar's poems (p. 578 b), is justified by
frequent descriptions of the wild longings of
the camel, and repeated addresses to the
camel-driver t,V^.
III. Fol. 106 b. A poem without title,
beginning :
' ^J^j^ U^^ji t5-pT
This poem, which is written in continuation
of the preceding, without any apparent break,
is distinguished from it by the change of
metre. It belongs to the class called lu^^
or " adjuratory."
rV. Fol. 114 b. lU J j^, " Mihr and Mah,"
a love-story.
Beg. ^yM jd ^ mja \A>i\^
p p
722
POETRY.— A.H. 1200—1300.
The various sections have extensive prose
headings, showing the application of the
allegory to mystic love.
Add. 19,533.
FolL 187 ; 12 in. by 7^ ; 15 lines, 4i in.
long ; written in Nestalik, on English paper,
with the water-mark 1809.
The collected works of Nashat IsUJ, in
prose and verse.
Mu'tamad ud-Daulah Mirza 'Abd ul-Vah-
hab, poetically surnamed Nashat, was court-
poet and secretary to Path *Ali Shah. A
letter of his composition, addressed to
George III. about A.H. 1220, has been
mentioned p. 392 a. Uis ^ij^ ^^ has
been printed in Teheran, A.H. 1266.
Fol. 1 5. A Masnavl treating of mystic
love, with a prose preface beginning :
Ojs^ U^ \p/ tio/ |.i^ >^j ijji^ t-jly^
Eol. 13 b. Two Kasidahs in praise of
Path *Ali Shah.
Beg. \^)a^ J f3^ ^ J]j\> u-y J >V ^y
Eol. 17 a. Various compositions in ornate
prose mixed with verses.
The most important are two prefaces, the
first of which, beginning ^,^ f'^^^ f^^
\^\ (j-jos-l j^UJ^ was written for the Divan
of Eath 'All Shah, fol. 18 a, and the second
for a poetical account of the wars of the same
sovereign, entitled \j.^ *«*\J *liifell, fol. 39 a.
Erom the latter we learn that the author
of the poem, designated by his takhallus
Saba, was a native of Kashan, and a pupil of
the three poets called Azur (Lutf 'Ali Beg),
Sabahi, and Hatif (see the Atashkadah, foil.
180, 197), that he recited a Kasidah, quoted
at full length, on the accession of Eath 'Ali
Shah, who appointed him Malik ush-Shu'ara,
and finally that he wrote the above poem by
desire of the Shah, after the Russian
campaign (A.H. 1218), in which he had
accompanied his sovereign.
The collection includes pieces in Oriental
Turkish, fol. 35 a, and in Arabic, fol. 36 a.
Eol. 65 b. Kasidahs addressed to Eath
'All Shah, mostly on the occasion of the
Nauruz festivals.
Beg. i^jjM^dj^ ^Jf»■ ^_;!i3\li *-»^j\ i_.*i& ^^
This section contains some Kasidahs imi-
tated from Anvari by desire of the Shah.
It concludes with a Turkish piece and a few
Kit'ahs.
Eol. 75 b. Letters and miscellaneous
compositions in prose.
Among the former are letters written in
the name of Eath Ali Shah to the Sultan
Mahmud (in Turkish), to the Emperor Na-
poleon, to George III. of England, to the
Vahhabi chief (in Arabic), and to other
princes and dignitaries. They are undated,
and for the most part without headings.
The second section, beginning fol. 104 b,
contains letters written by Nashat in his
own name, and other prose pieces.
Eol. 142 b. Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
followed by a Tarklb-band, fol. 181 a, and
some Ruba'Is, fol. 184 a.
Beg. t/p ^^ 11)*^^ J^ LU-ia-j j^ \S„^S^^
Add. 27,267.
EoU. 250 ; 8^ in. by 5| ; 14 Hues, 3f in.
long ; written in fair Shikastah-amlz on
European paper, with two 'Unvans and gold-
ruled margins, about the beginning of the
19th century ; bound in painted covers.
[Sir J. Malcolm.]
The Divan of VaUh of Isfahan.
POETRY.— A.n. 1200—1300.
723
Beg. U J^j j\ ,yif- ^ ^ aiiil b
L- y\:L-V> jJj- yUj j,j
Valih, -whose original name Muhammad
Kazim is found in the present MS., fol. 248 b,
lived in Isfahan under the Zend and Kachar
dynasties. He "was upwards of eighty years
old in A.n. 122G, when Sir Gore Ouseley
saw him in his native city. See Notices of
Persian Poets, ^Memoir, p. 67, and Sir Wm.
Ouseley's Travels, vol. iii. p. 63.
The present MS. is apparently in the same
handwriting as some signed specimens of the
author's penmanship, dated A. II. 1225, and
prcsencd in Add. 27,271.
Contents: Ohazals, in alphahetical order,
fol. 1 6. A Ma§navi, fol. 204 b. Mukat-
taVit, mostly chronograms on contemporary
events, with dates ranging from A.U. ll&i
to 1217, fol. 20C b. Kasldahs, addressed to
Path 'All Shrdi, Nizam 'Ali Khan of Haidar-
ahad, and others, fol. 218 a. Kit'ahs and
Ituhu'is, fol. 233 6. Moral maxims in Arabic,
fol. 248 b.
Add. 7818.
Foil. 125 ; 8 in. by 6 ; 9 lines. 4 in. long;
written in Nestalik, on European paper, early
in the 19th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The Divfin of the same poet, in a shorter
recension, containing Kasidahs, fol. 1 b.
Ohazals, fol. 16 b, Ma^navis, fol. 108 a, Ki-
t'ahs, fol. 104 b, Uuba'is, fol. Ill b, and
Chronograms, fol. 117 b.
Or. 308.
Poll. 124; 9 in. by 6^; 16 lines, 3} in.
long; written in Shikastah-amiz and in Nes-
talik; dated Safar, the eighteenth year of
Shfih 'Alam (A.U. 1191, A.D. 1777). From
the royal library of Lucknow.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Mubtalfi, with two prose
works by the same author.
Beg. \j j.jUi.U. ,j jjj\j\^ J ^j ^\
Shaikh Ghulam Muhyi ud-Din Kurashi
of Mirath, who used the poetical surnames of
'Ishk and Muhtala, was the son of a poet,
Shaikh Ni'mat Ullah Ni'ami, and lived in
Dehli as a dependent of Navvub Najaf Khan,
an Amir of the court of Shfih 'Alam. He
left, besides his poems, a Tazkirah of Rekh-
tah poets, composed A.H. 1222. See Spren-
ger, Oude Catalogue, pp. 187, 498, and Gar-
cin de Tassy, Litt. Hind., vol. ii. p. 45.
Contents : I. Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 2 b. Mufradiit, Ruba'is, and Mukham-
masat, fol. GO b. Kasidahs, fol. 65 b. Ma§-
navis, fol. 73 b.
II. y;— ». ^/^ j'j, containing descriptions
of the various points of female beauty, in
ornate prose, with appropriate verses, partly
due to the author, partly to other poets not
named, fol. 78 b.
Beg. J^ ^\^ J^ ^^^ JcJi Jj\3
Tl>e date of composition, A.H. 1187, is ex-
pressed by the title. The work is also called
j^Lc 'ts-y^. Sec the Oude Catalogue, p. 187.
III. j'j^^ Jii t>^» models of letters, in
ornate prose, on various subjects, fol. 99 a.
Beg. 0«--J» J^i- *^v^V "^jV* <J^
It is stated in the preamble that the above
title numerically expresses the date of com-
position, viz. A.H. 1187.
The last two pieces are the first and second
parts of a collection designated in tlie preface,
fol. 79, as ,^j^ j'».. The third and fourth
parts, called U>'^ ^^ iJl*ii^ and jij «J'<»4
ij** w'^ i^^i/'ij'ii arc wanting.
p p 2
724.
POETEY.— A.H. 1200—1300.
Add. 25,830.
Foil. 69; 13 in. by 9 ; 6 lines, 6 in. long ;
written in large Nestalik, A.D. 1822.
[Wm. Cdeeton.]
A poetical account of the life of Zlb un-
Nisa Begam.
Author : Lalah Gokul Chand, jja- j/^ a)^
Beg. jJli- jUs. j>j ^\ ^UJ
Zib un-Nisa Begam, also called Begam
Sumroo, was the widow of Walter Reinhard,
a German soldier of fortune, better known in
India by the nickname of Sombre, or Sumroo,
who died A.D. 1778. His wife, who succeeded
to his estate and to the command of his regi-
ment, played a not unimportant part in the
events of the reign of Shah *Alam, from
whom she received the title of »j-c. j,;:j, "be-
loved daughter,'' and died about 1825. See
Francklin, History of Shah Aulum, pp. 150,
188, James Skinner's Military Memoir,
p. 279, Sleeman, Eambles and Recollections,
vol. ii. p. 377, and Keene, PaU of the Moghul
Empire, p. 297.
The author, who is designated in the title
as the Begam's Munshi, begins with eulo-
gies ou his heroine, on Colonel George
Alexander Dyce (a son-in-law of Zafaryab
Khan, the son of W. Reinhard by his first
wife), who had the management of the
Begam's estate, and on the Colonel's two
sons, David Ochterlony Dyce, and John
Thomas Dyce. He then proceeds to state
that a history of Zib un-Nisa, written in
prose by Munshi Jaisingh Eiii, having been
lost, he had been desired to treat the same
theme in verse.
The date of composition, A.D. 1822, is
stated in the following line :
Or. 459.
Poll. 426 ; 9| in. by 6J ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik, about the begin-
ning of the 19th century.
[Duncan Porbes.]
The Divan of Khamush.
Beg. idy\ji\ ^./ j/ ^J\j\ jJj.i ^\
tdJlj U J^ _j Jiff j\ y i_i-9}
Sahib Ram Khamiish, a Hindu bom in
Dehli, and a pupil of Shaikh 'AH Hazin, acted
as Munshi to Shah'Alam, and was subsequently
employed as Tahsildar under Mr. Duncan in
the district of Benares. The author of the
Tarikh i Muzaffari, who was his intimate
friend, states, fol. 500, that he died A.H.
1225. He was then upwards of seventy
years of age. See the Oude Catalogue,
pp. 167, 461.
Contents : Kasidahs and Kit'ahs, including
some chronograms with dates ranging from
A.H. 1180 to 1205, fol. 2 b. Ma§navis, fol.
90 b. Ghazals, in alphabetical order, fol.
109 b, beginning :
Ruba'is similarly arranged, fol. 398 b.
On the first page is written : " G. C.
Haughton, Pebr. 1818. Prom Jonathan Dun-
can's library."
Or. 285.
PoU. 110 ; 8| in. by 4f ; 13 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in cursive Indian Nestalik, in
the 19 th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Sarvar.
POETEY.— A.H. 1200—1300.
725
Beg. \^i ^^lir-i —'J / pi^ A^
The author was a dependent of Habib Ul-
lah Ehiin. A Ma§navl addressed to that Amir,
and containing a pressing appeal to his
liberality, is dated A.H. 1227.
Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
fol. 2 a. A Kasidah in praise of Habib Ul-
lah Khan, fol. 100 a. Mukhammasat, fol.
104 a. A Masnavi also in praise of Habib
Ulhih Khan, fol. 105 b.
Add. 26,169.
Foil. 1G7; lOi in. by 5 J ; 15 lines, 3J in.
long ; written in cursive Indian writing ;
dated A.H. 1229 (A.D. 1814).
[Wm. EnsKiNE.]
A poetical account of the British wars in
India, in Ma^navi rhyme.
Author : Safdar*Ali Shfih, poetically styled
Munsif, ^JuaI* u'iiii »\.1.1» j.iLo
Beg. \»«*U^ (>*IJ «^ ^yJj^
The following notice of the author, on
the fly-leaf, is in the haudwriting of Mr.
Erskinc : —
" The autlior's original name was Mahomed
Mohiudin, which, on renouncing worldly pur-
suits, he changed to Safder Ali Shah. He
was the son of Mozufler Jeng, who changed
his name to Kalcnder Ali Shah on becoming
a Fakir (his mother was Nur-Jehan Begum,
the niece of Tehniat Nissa Begum, the wife
of Nizam a Doulet), and the grandson of Sa-
mander Shah of Herat, who married Tehniat
Begum, the daughter of Nawab Evaz Khan,
of the Soubah of Aurungabad. She, dying
while her son Mozuffer Jeng was an infant,
gave him to her sister, Syed Shah Begum, to
bring up. Syed Shah's husband was Heda-
yet Mohiudin Khan Mozuffer Jeng, the
grandson of the Nizam Asif Jah by his
daughter Khyr-ul-nisa Begum."
The first of thetwo sections contained in this
volume treats of the war with Tippoo, from
the rupture of the peace (A.D. 1799) to the
settlement of the Carnatic (A.D. 1802). The
second, foil. 43 b — 167 b, contains a record
of the Marattah war. It begins with the
taking of Poonah by Holkar, and the flight
of Biiji Rao (A.D. 1802), and ends with the
retrocession of the conquered territories to
Holkar and Sindiah (Dec, 1803). The hero
of both narratives is General Wellesley,
called in the text ^J-oj J\,>>^
The first section contains in its prologue,
fol. 14 a, a panegyric on Mr. [the Honour-
able Mountstuart] Elphinstone, and at the
end, fol. 30 a, eulogies on the author's
special patron, Mr. "Wm. Erskine, and on
Dr. Taylor, who had restored him to health.
Both sections are signed by the author
ijjSi »'J* ^ J"*** j^* ^"^ ^^^° subscription
shows that this copy was written by him for
Mr. Erskine.
Add. 26,170.
FoU. 61; llj in. by 7; 15 lines, 3i in.
long; written by the same hand.
[Wm. Erskine.]
An appendix to the preceding poem, con-
taining an account of the war with Holknr
(in A.D. 1804).
Beg.
Ll*.tfL» mU jj] Jo ti Jjj
The prologue is followed by a short
account of the capture of Pondicliery by the
French, foil. 3 a — 4 a ; after which comes
this heading :
726
POETRY.— A.H. 1200—1300.
Of the first part of the poem, foil. 1 a —
13 i, there is a second draft at the end of the
volume, foil. 48 b — 61 a.
The first page bears the author's signature.
Add. 26,171.
Foil. 34; 8| in. by 6^; U lines, 3| in.
long ; written by the same hand.
[Wir. Erskine.]
A further continuation of the above poem,
containing an account of the campaign of
Bhartpur, from the defeat of Col. Monson
(August 1804), to the retreat of Holkar from
Bhartpur (March 1805J.
Beg. ^j:^^Jj:, j.^ jj^ cJjj'^y?-
On the first page is found the following
title, with the author's signature :
jisVjj _r=^^ i\) c»i^**»^ «-?-\; {j\^ oU- ijji*>* *»-];
Or. 295.
long ;
Poll. 177 ; 7| in. by A\ ; 11 lines, 2| in.
written in Nestalik ; dated A.H.
1226 (A.D. 1811). [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of *Ibrat.
^<^S- ^^ ^^ ^y^ 4^^ j—J Ji^ J i^A->
This poet, whose proper name was ^usain,
records the death of his father Muhammad
Siddlk in A. H. 1182, that of his spiritual guide,
Sayyid Hasan Shah in A.H. 1188, and the
birth of his eldest son in A.H. 1190, His Di-
vau contains chronograms relating to con-
temporary events in Multan, from A. II. 1177
to the date of its compilation, A.H. 1226,
with marginal additions coming down to
A.H. 1231.
Contents : Ghazals, in alphabetical order,
fol. 2 h. Mukhammasat, fol. 119 a. Ma§-
navis, fol. 123 h. Ruba'is and Fardiyyat,^
fol. 128 a. Tazmin, an amplification of some
moral verses of Sa'dl, in Magnavi, fol. 132 a.
Chronograms in prose and verse, with a short
preamble by the author, fol. 138 h.
Or. 303.
Foil. 74 ; 8J in. by 6 ; from 13 to 17 lines,
4^: in. long; written in cursive Nestalik;
dated Zulhijjah, A.H. 1232 (A.D. 1817).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Divan of Mirza Katil, consisting of
Ghazals in alphabetical order.
Beg. \^-M *a>\jl9. VfcSjla- jii ^a -iji jy
Mirza KatU has been already mentioned
p. 64 b. A full notice of his life is to be
found in the Naghmah i 'Andalib, fol. 149,
where the date of his death, A.H. 1233, is
ingeniously expressed in this contemporary
chronogram, by the letters _ ^ ^ c i-ij ti) i :
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 535, and the
Miinich Catalogue, p. 40.
Add. 18,546.
Foil. 96; 8| in. by 5^; 12 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik, with three
'Unvans, and interlinear gilding throughout,
early in the 19th century.
[H. Steenschuss.]
POETRY.— A.H. 1200—1300.
727
ICa^Daris of Sbaukat.
The poet, who designates himself by the
above takhallus, held a high rank under
Fath 'All Shah, and was probably connected
with the royal family. It appears firom
some passages, as foil. 9, 10, 39, that he had
been sent by the Shiih from Teheran to Shlniz
to take the government of that city, and that,
during an illness which befell him there, he
was lovingly tended by three members of
the Shah's family, for whom he professes the,
most tender regard, namely Prince I;;Iusain,
his mother, the first wife of the Shah, and
the Prince's sister.
Ijusain 'Ali Mirza, the eldest son of Path
'All Shah, hold during thirty-six years his
court in Shiraz, as Governor of the province
of Pars. At the time of Sir Gore Ouseley's
stay in that city, A.D. 1811, he was about
twenty-two years of age, the Queen about
fifty, and the Princess eighteen. See Notices
of Persian Poets, p. 60, and Wm. Ouseley's
Travels, vol. ii. p. 13.
The poems contained in this volume hare
neither titles nor headings. In all the poet
describes, mostly in hisown person, sometimes
under the disguise of fictitious characters,
the longings and joys of true love, the pangs
of separation, and the tortures of jealousy.
Contents : Pol. 2 h. First Ma§navi.
Description of the author's journey to Shiniz,
of his amorous passion, and his dangerous
illness.
Beg. ),T ^^i-. ^l^j/ ^llj
It was completed, as stated at the end,
fol. 13 h, in A.U. 1233 :
C— Vji \j utJU ciJfj O^J
u
Fol. 13 b. Second Magnavl. The author is
sent from Teheran to Khabushan, from whence
he leads a plundering raid into the hills.
The pains of absence, and love messages.
The author's journey to Mashhad, Nisha-
pur, and Firuzkuh. His return to Teheran
and blissful meeting with his beloved.
Beg. t^J;^*^ yU— .T ^j\ ^\
Fol. 22 a. The tale of Humayun and
Malaknaz, two lovers of Haidarabad.
^S- J) uHJ <J^.j^ j-»)^ u^^^
Fol. 32 b. A dream of the Princess of
China and her unhappy love.
Fol. 35 a. The poet's love-sickness, and
his dialogue with his physician.
Fol. 30 b. A short poem addressed to the
Shah at a hunting party.
Fol. 37 b. The author's message from
the palace of Shiraz to his beloved.
Fol. 39 b. Love-letter. The pangs of
separation.
Fol. 43 b. Discourse with a Sufi on
divine and earthly love.
Fol. 46 b. The story of Yusuf and
Zulaikhil.
Beg. c;^.l^ ^ ^^\ j\ij>, ^j
Fol. 60 b. The story of Prince Humayiln-
Ful and Gulundam, the Vazir's daughter.
Beg. Jyr j\ si Jl^\ CJJJU |»U;
The rest of the volume, foil. 76 a — ^Q a,
contains some short Ma§navls, the complaints
of a deserted lover.
Round the margins of the last two pages
are written some Ghazals byKhakan, i.e., Fath
'AU Shah.
728
POETRY.— GURAN DIALECT.
Or. 359.
Foil. 130 ; 8i in. by 5| ; 11 lines, 3 J in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
A.H. 1256 (A.D. 1840).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
Author: ZTrak, ciJ^
The love-story of Prince Hans, son of the
king of Baikh, and the Chinese Princess
Javfihir, a Ma§navi.
Beg. % pli^ t:,^j'^'
JUij uUjU ^\^
Jai Sukh E-ai Zirak, a Kayath of Dehli,
is mentioned by Sarvar, writing A.H. 1242,
as a young poet, then about twenty years of
age. See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 306,
and G. de Tassy, Litt. Hind., vol. iii. p. 343.
The author, who dedicates the work to
Captain (afterwards Colonel) George William
Hamilton, relates how, having heard the tale
told by a friend in a literary assembly, he
was prevailed upon by his younger brother,
Khadim Hasanain, to put it into Persian
verse. The poem was written, as stated at
the end, A.H. 1256, the author being then
in his 36th year.
The MS. is, according to the subscription,
in the author's handwriting : iS ^\ Jj^
ftjjis.. t_JJy> laJj ^ lai! ^^ (^^ ,_^«* i^^^^j^
The poem consists, as stated in the last line,
of 2736 distichs.
Or. 297.
Poll. 60 ; 9i in. by 6| ; 15 lines, 4^ in.
long in a page ; written in cursive Nestalik,
for Col. Georg-e Wm. Hamilton, then Com-
missioner of Multan, dated A.D. 1861.
Author : Gada 'Ali Shah, jU. > \:^
Beg. V^jl j.i.& »yj J*-?)*--* fir^ c^
\^J>^ ^Ci\^ jd ^^j fj\^ J^\ \i f^
The author, who uses the takhallus of *A1I,
is a Sufi, poet of the most recent period.
Contents : Ghazals in alphabetical order,
fol. 2 a. Ruba is, fol. 30 a. Fardiyyat, fol.
64 S.
Add. 7829.
Poll. 134; 8 in. by 51; 15 lines, 2| in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
early in the 19th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The contents are described by Rich on
the fly-leaf as follows :
" Two poems in the Guran dialect of the
Courdish Language ; purchased at Sina,
August, 1820."
Guran (probably from ijjj " fire-worship-
pers ") is the name given to the inhabitants
of Eastern, or Persian, Kurdistan, the capital
of which, Sina, was visited by Rich, in
August 1820. See the " Narrative of a
Residence in Koordistan," London, 1836,
vol. i. pp. 80, 81 and 199.
Although spoken in Kurdistan, the dialect
is essentially Persian. In its vocabulary and
grammatical structure it agrees in the main
with the language of Iran, from which it
differs, however, by certain phonetical
changes, by its verbal inflexions, its pre-
positions, and some other peculiar words.
As it does not appear to have attracted
notice, the following brief sketch of its
principal features will not be superfluous : —
Phonetic changes. — Medial or final i> is
frequently dropped. Ex. jbd ' sight, face '
(j\jo.i), Uj 'more' (siibj), Ijo 'on foot'
(s^lo), ^-. 'white' (^AA-»), b 'gave'
(>ib), ij,i 'saw' (joj), jj 'quick' (ijj).
POETRY.— GUEAN DIALECT.
729
The aspirates i, _, and t, medial or final,
generally disappear, and a preceding vowel,
if in a closed syllable, is lengthened.
Ex. : jll ' city, empire ' (j^), Vi * under-
standing' (^), J^ 'poison' (y»j), jy 'seal'
^jt-)» f]) *A 'cruel' (^j ^), \,U 'plain'
Ojg!^, c-ju* ' trial ' (c*i^), cWj- ' love '
(C*-^), »>'j ' space of time ' (>J>&j), *i^
' flame ' (»i*i.), *i\j ' taunt ' («i«l>), and even
|,<j 'wound' for >.j. Li *he laid' (t>'^), Uo
• look' (»IJ5), /' mountain' (i/), ^ ' advice '
(^%e), (_du0 ' morning ' (^), C'Ui ' hour '
(wpU), |,J^ ♦ my way ' (|,»y, «.i»Vjj\ ' thy soul '
Persian i is often replaced by ^, as in ^<j
• bum* (^V>), ^Ui ' brain' (^Ua), ^b ' garden'
(^V). ^ • grief ' (|^), J^i. • he roared ' (m^).
The J stands for ^ in (_^j ' enough * (^),
jl»j • springtide * (^V^), *j'j|j * pretext ' (*j\^),
w'jj 'tongue* (^bj), y* 'sleep' (-^y.), yL
* night ' (<_^), and many other words.
The same letter is preserved in some
words in which Persian has substituted »!/
for it, as in »i»j 'fashion, manner' («j^,
J>j • round ' (5/), *x:»j ' become ' (*11^),
and^j ' to pass ' (,j^).
Most Persian words beginning with ^
iiave in Oiiran a ^ alone. Ex. : ^jtij ' him-
self ' {J^,^\ uij ' sweet ' (ui>-), jj ' to eat '
(jr-)' o'j 'to call, to read' [^^), C— ^^ 'he
desired' (o^^^).
In a few words J appears to have taken
the phice of Persian j, as in ^ 'to go' (j^),
J- ' bird ' ( j^^), ^ ' lovo ' (^). J^ • cy-
press* (j^), '5) 'quarter, side'dl^), and j/
' to turn, to wander ' {jif).
Nouns.— The Quran dialect has still less
VOL. II.
declension than Persian ; for the particle V
is absent. The accusative is expressed by
position alone, and the dative by prepositions.
The plural is in ^^ for all nouns ; ex. (^^sl«*
' stones,' ^-^ ' flowers.* The Yae Validat
assumes before the Izafat, or enclitics, the
form y>; ex. : jj^ yj^ ' a suitable object,'
^ii^i-oi^ ' there is a person.'
Pronouns.- The detached personal pro-
nouns are ^^ or yP 1/ y ' thou,' j\ or »j
'he, she,' »^\ 'we,' J^j\ or ^JJL>.j\ 'they.'
They are used also for the accusative, in-
stead of L. \Ji etc.
The enclitical forms, which are, as in
Persian, ,», O, o^. u^. 0^1 ^J^, are very
extensively used, both to express possession,
and to form the complement of verbs and
prepositions. They also play an important
part, as will be seen further on, in the con-
jugation of the past tenses.
Tlio reflexive pronoun has distinct forms
for each person, viz. ^_j ' myself,' c-ij ' thy.
self, ^_y ' himself ' ( J^).
The demonstratives are j\ 'that' (J\),
^\, JO, or »h\ 'this' (^^}), and ^1 'this'
(neuter). The interrogatives arc ^J' ' who ? ',
yt** 'what?' (*►), j.li' and ^^iT 'what?'
adjectively (i^j^ J^6a).
Verbs. — The verb ' to bo * is represented by
y^ or \* ' is,' corresponding to ti*-*, and by
the enclitic ^J (o— 1), as in^^JLij (.J»^, 'my
heart is sore ' (o— ' {J^.J)- Other enclitical
forms are |, .... or ^U for the first person,
^ . . . and j for the second. The past has
ji ' was * (jy), |.^ ' I was ' i^o^), ^^aj ' they
were ' is>i^) ; the perfect Ji^ ' has been *
(w-*^ i.>y) ; the subjunctive y (jy), plur.
^j\i (jojj) ; the optative j>b (jb), Jj (*^b),
and the imperative »j or^ .
Q Q
780
POETRY.— GUEAN DIALECT.
The present tense takes the prefix *, occa-
sionally written &*. Thus from ^\j , which,
in striking agreement with Sanskrit, takes
the place of ^, we have ^\y<' * he says,' and
from j^.j 'to see' y>,y* (jj-j ^). The per-
sonal inflexions will be shown by the
following paradigm of the verb ji^ ' to do ' : —
{^i^^ or jj-*—* = -»>-*-•
^j^ or ,j>j^ = ^^^-^
The future, which is also used as subjunc-
tive, has the same inflexions, but substitutes
the prefix (_j f or * : ^^}Ji^ ' I shall do,' jj^b
' he will bring,' ' that he may bring,' etc.
The imperative, which is generally found
with the prefix l-j , but sometimes without it,
mostly takes in the singular the termination t .
Ex.: s/'do' (^/j), /• 'do not' (JU), *^\^
' say ' (^), »jxij ' hear ' (y-io), <o\jj ' read '
(J\yi). Plural ^s>i^, ^js^^j etc.
The past adds, as in Persian, :> or Cj
to the root in the case of strong verbs.
as J,, I 'brought,' i^ 'did,'
' heard,
in \ ,
»yj ' said,'
,' Weak verbs form the same tense
as ll/^ 'drew' isiJ^), U«^ 'asked'
{.y^j), U,j 'commanded' (ii^O- The latter
formation applies to many verbs which in
Persian are strong verbs, as Vjto- ' rose '
(ou-i\i-), U>l;-i> ' knew ' (ci*i-Ui>), )^,j ' shed '
{c^J), U]^ 'drove' (jj);), while other verbs
occur with either inflexion, as <i,juo or Uju«
'entrusted,' t.i,-i>y or l-o.y 'wrote.'
The personal terminations are as follows :
J'j = J^
r'^j = r-^
,L«T = *Jw.l
O^j = cl*fl.? l_*T = li — «T
The past with the prefix ^ forms the
imperfect :
^yo * was saying ' (tiJii ^)^
The perfect is, in form, identical with the
infinitive : ^^ilJ ' has done ' (c:^a*.\ J>ij> ),
^J|^ ' has seized ' (or^v-.^ 'J^j/), ^^T ' is come '
(ci*-»^ jj-oT). The pluperfect has ^_sJ3/' ' had
seized' (i>y »IJ^), ^ Ui 'had laid' (jy ».i^J).
There is, however, another form of the
past, more commonly used than the first,
and which is one of th6 most striking
features of the dialect. The ground-form
of the past remains uninflected, and the
subject is expressed by the enclitical forms
of the pronouns, which are appended, either
to the past itself, or to some preceding
word. Thus we have (jij\j ' he said ' (not
jjtXfll, but e:^^ jOj lij^^j ' they said ' {y'xxs^ ),
^Ui>^ ' we did ' {^jij), Oly ' thou saidst '
{ijC)ycj), ksj^ >l=- 'I took place' {^J, «W),
l)J ^ (•i) ' I ^^* °^* ' ^"1;^ (♦'^V j;)> 'ti^ J^ c^ e;*
' I adopted thee ' {^'^^ J^.j' y> j^), ^t> jjk*
Cl^n:^ ' how many taunts did I hear '
L^yi^ *Axls J>j-a-), ;^!iU- i>/ C^^ ' thou savedst
me' ((^>>,^ 1^"^ ]/>), bij j^Ui-oU 'they read
the letter ' (jjjo^ji- \jm^j), iij> j^liiy^s." ' they
took Majnun (jj^y ]n^y^)> ^^ u^J^
' they did not sleep ' (j.iiiio ^^i>-^'
The same construction applies also to
the other past tenses, as in the following
examples: Cl^ji^/ 'thou hast done' (*sii/),
d^^ ^ijl" ' ^ ^^^^ desired' (j.h;>/jjjT), Oj^-sy
^^,i/ ' thou hast made a mistake ' {*^ y
^!j^), ^y^>> j_^ (»y(i;* 'when have I seen thee ?'
(J tsi,^ (./''/c^^' ^^ ^^^ci^i* 'thou hast
made me mad' (»i^j^ \siJ^ y), t^^y> ' he was
POETRY.- GUE AN DIALECT.
saying ' (<lJS^), ^113 1^ ' they were saying '
(MiaS^), bl^ ^JJs^ ' he was studying ' (J*
•^^y- e^). t-ri^ *i'* ' he had seen ' (jo i.wj).
The inBnitive or rerbal noun adds ^^, as
in Persian, to the ground form of the past.
Ex.: c;^jj 'eating' (^i^^), ^^/ 'seizing'
(wH.-^)' w^' 'coming' (^a-'), ^^ij 'seeing'
(c-^^*>). wV 'going' (j:i.).
Causative verbs are formed by adding ^
to the root, as in Uj^ ' caused to tremble,
shook ' (^1; ]), .y^ • causes to flow, sheds '
An interesting passive fonn in ^^ is found
only in the past, as 1^/ ' was made ' (jjL tj/).
U.^ ' was burnt * (j^ *ii-j-.), and in the
perfect, as ^J^ • is killed ' (c^^\ ,iiS),
wWy 'is written' (vi^l wLlJ).
The following table shows the third
person singular past and present, and occa-
sionally other characteristic forms, of some
of the most common verbs, in so far as they
differ, wholly or in part, from Persian:
Jjl • heard ' (? ^ixL).
UT • came ' (^J), ^ or jU, ' comes ' (iij^_f) ;
plur. J^ 'they come'; fut.^ ; imper. »jU>.
\i^\ ' wounded, hurt '; pres. ^\.
K-J ' thrust, planted '; pres. ^4^.
b ♦ gave ' (3b). j^ or ^a. ' gives ' (sm^) ;
plur. J^ or Jij^ ' they give ;' subj. jjj,
first pcrs. plur. ^_Ai, ^j^, or ^^^ ; imper.
J^t j^t or jO (»Jl;).
U.jj4 • shone, sparkled ;' pres. ^j^ju.
^^ or bj ' saw ;' pres. yjy,.
Ujl, • prepared ' (w-y ).
\j\j ' knew ' (o-ib), y]^ ' knows ' (.xib^) ;
imper. tj\j>.
Ijtj * came out, issued.'
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or c^\^ ' took ' (j>L«), y\::_ ' takes.'
-1 or Ij'-l • laid, put down ;' pres. ylL*.
i ' heard,' ^^^ ' they hear.
' went ' ( w), ^ ' goes '; imper. ^.
o/ ' seized ' (c:^^ ; pres. j^.
>/'did'; pres. ^^X.; subj.. 1st pers. ^, ^^^,
3rd pers. plur. j^ ; imper.^, »/, or J'.
<,/'wept'(.::^^.
vi-ai' (oUi') and Ui^ ' fell '; subj. _^.
v.i^l/ or U'o^ ' sent ', yl^C ' sends.'
51/ • turned, wandered ' (^_^/) ; pres. ^
jjUi ' he does not leave or let alone.'
V 'went' (oi.); imper. »y (^ji).
),A. • stood' ; imper. i,a»j.
.>*• ' remained ' (jJU) ; pres. yU«.
'sat down' (>.:... ,*,>) ; pres.
C
y
n *
f.).
V** * hiid down ' (j ^) ; subj. j^ (j^) ; im-
per. •^.
I.
ij^j or ^jj 'ate' ^y.); pres. j^^, or ^^1^
».:-.<, 'asked, desired' (o-ly-); pres. jjl^
^j^ • sells ' (^jy ^).
c:^.^j ' threw, cast down ' ; subj. (?) jjy.
oij or \j'j • caUed, read ' (^y ) ; pres. yl^.
J;ij ♦ passed ' (^i^j^ ; pres. ^.^ (jji^^).
\j\i 'arrived, reached' (e:^y ; pres. ^U-.
(•>^V. ^).
PBEPosmoNS. — They are numerous, not
to say re<lundant, and differ widely from the
Persian words of the same class. Nearly all
combine with the pronominal suffixes, a »,
being in some cases inserted between the
two elements, j, which is generally substi-
tuted for Persian v*, «j, in all its meanings,
Q Q 2
732
POETRY.— GURAN DIALECT.
forms with the pronouns the groups ^^ ' to
me,' ^jij ' to him,' etc. ^ ' to, for, on ac-
count of,' is also used to express the dative ;
with the pronouns it forms ^jo ' to me,' e>J0
*to thee'; also ^Jj, iS*x>, with the same
meaning. The dative is likewise expressed by
J, apparently borrowed from Arabic, which
occurs only in connection with pronouns, as
vi^J ' to thee,' J^^ ' to them.' ^j^^ ' for,
towards,' takes also the pronominal suffixes,
as in Ojj ' for me,' ^J^y, ' for us.'
jjor si, which does not combine with the
prono\ms, is found, strangely enough, in two
opposite meanings, viz. 'in,' and 'from.'
The latter meaning is more generally con-
veyed by p., &»., or to- (which, however, is
also sometimes used in the sense of ' in ') ;
with the pronouns : J». ' from me ' (^^0,
CXa- ' from thee.' ^ * with ' : ^^iJ^ ' with
me.' ^l^ ' like.' Uj ' after ' ( Jj3^).
b and »j are frequently affixed to a noun
governed by a preposition; ex. ^jjI^Uj j
'into the desert,' \j/Vi- ^j^j 'upon the
ground,' jjl.ii- ^_^^)J 'before God.'
The pronominal suffix is sometimes de-
tached from the preposition, and appended
to a preceding word. Ex. : »i) ^\y , for
[^ to-^j^, 'tell me'; »<*- JlLo, for J*, wl::-. ,
' take from me.'
There are, besides, several compound pre-
positions, as f^ji> ' into,' ^jjo ' round,' Jjj
'amid,' '^j 'up to, towards': (^"^ij 'to him,'
5>*. ' with, by ': (jJ>^ ' with him, near him '
(j^ uViJ^)> u^j 'upon,' etc.
Av)\EB.as.—j)j, Jjj, 'out, outside,' J^
' down,' J\^ ' off, away,' jjA ' up, aloft,' as
in C^/j^ 'raised' (c^ijj), \)>jjb (for \jihj^)
' rose ' (e:^«*'«i-^) ; ji> ' always,' s^) or *-oj
' now' (c^Ij> ^J>} sj), Ujl ' then ' (tl*cL» ^J^'),
U^ 'since' (c^pU ^^\j\), «iU 'when,' ^:)j\
' now,' \jM ' there,' jjj! ' so much,' ^Jj»
'longer, further, ««»y^ 'thus,' jj 'to-day,'
^i.^3' to-night,'^ 'if, perhaps' (^), ^ (,b,
' or ' (liji- b), ■£...' also ' (only in connection
with pronouns, as ^ ' I also,' £_^ 'he
also'), etc.
The following are a few other words peculiar
to the dialect : — Ji^]^^ 'wandering, distracted';
j^\ and j^^^ ' a tear '; y^T or ^T' fire ' (jiT) ;
CJ^^ ' request,' y\j ' father '; \j> ' brother '
(j4>];^) ; j;^ ' great ' ; tiJ^ ' garments ' ; j^
' scattered, distressed ' (j^li^^.) ; jU ' time '
(jb); iZ^-srT' 'haste' (j^); sJ— s- 'state, con-
dition'; ^^ ' Hver ' (j4) ; ^ ' eye ' (j^);
(^;-.»s- ' face ' (y;JU9-) ; J^ ' desert ' ; S^
' four ' (j\^) ; Jli- * lock, ringlet ' ; job
'mother'; tiJii^ 'sound, voice'; ^lu-.ji ' cap-
tive' ; j\j ' speech' ; ti\j ' road' ; j\ij\j ' way-
farer ' ; jj and 'jjj 'day' (^jj); ai^\j 'cry,
lamentation' ; .^jj ' sad ' ; U; ' bridegroom'
(jUb) ; j^j ' woman' ; c^ ' mad ' (\yJ^) ;
j^^iii and ^JJ:^ ' distress, lament' ; ^J ' much,
many ' ; yj and ^^.i/, c^ and ^^^j::^, ' all,
whole'; e^\JS' ' daughter ' ; U^J' ' cheek ;' i>^
' old ' (^^) ; J^' soul, life ' (J^) ; "il ' side,
quarter ' (^) ; i^ ' a moment ;' CiiJU ' moon,
month ' ; bj}j ' desire ' (^y>-) ; ^l^ ' poor ' ;
cujjfc 'onset' (cJu^); i^'Iis 'sigh, breath';
^^B. 'sky'; ^^ 'blood' {^Jy^)•, ai'b ' place'
(si'U.) ; *jb ' house ' (&iU.).
The contents of the present volume are as
follows : —
I. Eol. 1 b. jj^ ^j^ L^U^, the tale of
Khurshid, son of the king of Khavar Zamin,
POETRY.— GURAN DIALECT.
733
and Kliiraman, the daughter of the emperor
of China.
Beg. yijil Jl^ tij'3 A«»- (j^ J«?) t/U.>
t;*!; jj'* s?^ ^/^ ^*^ c"^^^ ^' '''^^-
^yi- ellU (y) 4i (Jy) ^ ^^^k
U. Fol. 68 6. ^^^ J JiJ ^U^, the well
known story of Laili and Majnun.
The first line is wanting ; the next fol-
lowing are:
^ ur? J-
Both poems arc anonymous. They are
written in popular style, and in a very
simple form of versification. Each line is
composed of ten syllables, without any fixed
rule in respect to quantity, and is divided by a
oesure into two bemistichs of equal length.
The Izafat and the conjunction j, when pre-
ceded by a vowel, cither short or long, form
with it one syllabic. The following lines,
in which the Persian equivalents arc added
in parenthesis, may ser^c as a specimen :
j\^ ^jj\ya ^j\^ i^ ^j:r
uyj j3^ a'-^ «^^ *>^, (*j) J (c-»j) 'y
Uy4) •iljj c—jo c^ssT, (w) , ^
ac
•i)}j jja- C^,j ^y, j^W >
Cy^^ ttr« U J^\^ ^W ^0
l»U3 '«-»'— T (uJ4l!;j) uH;i (.Jb) b (_>.Jy
•jbj yi^ '^s^jy- "^y c/
Add. 7826.
Foil. 151; 6 in. by 4; 12 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
A.H. 1231 (A.D. 1816) [CI. J. Rich.]
Khusrau and Shlrln, a Magnavl in the
same dialect, and the same measure.
The MS. appears to have been transcribed
from an imperfect copy ; it begins abruptly
with the following lines :
731
POETRY.— ANTHOLOGIES.
jy J.NJ jw yiLi
Add. 23,554.
Poll. 53 ; 6i in. by 4^ ; 12 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, early in
the 19th century. [Rob. Taylor. J
JjJJ/) f,^j^_, a poem in the same dialect,
treatins: of the love adventures of Bahram,
son of King Kishvar, and Gulandam, daugh-
ter of the emperor of China. It is imperfect
at beginning and end. The first lines are
as follows : —
^ ^' J- U*^ j!r?. ('^.*i ti°) ^J$*
i^je- '»<J^< ei^JJ. ('i/^) <>/'• jj
j»i:. gui>.) ^jUio \jji5i> (^y^j.) oi^>*
JjJ^jb ( j\) «a- (liy.^)
ANTHOLOGIES.
Add. 7825.
Poll. 159 ; 7i in. by 4| ; 9 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in large Naskhi, apparently in
the 14th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
A collection of short poetical extracts,
Ai'abic and Persian, classed according to sub-
jects. See the Ai'abic Catalogue, p. 502.
The names of the authors are seldom given.
Of Persian poets the following alone are
mentioned: — Firdusi, foil. 29, 34, 74, 75„
Sana'i, fol. 11, the author of i^J-.^ clj>^^\L»
(Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 57), fol. 61, Anvari,
foU. 12, 62, 83, NizamT, fol. 22, and Sa'di,
foil. 11, 38, 59, 134.
The MS., which is imperfect at both ends,
and wants some leaves in the body of the
volume, begins with the rubric : ^ i^'o
jixjj, UjJ Jj^)\ t^yoi w*i5 ^5 t/;'-*i!^_) iJlr^'^
^jj';;_jua!^j j"i)j!i)b. A spurious beginning and
end, and false catchwords, have been added
by a later hand.
Add. 16,561.
Poll. 89 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 17 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in fine Nestalik, on tinted, glazed,
and gold-sprinkled paper, with eleven 'Un-
vaus, and nine miniatures of the highest
degree of finish ; dated Shamakhi (Shirvan),
Rabr II., A.H. 873 (A.D. 1468) ; bound in
stamped leather.
Select Ghazals from the Divans of twelve
poets of the 8th and 9th centuries of the
Hijrah. The first heading is Ji/ .^ t_jlj*^^
Bog. Jl/ >W0^ */ w J i^ ^UUj\
JUi* ^\^ eiUj\ efJio ^\-i.i>
There are similar headings to the remain-
ins sections, each of which contains Ghazals
extracted from one Divan, and arranged in
alphabetical order.
The selections are from the Divans of the
following poets:
1. Kamrd Khujandi (p. 632 b), fol. 1.
2. Hafiz Shirazi (p. 627 b), fol. 6.
3. Amir Khusrau (p. 609 a), fol. 13.
4. Maulana Kfitibi (p. 637 b), fol. 23.
5. Maulana Ashraf (probably Darvish
POETRY.— AXTHOLOGIES.
735
Ashraf, who lived under Sultan Muhammad
B. Bfiisunghar; see Ilahi, Oude Catalogue,
p. 71, and Biblioth. Sprenger., No. 1379;
compare Sir Wm. Ouseley's Catalogue, No.
152), fol. 41.
Beg. )jU. »jV ^> y JuLr^J-i ^j ^^
6. Amir Shahi (p. 640 a), fol. 50.
7. Nasir (a Darvish of Bukhara, who visited
Salrn'm Savaji in Baghdad in the reign of
Shaikh Uvais, A.U. 757—776; see Daulat-
shfih, V. 5. Haft Iklim, fol. 591, Taki, Oude
Catalogue, p. 18, and the Upsala Catalogue,
p. 103 ; it is stated in the Tabakat i Shahja-
hani, fol. 39, that Nflfir died A.H. 772),
fol. 57.
Beg. y- Jj J* Mj ^j>^ ^ J^
8. Maulana Bisati (of Samarkand, a dis-
ciple of 'Ismat, and the favourite poet of Sul-
tan Khalil, A.H. 807—811 ; see Daulatehah,
vi. 4, Taki, p. 19, Lata'if, fol. 9, and the Upsala
Catalogue, p. 111. According to the faba-
kit i Shfihjahani, fol. 74, Bisati died young,
A.H. 808. The Mirat i Jahannumft, fol.
308, gives A.II. 815 as the date of his death),
fol. 62.
Beg. \jy^i jj^ J ^j or;\v- •TJ^ j^y.
There is a lacune extending from the
letter • in the above section to the letter i_.»
in the next.
9. Khayali (p. 639 a), fol. 68.
10. Jami (p. 643 a), fol. 74.
11. Tusi, fol. 80. 'Abd UUah Tusi, a native
of Khorasan, was attached to Sultan Abul-
Kiisim Babur, after whose death, A.II. 861,
he passed to the court of Jahftnshah. He
died in old age, A.H. 809; see Daulatshah,
vii. 12, Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 19, Lata'if;
fol. 11, etc.
Beg. UU
yw
till- ^^j »",..C. ^J:^j
12. Tali*! (of Samarkand, who died A.H.
858 ; see Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 19, the
St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 311, Lata'if,
fol. 11, and the Miinich Catalogue, p. 29),
fol. 86.
Beg
Copyist: ^^UJi-» y--»- ^a*-^^
■'-r-
Add. 7824.
Foil. 234 ; 8 J in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 2| in.
long; written in fine Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins and ten 'Unvans, apparently
in the 16th century. fCl. J. Rich.]
Select Ghazals from the Divans of the fol-
lowing ten poets, ranging from the 7th to
the 10th century of the Hijrah, with the
heading : j^j— * ^ ^^.o i_.>'j^^
L Sa'di (p. 595 a), fol. 1.
2. Amir Khusrau (p. 609 a), fol. 27.
3. IJasan Dihlavi (p. 618 a), fol. 68.
4. kamnl Khujandl (p. 632 6), fol. 88.
5. Katibi (p. 637 o), fol. 109.
6. Amir Humayun (a Sayyid, of Asfariin,
who lived chiefly in Tabriz, at the court of
Sultan Ya'kub. He died near Kum, A.H.
908. See Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 20, Sam
Mirza, fol. 30, Atashkadah, fol. 35, Haft
Ikllm, fol. 327, and Riya? ush-Shu'ara, fol.
603), fol. 123.
Beg. U\ ciJu J^ ^^ ^r" •^ (JV r*->.
7. Ahll Shirazi (p. 667 a), fol. 137.
8. Baba Fighiini (p. 651 a), fol. 170.
9. Shahidi, fol. 190. Maulana Shahldl,
of Kum, was Malik ush-Shu'arii in the
reign of Sultan Yalcub (A.H. 883—896).
After that king's death he repaired to India,
and settled in Gujrat, where he died, nearly
736
POETRY.— ANTHOLOGIES.
a hundred years old, in A.H. 935. See Sam
Mirza, fol. 99, Haft Iklim, fol. 401, Riyaz
ush-Shu*ara, fol. 232, and TakI, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 21.
Beg. U ^j\y^ jij V*.iiow) i_i^iaJ
10. Muhtasbam (p. 665 6), fol. 207.
Add. 7796.
Poll. 361; 12f in. by 8; 15 and 17 lines,
3^ in. long, with 30 lines in the margins ;
written in neat Nestalik, apparently in the
16th century. [01. J. Rich.]
A vast collection of Kasidahs and Ghazals
by various poets, ranging from the fifth to
the tenth century of the Hijrah.
The original arrangement of the MS. has
been disturbed, and, as many leaves are lost
here and there, it is not possible to restore it
with any degree of certainty. The Kasidahs,
foUowed by some Tarkib-bands, occupy the
central space of the pages, without any ap-
parent system of classification, except this,
that poems composed in the same measure,
and with the same rhyme, by different poets,
are grouped together. But the authors'
names are, with few exceptions, omitted.
The Ghazals are written in the margins,
partly promiscuously, partly in a number of
alphabetical series, each by one author. These
connected series belong to the following
poets : Asafi (p. 651 V), foil. 6 — 11. Hasan
of Dehli'(p. 618 a), foil. 42—63. Kahi
(probably Kasim Kahi, of Kabul, a pupil of
Jami, who died in Agra, A.H. 973; see
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 384, and Blochmann,
Ain Akbari, p. 209), foil. 63—73, 207—211.
Shahi (p. 640 a), foil. 74—108. Bisati
(p. 735 a), foil. 108—113. Haidar (pro-
bably Haidar Kulichah-paz, of Herat, who
died A.H. 959 ; see Taki, p. 22, and Sam
Mirza, fol. 106), foil. 211—230, 122—138.
Ahi (a Turkish Amir, who was attached to
Gharib Mirza, son of Abul-Ghazi Sultan-Hu-
sain, and died A.H. 927 ; see Oude Cata-
logue, pp. 21, 327, and the Vienna Catalogue,
vol. i. p. 578), foil. 139, 140, 167—189,
231-2. Ahli Khurasiini (p. 657 a), foU.
233—244, 253—260, 141—144. Salman
(p. 624 h\ foil. 144—146. *Ismat (Khwajah '
'Ismat Ullah, of Bukhar.l, who was the
favourite poet of Sultan Khalil and of Mirza
Ulugh Beg, and died A.H. 829; see Daulat-
shah, vi. 5, Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 19, and
Haft Iklim, fol. 592), foU. 147—163.
Add. 19,494.
Poll. 85 ; 81 in. by 5J ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated the 28th
year (probably of Shah 'Alam = A.H. 1200,
A.D. 1786).
Select Ghazals by some of the most popular
poets of Persia from the 7th to the 10th
century of the Hijrah, arranged in one
alphabetical series.
The most frequently recurring names are
those of Jami, Sa'di, Hafiz, Khusrau, Salman,
Hilali, Shahi, Asafi.
Or. 1228.
Poll. 59; 5| in. by 3| ; 11 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century. [Alex. Jaba.]
Select Ghazals by various poets, arranged
in alphabetical order under each of the
following names : Khwajah Hasan, fol.
1 h, Jami, fol. 18 a, Hafiz, fol. 21 a, Shahi,
fol. 35 h, Ahli, fol. 46 a. Appended are
some Ruba'is and Kit'ahs, fol. 51 a.
Add. 6634.
Poll. 214; 10| in. by 6^; written in
Nestalik, in three columns with about 16
POETRY.— ANTHOLOGIES.
737
slanting lines in each, apparently in the
latter part of the 17th century.
[J. P. Hull.]
Select yerses by poets of the latter part
of the 10th and of the 11th century of the
Hijrah.
The extracts arc confined, with but few
exceptions, to one or two lines, but some-
times they form a series belonging to one
poet, whose name is given in the heading.
The general arrangement appears to be chro-
nological.
It may be seen from an original folio'ing,
beginning with 397 (fol. 188) that the MS.
once formed part of a larger volume.
The more extensive extracts are : — »»^y^
j]j a Sufi poem in the form of a Tarji'-band,
by Kashn (Amir Salih; see p. 154 a, and
the Oude Catalogue, p. 456), completed, as
stated at the end, A.H. 1030, foil. 82—88.
^^.J^J 5'jy, a poem by Vahshi (p. GC3 b),
foil. 160—180. j\J J Jy- a poem by Naul
(see p. 674 a), foil. 180—187. A fragment
of a fairy tale in prose, the hero of which is
called Tamlm, foil. 16—51.
Add. 6633.
FoU. 242; 8J in. by 4|; 14 lines, 2 J in.
long; written in fair Shikastah-amlz, with
gold-ruled margin ; dated Rabl' I., A.H. 1117
(A.D. 1705). [J. F. Hull.]
A collection of choice verses by ancient
and modem poets, suitable for quotation in
elegant letter-writing.
Author : Muhammad Sadik B. Shams
ud-Din 'All, a native of KuhkailQyah (a
village of Garmsir, province of Fars), x^
The author states in the preface that he
had made this compilation by desire of his
VOL. 11.
patron, Zulfakar Khan (the well-known
Amir of Aurangzib's reign, who was put to
death A.H. 1124), and adds in the epilogue
that it was completed in A.H. 1117. The
date is conveyed by the chronogram :
(•— n uj< vj:.<..> «\, .«.-) ^w
The work is divided into four sections termed
j-ejj, with minute subdivisions. The MS. is,
as stated at the end, the second draft written
by the author himself.
Add. 16,802 and 16,803.
Two uniform volumes of 429 and 453 foil. ;
8i in. by 4J ; 15 lines, 3| in. long ; written
in fair Shikastah-Amiz ; dated Lahore,
Zulka'dah, A.H. 1152, and Muharram, A.H.
1163 (A.D. 1740). [Wm. Yule.]
J^\^? ^jji^ t>W
A Persian anthology compiled by Mirza
Bidil (see p. 706 b).
It contains choice pieces by a vast number
of poets from the age of Khak<ml to the
author's time, classed according to the
various styles of poetical composition, and
arranged, in each class, in alphabetical order
according to the rhymes.
Poems written by different authors in the
same measure and with the same rhyme are
grouped together. The names of the poets
are given in versified headings like the
following : ^^oi -^ ^yitf* p-V"* ^^^ *\!j>:>\>.
ji^\ J** y^
Contents: Kasidahs, Add. 16,802, fol. 3 b.
Ghazals, ib. foil. 135—129, and Add. 16,803,
foil. 1—136.
Mu'ammns, or riddles. Add. 10,803, fol.
136. Ruba'is, fol. 139. Mustazad, fol. 200.
Kit'ahs, fol. 212. Short pieces in Masnavi
rhyme, fol. 224.
Longer Ma^navis by the following poets :
B B
738
POETRY.— ANTHOLOGIES.
1. Salitn (Muhammad KulT, a native of
Teheran, who was first attached to Mirza
'Abd TJllah, governor of Lahijan. He sub-
seqiiently went to India, and found a patron
in Islam Khan, an Amir of Shahjahan. He
died in Kashmir A.H. 1057. See the Oude
Catalogue, p. 556, Mir'at Aftabnuma, fol.
141, Mirat Jahannuma, fol. 356). 2. Ashraf
(Muhammad Sa*Id, of Mazandaran, who went
to India and became the instructor of Zib
un-Nisa Begam, daughter of Aurangzlb, and
a favourite of Bahadur Shah. He died at
Monghyr some time after the death of that
prince. See the Oude Catalogue, p. 340,
Haft Asman, p. 158, and Mir'at Jahannuma,
fol. 307). 3. Mir Yahya (a native of Kashan,
who went to India, wrote a Shahnamah for
Shahjahan and poems in praise of Darashikuh,
and died A.H. 1074. See the Oude Catalogue,
p. 115, Mir'at Aftabnuma, fol. 157, and Mir'at
Jahannuma, fol. 410). 4. Hakim Rukna
(p. 688 a). 5. Talib Amull (p. 679 b).
Mukhammasat, fol. 293. Ma§navis descrip-
tive of female beauty, by Mirza Bidil, fol.
388. Magnavis on moral subjects by the
same, fol. 402. Letters and other com-
positions in prose by Bidil and other writers,
fol. 411. Musaddasat, fol. 423. Riddles in
prose, fol. 432. Versified chronograms re-
lating chiefly to the death of poets, and
brought down to A.H. 1121, fol. 434. A tale
of a simple-minded Brahman and the wiles
of his artful wife, in prose, foil. 444 — 451.
The margins contain, besides some addi-
tional short poems, the following pieces : —
1. ^^J^\ i-'^j, a tract in six Babs, ascribed to
the celebrated Sufi, Kbwajah *Abd Ullah
Ansarl (see Haj. Khal. vol. iii. p. 526), Add.
16,802, foil. 12—23. 2. ^jliJ, "ingenious
observations," by 'Abd ul-Ahad, surnamed
Yahdat, ib. foil. 23—26. 3.^^ j iUai,
" counsels and exhortations," by Nakhsbabl,
foil. 27 — 30. 4. Jlo- -.y*, an erotic poem
by Tajalli (Mulla 'All Riza, a native of
Ardakan, province of Yazd, stayed some
time in India during the reign of Shahjahan,
and spent the latter part of his life, under
Shah 'Abbas II. and Sulaiman, in his native
land, where he died A.H. 1088. See the
Oude Catalogue, p. 150,Riyaz ush-Shu*ara,fol.
89), Add. 16,803, foil. 388—393. 5. *i*U<
ji\xj3 J J^ji, " a contest between poppy and
tobacco," a Ma§navl by Mujrim (see the Oude
Catalogue, p. 183), foil. 393—397. 6. Letter
of Ni'mat Khan 'All (p. 268 b) to Iradat
Khan Yazih, foil. 403—408. 7. J^jj> oUai,
"anecdotes of the great," foU. 408 — 411.
8. Extracts from ^jjLs- j ^^^^ >• ^^^ «J^;,
by the same Ni'mat Khan, foil. 411 — 414.
9. j\j ^^, a Tarji' by 'Urfi (p. 667 a), and
other poems of the same kind, foil. 434 — 441.
Add. 7822.
Foil. 185 ; 6| in. by 3| ; 10 lines, If in.
long ; written in neat Shikastah-amiz, with
'Unviin and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Rabr IL, A.H. 1063 (A.D. 1653).
[CL J. Rich.]
A collection of Ruba'is by the four follow-
ing poets :
1. SahabI (see p. 672 6), fol. 1.
2. Abu Sa'id B. Abil-Khair (see p. 342 *,
the Oude Catalogue, p. 309, and Ethe, " die
Euba'is des Abu Sa'id," Sitzungsberichte der
Bayer. Akademie, 1875, p. 146), fol. 133.
Beg. B^ ^\j\ jjlfi. »U y ^JJJ ij\
3. Mulla 'Abd ul-Vasi' Ardablll, poetically
surnamed Mahvi, fol. 154.
Beg. ij> iCi-b ji> Jis- liy &jki-b jii
4>y, eSs'^'Mt jfcw j^ (._*«> j»- |»3_5j
This poet, who is generally called Mir
Mughl§ Mahvi HamadanI, and is celebrated
for his Ruba'is, was born in Asadabfid, near
Hamadan, and studied in Ardabll. After a
stay in India under the patronage of the
POETRY.— ANTHOLOGIES.
739
Khanklianan ('Abd ur-Eahim), he returned
to his native land, and died in Hamadan,
A.H. 1016. See Blochmann, Ain i Akbari,
p. 585, Haft Iklim, fol. 424, Badaoni, p. 343.
Atashkadah, fol, 116, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
420, The last work mentions another
Mahvl Ardabili, whose proper name was
'Abd ul-'Ali, and who died in Burhanpur
A.H. 1025.
4. Baba Afzal Eftshi, fol. 170.
Beg. v>y oWU- »S>j\ j> y^ «_.», b
Afzal ud-Din, of Kiishan, died A.H. 707;
see Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 17, and Atash-
kadah, fol. 107.
Or. 328.
Foil. 54; 8| in. by 4^ ; 17 Unes, 2J in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
17th century. From the royal library of
Lucknow. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
A collection of satires written by various
poets on their contemporaries.
Beg. Jj. ^A li \^j s^ j^ '--o
The names of the authors are not given in
the headings, but some appear occasionally
in the text, as those of 'Arusi, fol. 5 a, and
Kaidi, fol. 5 b. On the fly-leaf, and by a later
hand, is written: *j^) j*« j lJ^^ <J*if' ^^
The text has many short gaps, apparently
owing to holes in the MS. from which it was
transcribed.
Add. 24,987.
FoU. 167 ; 7i in. by 5^ ; 8 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik for Mr. James
Ewing, Registrar of Bhiigalpur ; dated
AprU 1811.
A collection of elegies by various poets,
on the martyrs of Karbala, with the follow-
ing title : " Murseeah, or Lamentation for
Hosein the Imam and Martyr, as recited at
Shiraz during the first ten days of Mohur-
rim."
Contents : —
1. " Death of the Prince of Martyrs," by
Karbala*] Shirazi, ^^ \.v,m Stf* ^"^ *^j>
Beg. iJJ^ uVrj-i <^yL\ ^ j\ Ay^
2. Leave-taking of the Prince of Martyrs
from Sayyid Sajjad, by Naslmi, tbj *«i^j
r^ cr* f^'^ *^ '^'^ •**-• V ^ V^' -^i-* u-^r*^
^j*i-^, fol. 33 a.
Beg. vr^w-.^ ^^\>J^' tJltj ^L». «^ (.:>.-») JU t^
3. A Mukhammas, beginning : j\) *p j-i»,
-Jkij jj,UJu- i^U, fol. 45 h.
4. A lamentation, J^j tlw »»y, beginning:
^•g.. »- ^ Ug-»- ^ f'-x-*' , fol. 49 b.
6. An elegy, beginning: j-,i» t\it J^,
j^yj^ J\ (.1— S fol. 51 o.
7. Another elegy, beginning : c:,^:^ J^ ,
jj,U «115 »Ui tjS)\ J, fol. 53 6. The poet's
name Akbar j^\ occurs near the end, fol.
74 a.
8. The lamentation of Saklnah «JaC« »».y ,
preceded by a short narrative in prose,
fol. 75 a.
Beg. ]j^j^H ^^f •^ y u^J^y, ^T— ^ J^
The poet's name, Rafl a UJ, occurs in the
last couplet, fol. 82 h.
9. Two narratives in prose, without title,
followed by a few verses, foil. 82 *, 88 h.
10. Departure of Imam ^usain for the
H a 2
740
POETEY.— ANTHOLOGIES.
field and his martyrdom, *U1 ^^J (j^>V &1>.J.».
j\ CJiil^j iij>~*'» fol' 90 <*> "^i^l^ ^ sliort prose
narrative.
The verses begin thus :
8i> JaoJ ^J^. ^^ ^J\ \xJ
The last couplet contains the author's
name, iUi- Khalila, fol. 98 a.
11. An elegy on the martyrdom of 'Abd
Ullah B. Hasan, by Mukbil, ^J^ j5 im\^
fol. 98 b.
Beff.
(V^ »'- :>J
12. Elegy on the departure of the Holy
Family from Karbala for Kufah, and the
story of the mason, by Mukbil, ^^ja- sjS\^
Beg. j^ Ij^.jft _5Jj j,j^ jU j!ib>
13. Another Vaki'ah by Mukbil, J-£« **«i>l5,
fol. 120 a.
Be
a*
u
ItX-M) J»j'>P d^M.^ j^J*. »^
c^.1
14. Another Vaki'ah on the martyrdom of
the Christian of Kiifah, without title or
author's name, fol. 127 b.
Beg.
jJljLaJ ij^j^ j<i 1^
^^hj
15. A Vaki'ah, without title, on Zu-1-
Janah ^^ 3^^ the horse of Husain, and his
return to the tents after his master's death,
fol. 134 a.
Beg. j^.iJ «-! OiiVy-S. ^ cy*> tS d^vM*^ *-!^.1jj
The author is Khalila ^Uo- , whose name
appears at the end, fol. 143 b.
16. A lamentation on Imam Husain, «9.y,
^^^^^^ .1*1, fol. 145 a.
Beg. 'i^yjlJ u-V ii>*j'>l/. wl)^.
It is followed by some other lamentations,
without special titles or author's name.
Scribe :
uV^
-!/'
^J
ti.j.>- i^uM
OENATE PEOSE.
Add. 26,300.
Poll. 139; 7i in. by 4| ; 16 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Kangrah
(Panjab), Sha'ban, the third year of Bahadur
Shah (A.H. 1121, A.D. 1709). [Wm. Erskine.]
oUS-
>\ij\
3 ^^J?-
Discourses, in mixed prose and verse, on
the human body, considered as the noblest
of God's creations, and as evidence of His
greatness.
Author: Ziya ud-Din NakhshabI *L^
,j^^
w
oJ\
Beg. i>-^\ rfUl 6a'\ <»lll ^ Jj ys^\ ii^». iJ-t^
Ziya ud-Din Nakhshabl, so called from
Nakhshab or Nasaf, the modern Karshi, a
town situated between Samarkand and the
Oxus, led a secluded and religious life in
Bada'un, and died, as stated by 'Abd ul-
Hakk, Akhbar ul-Akhyar, fol. 91, A.H. 751.
He left, according to the same writer,
numerous works, among which the CiiLj
tiJ^, ijt^ »-!&, c^bjj*. J LU'-l/ (the present
work), and »<'j ^^y^i ^^6 alone mentioned
by name. He is also the author of Lizzat
ORNATE PROSR
741
un-Nisa (see p. 680 b), and the tale of Ma'sum
Shah and Naushabah, entitled Gulriz. Com-
pare Elliot's History of India, vol, vi. p. 485,
and Stewart's Catalogue, p. 85.
The work is divided into forty sections
called j_)Jy«U, each of which treats of a dis-
tinct part of the human body. It is therefore
sometimes referred to as u-^'J J*. In the
subscription of the present copy it is desig-
nated as j£o\ (^j^yt^j ; but the above title is
that which is given to it in the preface, where
Kutb ud-Dln, i.e. Mubarak Shah Khilji
(A.U. 717 — 721), is mentioned as the reign»*
ing sovereign.
Add. 18,187.
Foil. 104; 8i in. by 4J; 11 lines, 2J in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
ruled margins, apparently in the 17th cen-
tury.
" The night-show of ingenuities," a collec-
tion of conceits, or " jeux d'esprit," in prose
and verse.
Author : Fattahi, ^_f\zi
Beg. kIaJ^ ij\jji ^.>-»^ (^ *«-»i*- »^];>)'^
Yahya Sibak, of Nishapur, was one of the
most eminent \vriters in prose and verse of
the reign of Shahrukh. He first adopted the
takballus Tuffahi, evidently suggested by his
surname Silwik, but changed it afterwards to
Fattahi. Ue uses also occasionally Khumari
and Asrari as poetical surnames. His most
celebrated works are Shabistan i Kbayal (the
present work) and Husn u Dil. He died A. II.
862. See Lata'if, fol. 0, Daulatshah, vi. 16,
Hablb us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3, p. 148, and
Takl, Oude Catalogue, p. 19.
The lines above quoted give a fair sample
of the puerile subtleties in which the work
deals. They turn chiefly on the changes
effected in the meaning of words by removal
or transposition of some letters.
The author states in the introduction that
he commenced the Shabistan after finishinsr
his IJusn u Dil, and gives the date of com-
position, A.H. 843, in the following line at
the end :
^j\\,.,yM IjO| iy> ^ A^ JgjC t£a
The work, which is generally called yUL^xl
J'-*i., is divided into eight Babs. The con-
tents have been stated by Fleischer in the
Leipzig Catalogue, p. 399, and by Hammer,
Jahrbiicher, vol. 64, Anzeigc Blatt, p. 18.
See also the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 587,
and the Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 3 1 .
The Ijlusn u Dil has been translated by
Wm. Price, London, 1828. See the cata-
logues of Leipzig, p. 397, St. Petersburg,
p. 404, Krafll, p. 49, and Vienna, vol. i.
p. 419.
Add. 7610.
Foil. 80; 7i in. by 4i; 12 lines, 2 J in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated A.H. 1125
(A.D. 1713). [CI. J. Rich.]
The same work.
Add. 25,868.
Foil. 102; 8i in. by 6; 13 lines, 3f in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik, in the
district of Bardwan, about the close of the
18th century. [TVm. Ccrutox.]
The prose works of Zuhiiri (see p. 678 a).
The first four are in praise of Ibrahim
'Adilshah, and describe the splendours of his
court and residence.
I. Zuhuri's preface to Nauras, o^y, a
treatise on Indian music composed by Ibra-
him 'Adilshiih, fol. 2.
Beg. u^iji^ t^ J\* 'i^J^ u^V" ^ij^
742
ORNATE PROSE.
II. His preface to Khwan i Khalil, \^
JjJi-, fol. 12.
Beg. J-- jJi\ J CL^ >\ ji y j\ ^\
III. His preface to Gulzar i Ibrahim, \jJi
^\j\, fol. 33.
Beg. c^\J\j^^j\f),i.^C^j\)aiiji^^^^^^j>~
IV. Mina Bazar, j\jb Ua*, a description of
the Bazar so called, built by Ibrahim 'Adil-
shah in Bijapur.
Beg. ^/j^^ J jjj> L* LH^jj i:M*'^
V. Letters, OUS^, of a lover to his be-
loved, fol. 76 b.
Beg. l^ ij^ '»ji:* C^A ^."^ 'J-i^
The above works are popular school-books
in India, and have been frequently published.
The first three have been printed, under the
title of ^jjj^jl^ »«>, in Lucknow, 1846, and
in Cawnpore, A.H. 1269, and A.D. 1873.
The Mina Bazar has been lithographed with
a commentary in Dehli, A.H. 1265, and in
Lucknow, A.H. 1282. The fifth, known
as ^,y^ i^j ^\, has been edited with com-
mentaries in Cawnpore, A.H. 1280.
Add. 16,852.
Foil. 330; 7 in. by 4^; 13 lines, 2\ in.
long; written in Nestalik and Shikastah-
amiz ; dated A.H. 1141—1147 (A.D. 1729—
1735). [Wm. Yule.]
The prose works of Tughra, \j^.
MuUa Tughra i Mashhadi, a native of
Mashhad, went to India about the close of
Jahangir's reign, and, after staying some
time in the Deccan, repaired to the court of
Shahjahan, and was attached as Munshi to
Prince Muradbakhsh, whom he accompanied
on his expedition to Balkh. He subsequently
went to Kashmir, in the suite of the Divan
Mirza Abul-Kasim, and spent there the
latter part of his life in great seclusion. He
died some years after the accession of Au-
rangzTb.
In the Mir'at ul-'Alam, composed A.H.
1078, he is spoken of as dead. See VakiVit i
Kashmir, fol. 120, and Riyaz ush-Shu*ara,
fol. 279.
The compositions of Tughra, which are
much admired in India, are written in a
most artificial style, and so overloaded with
metaphors and fanciful imagery as to render
the discovery of their subject matter a by no
means easy task. A short notice on some of
them by Ziya ud-Din Khan will be found in
Or. 1941, fol. 26. A volume containing
eighteen tracts by Tughra, and his letters,
with a commentary, has been printed in
Cawnpore, 1871, under the title of Jj'-«,
Sj^a. See also Stewart's Catalogue, c:j\}s=»
^J:^^gL< ijjiih, p. 64, the Gotha Catalogue,
p. 24, and Melanges Asiatiques, vol. vi.
p. 136.
The contents of the present MS. are —
I- J-A? Lr^ "the outpouring of the
nightingale," also called ^\jS^\ X^m "the
standard of perception,'' in praise of the
Divan of Hafiz, fol. 1 (Cawnpore edition,
No. 5.)
Beg. u-s—Slli- »>-♦». f!o\3 j^*^ jU«» J. ij5-->
II. »jL«.j5pi, " the Paradisiacal," a de-
scription of Kashmir, fol. 7. (Cawnpore edi-
tion. No. 1.)
Beg. \jtj^ e:^^^ »•'> J\ii^, J^ l?^
III. oUuftaJ, or "verifications," treating
of the names of the planets, and their use in
poetical imagery, fol. 23. (Cawnpore edition.
No. 3.)
Beg. tiJJi 0"^*'^ '—V' "-i^*"^ ^^ lH.J'
IV. t-^.yJ' ^^, or "collection of won-
ders," a description of the lake Kamam
^^, fol. 26- (Cawnpore edition, No. 8.)
ORNATE PROSE.
743
Beg. ^ ^^.J^ C*»^j j\ ^.y *»•
It appears from the heading that this was
the piece which first called the attention of
the King of Golcunda upon the author.
v. c^WJp*, description of a Darbar at the
CJourt of Jahangir, fol. 29. (Cawnpore edition,
No. 7.)
Beg. jJi' JjL j> j\ kJ»^J* i/ j-T jl^ y
VI. —yjl!i\ ^j*, " the mirror of victories,"
treating of the conquest of Balkh and Ba-
dakhsh&n by Prince Mur'idbakhsh, from the
19th to the 21st year of Shahjahun (A.n.
1055 — 7), fol. 33. (Cawnpore edition, No. 4.)
Beg. ,>i\i- cJj J j\ jiJLi J^s^ ^J\j\i »C
VII. H-'^^ " tl»e inspired," a Sufi tract,
fol. 42. (Cawnpore edition. No. 2.)
Beg. AjdAifJt >S^3ijA f^]/! ijAJ t^ A^' 4ll
VIII. U5JS< \/^, "memorial of the
godly," or eulogies on twelve eminent con-
temporaries. Shaikhs, Kfizis, physicians and
poets, living in Kashmir [among the latter
arc Kallm HamadanI (p. 686 a), and Mir
Ilahi (p. G87 6)], foL 53. (Cawnpore edition,
No. 14.)
Beg- J}^ uki ^J^^^J^
IX. OU^, " manifestations," a descrip-
tion of the beauties of Kashmir, with a eu-
logy upon Mir Husain Sabzavari, fol. 66.
(Cawnpore edition. No. 13.)
Beg. jji (J\P ^^> J-*» oy^H^
X. j\>^\ Ji/, " the treasvu7 of ideas,"
in praise of Shah Shuja*, fol. 63. (Cawnpore
edition, No. 6.)
Beg. o-.\ ^j^^lyr y'Aj jjyi? ^J^}Jo
XI. ^W^ ^^i "the crown of eulogies,"
in praise of Muradbakhsh, fol. 67. (Cawnpore
edition, No. 10.)
Beg
XII. ,j*rij *— 'V'*-*** comparisons drawn
from the spring and other seasons, fol. 77.
(Cawnpore edition. No. 9.)
Beg. O'-*«J0 cu-,>«.'> y«l» ^J^J ol^ll*
The author wrote this tract, as appears
from the conclusion, while engaged on the
revision of the Firdausiyyah.
XIII. fc.aS\i ■•*--»»•, " the defective quintet,"
a diatribe against five personages of the
Court of Golconda, fol. 81.
Beg. J^ (/"Sj-Hi-^ o^jij^ c^ ^^jj^
XIV. i-»^^ '--'!/•» " *'^e mirror of blem-
ishes," a satire on Pulchi Klmn, an Amir of
the Court of Golconda, fol. 83.
Beg, Om~j ^jS^ »».iV w5, «M»» j_,J^
XV. Petition addressed by MuUfi Sati* ^
^Ui to Shah Bahadur for a Jaglr, fol. 87.
XVI. mO j^, "the book of ambergris,"
an exposiure of the plagiaries of Nasiri i Ha-
madanI from " the late " Zuhuri (p. 678 a),
fol. 89.
Beg. i^J^ uil/J5 \jL\^ jjV ^ «/j3\». jO
From a versified heading it appears that
this tract is not by Tughra, but by Mukima,
the same apparently as Mukim Kashi, to
whom one of Tughrii's letters is addressed
(see fol. 122 a).
XVII. Fol. 99 b. Tughra's lettersol-Jj
to contemporaries, such as Shsh Shuja',
Kfizi Nizama, Mirza Sanjar, the calligrapher
Shamsa,Masih uz-Zamfin, Kazl-Zadah,Khwa-
jah Lalah, Taliba i Kalim, Bazmi, Mirza
Abulfath, and others, foL 99. (Cawnpore
edition, pp. 193—270.)
744
ORNATE PEOSE.
XVIII. jJ^ Sj^, "a word of truth," a
complaint of the want of liberality of the
king and the king's son, foL 178.
Beg. »^l>w ^ (^>>J* LT^.^j'^ J? u^J*^
XIX. Jjlij^ j\y\ " the lights of the East,"
on the joys of spring, fol. 182. (Cawnpore
edition, No. 12.)
Beg. jJiJU. J.,»- i—*];^ t;;3^ *}? t)^*^ »-r*-'
XX. «LL\^ 5^, "self sown," on the art
of writing, and on some images derived from
it, fol. 195.
Beg. ijj^ uU»^J (*^ J C^ tJ^ ^^'^ **^'*^
XXI. JuU ^^yi.T, " Ashub-Namah," in
praise of the poetry of Zulali (p. 677 a),
whose seven Magnavis are commented upon
in turn, fol. 207. (Cawnpore edition. No. 15.)
Beg. ^_^ j\ jvi^ ^jji oUj\ &5 ^\i J^
XXII. j^\^\ sUjo " enumeration of curio-
sities," a description of eight stages on the
road to Kashmir, fol. 220. (Cawnpore edition.
No. 11.)
Beg. ^^jifii ijjjft ^^ l;^j^
XXIII. JjJj iJ'yT) tli6 same as No. I.,
fol. 223.
XXIV. «-Jjl^r, a panegyric addressed to
Aurangzlb on his accession, fol. 228. (Cawn-
pore edition. No. 16.)
Beg. ^ju«j _'Oiji. ^^y jbllJySi j-»9- j^ ^J^j ^
XXV. jj^y,, " the fairy-house," in praise
of Shah 'Abbas II. of Persia, fol. 241.
Beg. j.i-«^ J'Ji* cj^.y **i»» ""^ ij*^ ^'
XXVI. t^y** <-:^»^> " spiritual banquet,"
on a famine in the Deccan, fol. 250. .
Beg. e:^>«^ '^ V** \j4^ f- J^ ^^.
XXVII. (.15 iOj^, " the weeping of the
kalam," a description of the rainy season,
fol. 256.
Beg. J*^^ u^ J^ t:;>; -^-^
XXVIII. X*Ui5\ y«, " the ascent of elo-
quence," in praise of Sayyid Bahadur Khiin,
fol. 259.
Beg. ^\^ ^\ i^ ^ ^■}
XXIX. c^J -f**^?-, " the source of over-
flow," a formulary of elegant addresses to the
sovereign, preceded by a long preamble
which contains a fanciful description of the
Mi'raj or Ascension of Muhammad, fol. 263.
(Cawnpore edition, No. 17.)
Beg. js5\Jjyj5Cl3 «/jj.U.>b ^ i,.^
XXX. ,j^ ^\r^, "the medical fruit," on
images derived from the medical art, fol. 294.
Beg. ^jy\ yj^tiJi-? ■ij'i *^ tJ»-^ J^
XXXI. ^^V aJ'.J^s-j, a piece containing
metaphors taken from music, fol. 310.
Beg. iy.iH (^ t^j^M iW»- ^jy> t^i-^ii s.««i
XXXII. liil *«j^, " a sample of com-
position," in praise of Aurangzlb, fol. 326.
Beg. iiJiJb |»ii-»-»^j ^j ijt*br*
Add. 16,875.
Poll. 249 ; Si in. by 5 ; 19 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Sha'ban,
the 20th year of Muhammad Shah (A.H.
1151, A.D. 1738). [Wm. Yule.]
Prose compositions of Ni'mat Khan 'Ali,
J^* ^^U- (J:*vo (see pp. 268 &, 703 a), with
some verses by the same, as follows : —
I. \S» ^ -^ftJl-*,, a satire on physicians,
fol. 2.
Be
b"
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
745
II. oUJ;, letters to Mirza Mubarak TJl-
lah Iradat Khan Vazih, to Mirza Muhammad
Sa'Id, steward of the imperial kitchen, and
other contemporaries, fol. 6.
III. tj^ J ilLSj jhO^S- _yj C^liSj\3
yersified chronograms relating to the vic-
tories of Auraugzlb, and other contemporary
events, fol. 16.
This section includes some Kasidahs,
satires, and Rub&*is.
rv. Journal of the siege of I^aidarabad
(see p. 268 a), fol. 32.
v. il^^V (^'* *^^ ""^ ill , a Court chro-
nicle of the reign of Shfih *Alam Bahadur
(see p. 272 a), brought down in this copy to
the 16th of Eabi' I., A.U. 1120.
Add. 16,866.
Foil. 83; 8i in. by 4|; 15 lines, 3} in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Eabi* L, A.H. 1154 (A.D. 1741).
[Wm. Yulb.]
J^i
V
j\^
" Subtle Thoughts," by Mirza BadU (see
p. 706 b).
Beg. ^^tkfOJ J9. ^j.^ b >«J KZJy^ j!)^j£a\
This work, which is included in the Luck-
now edition of the author's Kulliyat, con-
sists of a number of ingenious thoughts
and pointed anecdotes, bearing on religious
and moral subjects, in mixed prose and
verse.
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
Or. 241.
Foil. 193; 9 in. by 5J; 17 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, dated Safar, A.H. 1094 (A.D. 1683).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The Book of Ealilah and Dimnah, trans-
lated from the Arabic version of *Abd Ullah
B. ul-Mukaffa by Abul-Maali Nasr Ullah B.
Muhammad B. 'Abd ul-I^amid, ^ JW ^'
This version is praised as a model of ele-
gance by Va§8fif in a chapter devoted to
Kalllah and Dimnah, Add. 23,517, fol. 516,
and Ahmad Razi says in the Haft Iklim, fol. 88,
VOL. u.
that no Persian prose work was ever so much
admired. The latter writer, who mentions
Nasr Ullah among the eminent men of Shiraz
origin, states that he was one of the Vazirs
of Khusrau Malik, the son and successor of
Baliram Shah (who died A.H. 555), and that
through the intrigues of his enemies he was
cast into prison, and finally put to death by
that prince's order. See Barbier de Meynard,
Diet. Gdogr. de la Perse, p. 363. A similar
account is found in the Biyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 4rl9.
Bahram Shah, to whom the work was by
his desire dedicated, ascended the throne in
Ghaznln A.U. 612, and, although hardly
pressed by 'Ala ud-Din Ghuri, who wrested
from him his capital A.H. 522, he maintained
himself in the eastern part of his empire
8 S
746
TABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
until his death, which took place, according
to the Guzidah, A.H. 544, or, as stated in the
Eauzat us-Safa, A.H. 647.
The exact date of composition is not stated,
but it can be approximately inferred from the
author's incidental references to his own
time. Thus the death of al-Mustarshid,
which took place in A.H. 529, is spoken of,
fol. 11, as recent, j^ ,^\ jj. The Ghaznavi
dynasty is said, fol. 7, to have ruled 170
years, which, if counted from A.H. 366,
when Subuktigin, according to the Tabakat i
Nilsiri, established his rule in Ghaznin,
would come down to A.H. 536. Lastly,
when speaking of al-Mansur, fol. 13, the
author says that four hundred and odd
years (JLj oj^ ^ j^ jW^ ^^ elapsed since
his reign. As that Khalif began to reign
A.H. 136, this statement could hardly have
been written before A.H. 538 or 539.
A notice on the Persian translation, with
extensive extracts from Nasr UUah's preface,
has been given by Silvestre de Sacy in
Notices et Extraits, vol. x. pp. 94 — 140. See
also Pertsch, Gotha Catalogue, p. 111. A
full account of other versions will be found
in J. Derenbourg's Introduction to his edition
of the Hebrew text.
The work is divided into sixteen Babs,
which follow the order of S. de Sacy's
No. 375 (see I.e. p, 114), but bear Arabic head-
ings. The contents are as follows : — Nasr
UUah's preface, wanting the first two leaves,
fol. 3 a. Ibn ul-Mukaffa's preface, fol. 15 a.
I. The introduction of Buzurjmihr, fol. 21 a.
II. Life of Barzuyah, fol. 24 b. iii. sm^]
jy^\j, the Hon and the bull, fol. 33 a. iv.
iS^i j»\ ^ (_>3S?^', inquiry into the conduct
of Dimnah, fol. 66 b. v. Ajjkjl iUU^\ the
dove with the coUar, fol. 81 a. vi. -jjJI
j^b^lj, the owl and the ravens, fol, 96 a.
VII. Olia^ J 5;fl5\, the apes and the tortoise,
fol. 117 a. VIII. o^ t;^!^ ulL»\jJ^, the
hermit and the weasel, fol. 125 b. ix.jy>-J\
j,s)^j, the cat and the rats, fol. 128 a. x. ^^l
jjj j>}\>j CiilJ), the king's son and the bird
Eanzah, fol. 134 6. xi. ^^jT ^^), ju«^l, the
lion and the jackal, fol. 142 a. xii. j-»'JU
»^\j, the lion and the lioness, fol. 154 b.
XIII. i-ijuiJ^j C-U>UJ^, the hermit and the
guest, fol. 157 b. XIV. is^\jji\ j j^^ Balar
and the Brahmines, fol. 160 b. xv. k^^\
^LJl J, the goldsmith and the traveller, fol.
179 b. XVI. wU*\, uilU^ ^^^, the king's son
and his companions, fol. 183 6. Nasr Ul-
lah's epilogue, fol. 188 b.
Add. 5965.
Poll. 88 ; 91 in. by 6 ; 13 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in fair Naskhi, with *Unvan
and ruled margins ; dated Rajab, A.H. 626
(A.D. 1229).
Explanation of the Arabic verses which
occur in Nasr UUah's version of Kalilah
and Dimnah. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 478.
Author : Pazl UUah B. 'Usmiin B. Mu-
hammad ul-Asflzarl, ^^ j^jUis ^^ -jUI J-oi
Beg.
5jLvu>)
^w
>i9-
us
J li-**-
The work is dedicated to the Vazir Majd
ud-Daulah Abul-Hasan 'Ali ul-Mustaufi, who
is called the pride of Khwarazm and Khura-
san. At the end the author claims the
reader's indulgence on account of his youth,
and states his intention to explain also the
verses contained in the Book of Sindbad
<i\jjj-*> u-'Ui' (see p. 748 a).
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
747
Add. 7620.
Foil. 136; 9 in. by 6; 15 lines, 4 J in.
long ; written in bold Naskhi with vowel-
points, apparently in the 13th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
Makamat, or narratives written in rhymed
prose, with a copious admixture of Arabic
and Persian verses.
Beg. ^\)\ JJ'J VJ^ a-i^^ >^ ^^
The work is commonly known as oU\£.
,_y .>■■»»• from its author KazI Hamid ud-Din
Abu Bakr Balkhi, whose name, however,-
does not appear in the text. Hamid ud-Dln
was an eminent judge and poet of the city
of Balkh. His contemporary, Anvarl, ad-
dressed to him several laudatory poems (see
above, p. 655 a); two Kit'abs composed by
the same poet in praise of the Makamat are
quoted in the Hafl Iklim, fol. 242. Ibn ul-
A^ir, who calls him ^^iy^^ Jj y< ^^'jB^
{(tates in the Kumil, vol. xi. p. 207, that he
died A.H. 559. Haj. Khal. gives his name
in full, vol. vi. p. 57 : yi\ ^^Jl
The Makumat i Hamidi have been printed
with marginal notes in Cawnpore, A.H.
1268. Copies are mentioned in Ouseley's
Travels, vol. ill. p. 667, Ouseley's MSS., No.
707, Melanges Asiatiqucs, vol. iii. p. 657,
and the Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 30.
The author states in the preface that he
had read with admiration the elegant Maka-
mat of Badi* Ilamadani and Abul-Kasim Ha-
riri, and had been desired by an illustrious
personage, whom to obey was to him law, to
match in Persian those masterpieces of
Arabic prose. Hence the present work, which
was commenced in the month of Jumada II.,
A.H. 551. The date of the year, which has
been omitted in the present copy, is found in
another MS., Or. 2004, in the Cawnpore
edition, and in Haj. Ehal., 1. c.
The Makamat, which are twenty-three in
number, deal for the most part with scenes
of personal adventure and travel, and with
dialogues between typical characters ; but
their main object is the display of an exu-
berant richness of diction, and of that
jingling parallelism which Hariri had brought
into fashion. The supposed narrator in each
of them is some friend of the author, not
named, introduced by the words j^ yi^^i»'
jy->.o y. The text agrees with the litho-
graphed edition, which, however, contains
an additional Makiimah, the twenty-fourth.
The titles, many of which differ from those
of the printed text, are as follows : — i. ^J
l»^\ fol. 4 b. 11. J^'^i v^^ J' fol- 8 a-
III. ^Ji.\ ^, foL 13 a. IV. l*fir^j>\ ^J, fol.
17 a. y.jiii\J, fol. 23 a. vi. ^^\ J,
fol. 29 a. VII. ^,v.J<j ^LJ\ J, fol. 39 a.
VIII. wJ^^ J, fol. 42 a. IX. iji>\jj\ J
j^'j JJ^ ^yAj, fol. 50 a. X. kc^» J, fol.
68 b. XI. j^^ J, fol. 62 a. xii. ilii\ J,
fol. 67 6. XIII. jU»^\ J, fol. 73 a. xiv.
»5iyj\, yU^ J, fol. 82 a. xv. ^\ SjJ, J,
fol. 86 b. XVI. »j^^ j_y, fol. 92 a. xvii. ^J
Jxiid^ fol. 97 a. xvni. ^H^jji^ *-^ J,
fol. 101 b. XIX. •pV'^ J, fol. 106 a. xx.
^^^ v,.t ■>» i;bU« J, fol. 110 b. XXI. J
tU\ ii^, fol. 118 o. XXII. l>\^\ J, fol.
125 b. XXIII. >J\ J, fol. 131 b.
In the 13th Makamah it is related how a
traveller visits Balkh, then a brilliant and
thriving city, and how returning, after some
years spent in a pilgrimage to Mecca, he
finds it a heap of ruins. This evidently re-
fers to the devastation of the author's native
city by the Ghuz in A.H. 548.
The 22nd Makamah contains versified lists
of the Khalifs in Arabic and Persian. They
are brought down to al-Mustanjid (A.H.
656—566), who is spoken of as the reigning
Khalif.
B 8 2
748
TABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
In an epilogue headed <^^ ^i* j<> j-aj,
which in the present copy follows the 21st
Makamah, but in the printed text is found at
the close of the work, the author says that,
overwhelmed by the calamities of the time,
he had not found it in his heart to proceed
further, but had brought his work abruptly
to a close. The next-foUowiug Makamah is
preceded by these words, inserted by some
copyist : ^^l*> C-»iX»-^ t_*lJL5J\ \sa> c:,Jua9- U5
djol^ 13 j^- dS ,jxU\slJ\, "When I obtained
this book I found these two additional Ma-
kamahs, and I transcribed it [sic] ."
On the first page is found the following
title, written by the same hand as the text, in
which the work is ascribed to another author,
viz. to Nasr Ullah, the translator of Kalilah
and Dimnah: jjw>^^ <— ^^ *i-ij^V OU'J^Sl
4ll\ j^ J^\ ^_^\ f^'^\ ^j^\ Si^\ J»-^\ pWl
^}^\ ^\ ^%j^i\ SA9.J j^.jJ\ jl^ ^! J»^\ ^^
Or. 255.
EoU. 132 ; 9 in. by 4f ; 15 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik, with gold-
ruled margins, for the library of Sultan-
Muhammad Kutubshah; dated Haidarabad,
Kamazan, A.H. 1031 (A.D. 1622).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The book of Sindbad, or the tale of the
king's son and the seven Vazirs; wanting
the fiirst page.
Author: Baha ud-Dln Muhammad B.
*Ali B. Muhammad B. 'Umar uz-Zahiri ul-
Katib us-SamarkandT, ^^. ^Js■ ^^ s^ ^^,^\ "^
According to 'Aufi, quoted in Riyaz ush-
Shu'ara, fol. 281, Zahir ud-Dln Muhammad
B. *Ali Katib Samarkand! was for a long
time minister (^^^y.^ (_a=-1^) to Kilij Tamghaj
Khan. He left, as stated in Haft Ikllm,
fol. 559, the following three works : 1. ibjo-.
aJJ contained in the present MS., 2. u^\,s-\
*-.UJ^ (Haj. Khal., vol. i. p. 368), and 3. jv-. ^
ji^\ ^ Jj^\ (Haj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 619).
The second, which is, like the first, dedicated
to Kilij Tamghaj Khan, is not dated, but
was written, as shown by its contents, after
the death of Sanjar, A.H. 552. See the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 14.
Very little is known of Kilij Tamghaj, a
Turkish Khan, who reigned in Turkistan in
the sixth century of the Hijrah. Ibn ul-
A§ir mentions him in the Kamil, vol. xi.
p. 55, as early as A.H. 524, and the poet
RazT ud-Din of Nishapur, who died A.H. 598,
is stated in the Haft Iklim, fol. 307, to have
been his panegyrist and favourite adviser.
The present work begins with a long ex-
ordium in his praise, in which he is called
J 4U\ Jli ^;-.»W^j ^!iU!s)l OL& '^J\j j^„J\ ji'j
[read ^U.U»] ^UJ* JS >laj\ yl Kb jbi j^UJ\
jjli-l^" Ji ^J> ^^U-. He is described as a great
monarch, who had returned after a long
absence to his hereditary dominions, and
who, after vanquishing his foes in Turan in
the year fifty-six (i.e. A.H. 556), had restored
peace and the reign of justice in his vast
empire.
In the next section, fol. 11 5, the author,
whose name and titles are written as follows:
(^juj'^^Jl fc_jo\^l, gives an account of the work
called Sindbad. It had been compiled, he
says, in Pehlevi by the sages of Persia, and
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
749
had never been translated, until the Amir
Nasir ud-Din Abu Humid Nuh B. Mansur
Samani ordered Khwajah 'Amid Abul-Favaris
l^anararzi i^jj'j^ to turn it into Persian.
This was done in the year 539, i^^j j-J
*>',,— ^j (the date is obviously wrong, for
Nuh B. Mansur reigned A.H. 365—387), but
in bare and unadorned language; and that
version had almost fallen into oblivion, when
the author undertook to write a new one,
graced with all elegances of polite speech,
in order to immortalize the name of his
sovereign.
The tale, which begins on fol. 17, agrees in
substance with the Greek Syntipas described
by Loiscleur de Longchamps in his " Essai
sur les fables indiennes," pp. 93 — 137, and
with a version in Persian verse, composed
A.H. 776, and analyzed by F. Falconer in
the Asiatic Journal, vol. 35, p. 169, and
vol. 36, pp. l and 99. An earlier poetical
version by AzrakI, mentioned by Daulatshah
and the Burhan i Ka^i, appears to be lost.
The present version is noticed under the
title of Sindbad Namah, by Haj. Khal., vol.
iii. p. 620, who, however, calls the author
^[azvlni instead of Samarkand!. There exist
two other translations in Persian prose; one
of them, forming part of Nakhshabi's Tuti
Namah, has been edited by H. Brockhaus,
and another, by Shams ud-Din Muhammad
Daka'iki, a poet of Marv, is mentioned by
Haj. Khal., I.e., and in the Haft Iklim,
foL 223.
Notices on the origin and early versions
of the Book of Sindbad will be found in the
Fihrist, p. 305, in 8. de Sacy's Fables do
Bidpai, Notices ct Extraits, vol. ix. p. 104,
Gildemeister's Script. Arab, de rebus Indicis,
p. 12, Benfey's Bemerkungen Qber das In-
dische Original der Sieben Weisen Meister,
M<^langes Asiatiques, vol. iii. p. 188 — 203,
Comparetti, Ricerche intorno al libro di Sin-
dibad, And Fr. Baethgen, Sindban. oder die
Sieben Weisen Meister.
Add. 16,862.
FoU. 392 ; 13i in. by 8 ; 33 lines, 4| in.
long; written in small Naskhi, with 'Unvans
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
16th century. [William Yule.]
A large collection of anecdotes.
Author : Muhammad 'Aufi, ^^ s^
Beg. i>j».j ^U-« c*>^JJ jl *^1)(^'»-* ■^■^^ J ^
The author, whose fuU name was Nur ud-
Din Muhammad 'Aufi, as stated in the
Habib-us-Siyar, vol. ii. Juz 4, p. 163, the
Nigftristan (see Krafft's Catalogue, p. 87),
and the Tarlkh i Firishtah, vol. i. p. 117, is
mentioned in the first and third of the above
works as one of the eminent writers who
lived in Dehli during the reign of Iltatmish
(A.H. 607—633). In the Mir'fit ul-Advar,
fol. 36, and Haj. Khal., vol. ii. p. 510, he is
called Jamal ud-Din Muhammad 'Aufi. He
is known as the author of the earliest Persian
Taekirah, v_^UJ\ v'M. » work described by
Bland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society,
vol. ix. pp. 112 — 126, and by Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, pp. 1 — 6. We learn from
passages of his works that he had studied in
Bukhara, that his grandfather Kfizi Abu
Tahir Yahya B. Tahir ul-'Aufi, was a native
of Mavarii un-Nahr (or, according to Bland's
copy, of Marv), and that his maternal uncle
Majd ud-Din Muhammad B. 'Adniin had writ-
ten for Sultan Ibrahim [B.] Tamghuj Khan a
history of the Turkish kings (see Jtlmi' ul Ijli-
kayat, fol. 369, and Ilaj. Khal., vol. ii. p. 122).
'AuTi appears to have been a great travel-
ler; he was in Nasft in A.H. 600, and
visited Khwarazm and Kambayat. He made
a lengthened stay at the residence of the
Sultan Nasir ud-Din Kubiichah, to whose
Vazir, 'Ain ul-Mulk I^usain ul-Ash'arl, his
Lubab ul- Albab is dedicated, and after whose
750
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
Ml he passed over to the court of the con-
queror, Shams ud-Din Iltatmish.
The author's exordium is devoted to the
praise of the last named sovereign, and of his
Vazir, Nizam ul-Mulk Kivam ud-Din Muham-
mad B. Abi Sa'id ul-Junaidi. Then follows an
account of the siege of Bhakar, in which Sul-
tan Nasir ud-Din Kubachah had sought a
refuge from the invading forces of Iltatmish.
The fortress was taken by the Vazir above
named on the 10th of Jumuda L, A.H. 625,
and on the 19th the fugitive king perished
in the river. The author, who was among
the besieged, did homage to the victorious
Vazir, and completed for him the present
work, which had been commenced by desire
of Sultan Nasir ud-Dln.
The Jami' ul-Hikiiyat consists of anec-
dotes, detached narratives, and miscel-
laneous notices, either culled from his-
torical works, or derived from oral infor-
mation. It is divided into four parts (kism),
each of which is subdivided into five-and-
twenty Babs, as follows : — Kism I. 1. Know-
ledge of the Creator, fol. 5 o. 2. Miracles
of the prophets, fol. 11 a. 3. Supernatural
powers of saints, fol. 20 a. 4. Early kings
of Persia, fol. 28 a. 5. The Khalifs, fol. 49 a.
6. Excellence of justice, and stories of just
kings, fol. 84 a. 7. Lives and memorable
traits of kings, fol. 92 a. 8. Witty sayings
of kings, fol. 100 h. 9. Regimen of kings,
fol. 104 h. 10. Answers to petitions, fol.
110 a. 11. Instances of sagacity, fol. 114 a.
12. Sound judgment, fol. 123 «. 13. Wiles
and stratagems, fol. 138 h. 14. Able Vazirs ;
(eight leaves are wanting after fol. 146, so
that the latter part of Bab 13 and the begin-
ning of the next are lost). 15. Advice
given by sages and holy men to kings, fol.
154 a. 16. Pithy answers, fol. 160 a.
17. Anecdotes of Kazis and TJlamas, fol.
167 6. Anecdotes of secretaries, fol. 173 a.
19. Eavourites, fol. 178 h. 20. Physicians
and philosophers, fol. 180 a. 21. Inter-
preters of dreams, fol. 182 a. 22. Astro-
logers, fol. 185 a. 23. Poets, fol. 186 h.
24. Singers, fol. 188 h. Wits, fol. 189 h.
Kism II. Anecdotes illustrating praise-
worthy qualities, as modesty, humility,
forgiveness, clemency, etc., in twenty-five
Babs, fol. 196 h.
Kism III. Anecdotes relating to blame-
able qualities, as envy, avarice, covetous-
ness, etc., similarly divided, fol. 274 h.
Kism IV. 1. Advantages of the service
of kings, fol. 325 h. 2. Drawbacks of the
service of kings, fol. 327 6. 3. Fear and
hope, fol. 329 a. 4. Efficacy of prayer,
fol. 331 a. 5. Prayers handed down by
tradition, fol. 332 &. 6. Curious omens,
fol. 334 h. 7. Escapes from persecution,
fol. 336 a. 8. Escapes from brigands, fol.
338 a. 9. Escapes from wild beasts, fol.
339 h. 10. Men who perished in the whirl-
pool of love, fol. 342 a. 12. Men who
escaped from the whirlpool of love, fol. 344 h.
12. Men who escaped from the abyss of
perdition, fol. 354 6. 13. Wonders of des-
tiny, fol. 358 h. 14. Marvels of creation,
fol. 361 6. 15. Longevity in animals, fol.
363 a. 16. Countries and routes, a sketch
of geography, fol. 365 h. 17. Account of
Eum, Arabia, Abyssinia, and India, fol.
368 h. 18. Remarkable buildings, fol. 371 a.
19. Strange talismans, fol. 374 a. 20. Curious
properties of natural objects, fol. 376 h.
21. Temperaments of animals, fol. 378 a.
22. Wild beasts, fol. 382 6. 23. Strange
animals, fol. 386 a. 24. Curious birds, fol.
388 a. 25. Eacetiousness of the great,
fol. 390 h.
On the first page is a note written in
Bijapur, probably in the 17th century. The
last seven leaves of the MS. have short gaps,
apparently due to the mutUated state of the
copy from which it was transcribed.
The headings of the Jami' ul-Hikayat are
given in the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 410,
and, from a Turkish version, in the Jahr-
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
751
bucher, vol. 70, Anzeige Blatt, pp. 77 — 82.
Some extracts, with Professor Dowson's
notice on the author, will be found in
Elliot's History of India, vol. ii. pp. 155 — 203.
See Melanges Asiatiques, vol. iii. p. 728,
Sir "Wm. Ouseley's Travels, vol. ii. p. 363,
and the Munich Catalogue, p. 56.
Or. 236.
FoU. 541; Hi in. by 8; 29 lines, 6| in.
long ; written in Naskhi, apparently in the
Ifith or 17th century. From the royal
library of Lucknow.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same work.
Tbe beginning and end of tbe MS., viz.,
foil. 3—18, 636—541, are older than the
middle part, probably of the 15th century.
That portion was transcribed, as stated at
the end, from a MS. dated A.H. 712.
Add. 7672.
FoU. 252; 10 J in. by 7; 22 lines, 4 J in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
Zulka'dah, A.H. 1026 (AD. 1616).
[CI. J. Rich.]
Kism III. and Kism lY. of the same
work. Tliere are about two pages wanting
at the beginning of each Kism.
Or. 1584.
Foil. 34; 8 in. by 5} ; about 32 lines, 3}
in. long ; written in small cursive Nestalik ;
dated ^ay?, A.H. 1133 (A.D. 1721).
[Sir Hexrt C. Rawlikson.]
A collection of anecdotes and miscel-
laneous notices, without preface or author's
name.
Beg. JSp Jx>j\ji, ^^/,J-i ji jy ^\j
On the first page is found the title l-*11^
w-^-I>^'j V^V^'' with a table of the thirty-
five Babs into which the work is divided.
They are as follows : 1. Stratagems of wise
men for warding ofi" enemies. 2. Properties
of minerals. 3. Properties of animals.
4. Rare animals. 5. Strange birds. 6. De-
vices of kings. 7. Praiseworthy qualities of
kings. 8. Witty sayings of kings. 9. Speech
and silence. 10. Fidelity and good faith.
11. Longevity. 12. The seven climes, coun-
tries and races. 13. Remarkable buildings.
14. Talismans. 15. Human monstrosities.
16. Strokes of destiny. 17. Ready answers.
18. Anecdotes of Kfizis and Imams. 19. Good
qualities. 20. Firmness. 21. Advantage of
taking advice. 21. Temperaments of men.
23. Hate and envy. 24. Cupidity. 25. Anec-
dotes of covetous men. 26. Avarice. 27. Ly-
ing and truthfulness. 28. False prophets.
29. Pretensions which saved men from ruin.
30. Anecdotes of fools. 31. Facetise.
32. Thieves. 33. Beggars. 34. Wiles of
women. 35. Instances of chastity.
The work appears to have been compiled
in the seventh century of the Hijrah. Imfim
Muhammad 'Auf 1 is twice named, and several
anecdotes arc taken from his Jami* ul-Hikiv-
yat ; but, on the other hand, no later dynasty
than that of the Khwarazmshuhis is men-
tioned. The present copy, written by 'Ali
B. Muhammad Shirvfmi, contains only an
abridgment made by him, as appears from
the subscription : ^Uf ^\ jJii^\ «j^^ l«<* U»
•JUJ MM* ^j0j ijb ^ (j^jj^^ •>-•** {j> li* ^j^^^
Add. 7673.
Foil. 369; 11^ in. by 8; 21 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in Naskhi ; dated Sha'ban,
A.H. 903 (A.D. 1498). [CI. J. Rich.]
Narratives of wonderful cases of deliverance
from distress or escape from danger, trans-
7B2
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
lated from the Arabic by Husain B. As'ad B.
Husain ul-Muayyadi ud-Dihistani, ^^ ^i^i-*-
Beg. J^jsP «^ W^ -^^ J "^"^
The author states in the preface that he
had been desired by the illustrious Vazir 'Izz
ud-Din Tahir B.Zingi ul-Faryumadl ^^^y^),"
" who had restored peace and prosperity to a
distracted world," to produce a work on the
above subject, and, finding nothing more
appropriate than the Arabic work entitled
ftajj^!\j j^\ s*i _^1, by Abul-Hasan *Ali B.
Muhammad ul-Mada'inI, he had selected it
for translation.
There can be no doubt, however, that the
original of the present translation was the
well-known work 'i^\ o^o jfl)l of Abu 'AH
ul-Muhassin B. Abil-Kasim 'Ali, commonly
called al-KazI ut-Tanukhi, who died in Bas-
rah, A.H. 384. (See Ibn Khallikan's trans-
lation, vol. ii. p. 564, the Kamil, vol. ix.
p. 74), Haj. Khal., vol. iv. p. 411, and the
Leyden Catalogue, vol. i. p. 213.) Kazi Tanii-
khi is frequently named in the body of the
work as the narrator, and he is distinctly
designated as the author in the following
introduction to one of the anecdotes, fol.
261 a: — "The author of the work says as
follows: My father, Kazi Abul-Kasim ut-
Tanukhi, relates," etc. This evidently refers
to the father of the same writer, viz. Abul-
Kasim 'AH B. Muhammad ut-Tanukhi, who
died A.H. 342 (see Ibn Khallikan, vol. ii.
p. 564).
Tlie attribution of the work to al-Madaini,
a much earlier writer, appears to be an error
of the translator, who probably mistook one
of the authorities quoted by Kazi Taniikhi
for the writer of the book. Abul-Hasan 'Ali
» From Faryumad, a town of the district of Sabzavar,
the birthplace of Khwajah 'Ala ud-Dln Muhammad,
Vazir of Khorasan under Sultan Abu Sa'id. See Daulat-
shah, v., 6, and Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii , Juz 2, p. 61.
B. Muhammad ul-Mada'ini, a native of Bas-
rah, lived in Mada'in, and subsequently in
Baghdad, where he died A.H. 224 or 225,
leaving several works treating of the history
of the Arabs and of the early wars of Is-
lamism. See Ansab us-SamVmi, fol. 515, and"
the Kamil, vol. x. p. 368.
Copies of the same version, all ascribing
the original work to al-Mada'ini, are noticed
in Pieischer's Dresden Catalogue, No. 135,
and in the catalogues of Miinich, p. 56,
St. Petersburg, p. 408, and Vienna, vol. iii.
p. 451. See also Stewart's Catalogue, p. 84,
No. V.
In the present copy the work is divided
into thirteen chapters, each containing a
large number of detached narratives. These
consist for the most part of historical anec-
dotes relating to the times of the Umayyades
and of the Abbasides down to the fourth
century of the Hijrah. The Arabic verses
are given in the original language, with
metrical paraphrase by the translator, who
not unfrequently adds to the text verses and
remarks of his own.
Add. 7717.
FoU. 167 ; 10 in. by 5| ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Safar,
A.H. 1074 (A.D. 1663). [CI. J. Rich.]
King Kishvargir and princess Mulk-arai, a
Hindu tale, written in ornate prose, copiously
interspersed with Arabic and Persian verses.
Beg. (_)- V J '^'' y'bj j*'l>?' j]^ '^■^
The author, whose name is written, fol.
8 b, as follows : jx-id ^J..^ s^ ^^ jj-a j-»*^
^^\*«a-b i_ij^;>ujl Ijj t_;.5)Jl ^_^jjji&, describes
himself as a native of Dehli, an hereditary
servant of the Court, and a secretary of the
royal chanceky, Uj^\ uj^y.'i-
A flowery preface, which occupies no less
FABLES, TALES. AND ANECDOTES.
753
than forty-six pages, begins with panegyrics
on the reigning sovereign Muhammad Shah
B. Tughluk Shah (A.H. 725—752) and his
predecessor Ghiya§ ud-Din Abul-MuzafFar
Tuarhluk Shah. Then follows a detailed
account of the latter's expedition to Tirhut
(A.H. 725; see Firishtah, vol. i. p. 406).
The author, who was in the Sultan's suite,
describes the overwhelming heat and other
hardships he had to endure on the return
journey to Dehli. There he fell ill, and was
only saved by the skill of the great l;;laklm
Muhammad Khujandi.
During his convalescence the present tale
was brought to him for his amusement,
and, as it was written in very plain language,
he was requested to draw it up in elegant
prose, a task wliich he completed in the
space of a few months, A.H. 726, being then
in his twenty-sixth year. He concludes with
a grateful acknowledgment of the favours
showered upon him by Muhammad Shah,
who for a single Kasidah had given him
sixty thousand Dinars and sixty horses.
The scene of the tale is laid in India. The
BTijas of Ujjain and Kinuauj are the prin-
cipal actors.
Royal 16 B. xii.
Foil. 272; 9^ in. by 5i ; 15 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik ; dated Ardibihisht,
in the year 1039 of Yazdajird (A.D. 1670).
[Tho. Htdb.J
The tales of a parrot, a Persian version by
Ziya'i Nakhshabi, ^,jul*i ^^U^ (see p. 740 b).
Beg. fclft J »_-»\jJ\ jjjj O;^ OUU*
The author says in the preface that some
great personage, whom he docs not name,
had shown him a book containing fifty-two
tales, originally written in the Indian tongue,
and, as the translation was prolix, inelegant,
VOL. U.
and ill-arranged, had requested him to re-
write it in a more attractive form. He adds
that in so doing he has in some instances
substituted new stories for inferior tales.
Tho work was completed, as stated in some
verses at the end, in A.H. 730.
This copy was written by a ParsI, Khwur-
shid B. Isfandiyur, suruamed j);\*^^ for Cap-
tain Aungier, ^^^ JcJ.
The Tii^i Namah has been translated into
English by M. Gerrans, London, 1792, and
its abridgment by Kadirl into German by
C. J. L. Iken, Stuttgart, 1837. The latter
version contains an appendix on Nakhshabl's
work by Kosegarten. See also Pertsch,
Ueber Nachschabi's Papagaienbuch, Zeit-
schrift der D. M. G., vol. xxi. p. 505, and
Benfey, Gottinger Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1858,
p. 629. A Turkish imitation of Nakhshabi's
Tuti Namah has been translated into Ger-
man by Georg Rosen, Leipzig, 1858.
Add. 5627.
Foil. 168 ; 10 in. by 5| ; 17 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, early in tho 18th century.
[Nath. Bbasset Halhed].
The same work, wanting a few lines at the
end.
Add. 6638.
Foil. 469; 9i in. by 5^; 11 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in large Nestalik, about the
beginning of the 18th century.
[J. F. HULL.J
Tho same work, wanting about six leaves
at the end.
Add. 10,589.
Foil. 149 ; 7^ in. by 5f ; 9 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
18th century.
T T
754
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
An abridged version of the TutI Namali,
by Abul-Fazl B. Mubarak, ^J^ ^Ji J-ii)\ ^^
(see p. 247 b).
Beg. jbb ^_pJ'.VI«^ j j^j j ^J^j jjj^ji- (_)-\x-* j^o
This abridgment was written, as stated in
the preface, by order of Akbar. It contains,
like Nakhshabi's version, fifty-two tales.
The preface and the first thirty-five tales
have a Dakhni translation written between
the lines.
Add. 12,401.
Foil. 63; 7f in. by 5^; 12 lines, 3| in.
long ; vsritten in Indian Shikastah, appa-
rently in the 18th century.
[J. Cbawfurd.]
The abridgment of Nakhshabi's Tuti Na-
mah, by Muhammad Kadiri, lSj'^^ s^.
Beg. (^l^«»l »4X*ii^\jjiJc:.^i<oj\-J(j-Ji-(j«i»-j^j.j«>
The author says in a short preamble that,
the style of Nakhshabi being hard and dif-
ficult to be understood, he had found it expe-
dient to put his work into plain and intel-
ligible language. The number of the tales is
reduced from fifty -two to thirty-five.
The thirty-third tale is repeated at the
end, foil. 56 — 63, in another hand.
Kadiri's Tuti Namah has been printed with
an English version in Calcutta, and in Lon-
don, 180L See Kosegarten, Anhang zu
Iken's Tuti Namah, p. 175.
Add. 6964.
Foil. 115 ; 9 in. by 7 ; about 15 lines in
a page; written by the Rev. John Haddon
Hindley on paper water-marked 1806.
Tales extracted from Kadiri's Tuti Namah,
with the English translation transcribed
from the Calcutta edition, and two short
narratives from another source.
Add. 16,864.
Foil. 38; 9 in. by 6; 10 lines, 3f in. long;
written in large Nestalik; dated Ilahabad
Ramazan, A.H. 1194 (A.D. 1780).
[Wm. Yule.]
Another abridgment of the Tales of a
Parrot, in still plainer language than Kadiri's.
Beg. mc'<^ (ji^i- Jo^ fti" \j (^jrf^^>ili';_^U«» J ^9-
It contains only the four following tales :
The merchant's son and the bird sharak.
The goldsmith and the carpenter. The
four companions. The Brahman's son and
his wife.
Add. 16,813.
Foil. 202 : 10 in. by 5f ; 21 lines, 3| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, apparently in
the 16th century. [Wm. Yule.]
A collection of moral anecdotes, in prose
and verse.
Author : Mu'ini ul-Juvaini, ^J>.i^ (./**•
Beg. >^<M.> j^ i_r^jl '^ \) ^^J^ o-^^ J *}-»»■
Maulana Mu'in ud-Din, born in Avah,
near Juvain, died about the close of the
eighth century of the Hijrah. He was a
man of great piety, and a disciple of Shaikh
Sa'd ud-Din HummU'i in Sufism, and of
Fakhr ud-Din Asfara'inl in sciences. See
Ilahi, Oude Catalogue, p. 85, Taki, ib., p. 19,
and Haft Iklim, fol. 322.
After eulogies on the reigning sovereign,
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, and his Vazlr
Ghiya§ ud-Din Muhammad, son of the
celebrated Rashid ud-DIn, the author says
that, Sa'di's Gulistan having been once
praised in an assembly of learned men in his
father's house, he observed that, notwith-
standing its undeniable merit, it had the
drawback of being too well kno\\Ti, and that
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
755
it was time to produce a similar work which
had the charm of novelty, a task which his
father encouraged him to perform. That
design, however, was not carried out until
much later, in A. II. 735. The title was
suggested by the name of a garden near
Kishapur, called Nigriristan, which the author
happened to visit about that time. The
work is dedicated to Mu'lni's spiritual guide,
Sa'd ud-Din Yusuf B. Ibrahim B. Muhammad
ul-Mu'ayyad ul-Humrau*i, a grandson of the
famous Sufi, Sa'd ud-Din Muhammad B. ul-
Mu'ayyad Hummu'i, who died A.H. 650;
see Nafahat, p. 402.
Tlie Nigaristan is divided into seven Bnbs,
with the following headings : —
1- J^^ r^^**
2. cTj'
7. ^/lIa Ai^^ji
See Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 381, Uri, p. 271,
and Melanges Asiatiqucs, vol. iii. p. 732.
Add. 7775.
Foil. 78; 7i in. by 4|; 13 lines, 2 J in.
long; written in Ncstalik, in the IGth
century. [CL J. Ricu.J
A collection of moral anecdoten, in prose
and verse, by Jami (see p. 17 a).
Beg. jUTj ^v ^^j^^ ij» rr
The author wrote it, as stated in the pre-
face, while he was reading Sa'di's Oulistfln
with his son, Ziya ud-I>in Yusuf, and in
imitation of that work. He divided it into
eight Rau^hs, and dedicated it to Sultan
Husain. The date of composition, A. II. 802,
is expressed in the following line at the end:
^y i^j^ *^ r'
•^y ^v
*,1 A^O^ iy*
The Baharistan has been edited, with a Ger-
man translation, by Freiherr von Schlechta
Vssehi-d, Vienna, ISJiG. It has been printed
in Lucknow without date, and, with a Turkish
commentary, in Constantinople, A.H. 1252.
Add. 19,810.
Foil. 170; %\ in. by 4^; 13 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Ncstalik; dated A.H. 062
(A.D. 1584).
The same work, with Turkish glosses on
the first six pages.
Add. 26,287.
FoU. 83 ; 6i in. by 4^ ; 15 lines, 2} in.
long ; written in Ncstalik, apparently in tlie
17th century. [Wm. Erskine.]
The same work.
The last three leaves are supplied by a
later hand.
Add. 10,002.
Foil. 137; 8 in. by 6|; 21 lines, 3 1 in.
long ; written in Ncstalik, apparently in the
17th century.
A Turkish commentary upon the Baha-
ristan, with the text, by Sham*i (see p. 607 a).
Beg. -il-j ^ t^^^^i*- J* jt u-V* J ^^
The work is dedicated to Muhammad
Pasha, Grand Vazir of Sultan Murivd B. Salim
(A.H. 082—1003).
See the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 367,
the Gotha Catalogue, p. 107, and the Munich
Catalogue, p. 62.
Add. 18,579.
Foil. 426 ; Oj in. by 6 ; 10 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Naskhi with a rich 'Unvan,
gold-ruled margins, and thirty-six miniatures
in the best Indian style; dated A.H. 1010
(A.D. 1610); bound in stamped and gilt
leather.
T T 2
756
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
A modernized version of Kalllah and
Dimnah by IJusain B. 'Ali ul-Va iz Kashif i
(see p. 9 b).
Beg. a^ » t .C OU jiU»^^ Je fJ^ cjyi»-
The author states in the preface that, tlie
version of Nasr TJllali (see p. 745 a) being
antiquated and difficult to read, he had
been requested by Nizam. ud-Din Amir
Shaikh Ahmad, called as-Subaili, to re-write
the work in an easy and attractive style.
In so doing he had left out the first two chap-
ters, as irrelevant, and reduced the work to
fourteen.
The above-mentioned Nizam ud-Din Shaikh
Ahmad was a Turkish Amir of the Cha-
ghatai tribe, and a favourite of AbulghazI
Sultan Husain. He received the surname of
Suhaili from his spiritual guide Shaikh Azari,
composed a Persian and a Turkish Divan,
and died A.H. 907, according to Taki, Oude
Catalogue, p. 20, or A.H. 908, as stated in
the Ataskkadah, fol. 8. See also Daulatshah,
viii. 3, and Sam Mirza, fol. 150.
The Anvar i Suhaili has been printed in
Hertford 1805, in Calcutta 1804, 1816, and
repeatedly since. English translations by
E. B. Eastwick and A. N. Wollaston have
been published in 1854 and 1878. See S. de
Sacy, Fables de Bidpai, preface, pp. 42 — 47.
In a note on the fly-leaf Mirza Shir 'Ali
states that this MS., written and illuminated
for Tana Shah (the last king of Golconda),
had been given him on account of pay at the
rate of 500 rupees.
Add. 26,312.
Foil 379; 9^ in. by 6; 17 lines, SJ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India; dated Rajab, A.H. 119S (A.D. 1784.)
[Wm. Erskine.]
The same work.
Add. 26,313.
Foil. 244 ; 10.^ in. by 6| ; 14 lines, 4| in.
long ; written by different hands, apparently
in India, in the 17th century.
[Wm. Eeseine.]^
The same work, slightly imperfect at the
end.
Egerton 1106.
Foil. 356 ; lOf in. by 7f ; 17 lines, 5 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, in the 18th century. [Adam Clarke.]
The same work.
Add. 6636.
Fol. 326 ; 10^ in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in India ; dated
Jumada II., A.H. 1104 (A.D. 1693).
[James Grant.]
The same work, with a table of contents,
foil. 1—6.
Copyist : ij^y.j^ »*^ i^**' t;/^ '^^ ^
Sloane 3248.
Foil. 13 ; 11^ in. by 8 ; 20 lines, h\ in.
long ; written in Naskhi, by Salomon Negri
(see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 335, note c),
about the beginning of the 18th century.
The tale of the hermit and the pimp, from
the Anviir i Suhaili, with the Turkish ver-
sion from the Humayiin Namah.
Add. 4945.
Foil. 217 ; 10 in. by 6^ ; 19 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in neat Nestalik ; dated Zul-
ka'dah, A.H. 1183 (A.D. 1770).
[Claud Russell.]
A modernized version of Kalilah and Dim-
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
767
nah, by Abul-Fazl B. Mubarak, ^^ J-oiJI ^\
ij)j\x» (see p. 247 b).
Beg. J[^^ t^\j^Mj^si~ ^y J Jjl o-U-
It appears, from a very diffuse preface,
tbat the author had been commanded by
Akbar to re-write in plain and easy language
the version of IJusain Vaiz, and that he
restored in his work the preliminary chapters
omitted by the latter, thus bringing up the
total number of chapters to sixteen. The
new version was completed, as stated at the
end, fol. 214 b, in the thirty-tliird year of-
the reign of Akbar, or A.n. 996. See S. de
Sacy, Notices et Extraits, vol. x., pp. 197 —
225, Fables de Bidpai, pp. 47 — 61, and the
Yienna Catalogue, voL iii. p. 286.
Add. 25,832.
Foil. 432 ; 8^ in. by 6^ ; 16 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nashki, apparently early
in the 18th century. [Wm. Ccrxtom.]
The same work.
Or. 477.
Foil. 334 ; 9 in. by 6| ; 16 Unes, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins, and 38 miniatures in Indian style;
dated Rama?.in, A.H. 1217 (A.D. 1803).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same work.
Add. 25,833.
Foil. 97 ; 0 in. by 6i ; 18 lines, 3g in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Bandar
Bharoch (Broach), Jumiida II., A.H. 1195
(A.D. 1781). [Wm. Cureton.]
Mufarrih ul-Kulub, the Persian translation
of the llitopadesa.
Beg. ti 1)(^^ ''-^j'^j* O'^^^ f,jJxM jtai^
iji^ J^'^ »Wj^
Author: Taj (i.e. Taj ud-Dln B.) Mu*in
ud-Din Maliki, ^Ji^ ^J)<ii\ ^JXM _\5.
The translation was made, as stated in a
short preamble, by order of Malik Nasr ud-
Din (in some copies Nasir ud-Din), fief-
holder of Shikk (?) Bihar, J/J\ ^^\ ^iJlU
j\^ jL ^^tJL» ^J).^^J dij^\j^ '-r'y^S > * prince
whose epoch has not been ascertained.
A full account of this version has been
given by 8. de Sacy in " Notices et Extraits,"
vol. X. pp. 226 — 261. Copies are mentioned
in Stewart's Catalogue, p. 83, the Copen-
hagen Catalogue, p. 29, and the Munich
Catalogue, p. 47. A Hindustani translation
entitled AkliLik i Hindi has been published
in Calcutta, 1803. See Qarcin de Tassy,
Littdrature Hindoui, 2nd edition, vol. i.
pp. 188, 609.
Add. 18,408.
Foil. 158; 9i in. by 6^; 17 Unes, 3 in.
long ; written in fair Nestalik ; dated Safar,
A.H. 1087 (A.D. 1676). [Wm. Yulb.]
A oollection of witty sayings and anec-
dotes.
Author: 'Ali B. ul-Husain ul-Vii'iz ul-
Kashifi, called as-Safi, Isicy^ ,^ i^ J*
^'j j^ii^\ JiZ.\^\ (see p. 353 a).
Beg. fc_ii'Jij J ^_^y O^ jjL^ wifiaJ ^^b1 j^ s*i
The author says that after his release
from one year's confinement at Herat, in
A.H. 939, he repaired, under untold hard-
ships, to the hills of Gharjistan. There he
was graciously received by the Sultan Shiih-
Muhammad, for whose diversion he com-
pleted the present work, which he had pre-
viously compiled. It is divided into fourteen
Babs, according to the persons, or classes of
men, to which the anecdotes relate, as fol-
758
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
lows: 1. Muhammad. 2. The Imams. 3.
Kings. 4. Amirs, royal favourites, and
Vazlrs. 5. Men of letters, secretaries, etc.
6. Arabs of the desert, elegant speakers, etc.
7. Shaikhs, *Ulama, Kazis, etc. 8. Philo-
sophers and physicians. 9. Poets. 10. Wags.
11. Misers, gluttons, and parasites. 12.
Covetous men, thieves, beggars, etc. 13.
Children and slaves. 14. Simpletons, liars,
and impostors.
This copy was corrected, as stated at the
end, for Major Yule, by Sayyid Muhammad
Navaz of Dchli.
The same work is mentioned under the
title of t_i?.yai\ v_a^.lk! in Stewart's Cata-
logue, p. 26, and Biblioth. Sprenger., No.
1G35.
Add. 8915.
Fol. 206 ; 10 in. by 7^ ; 15 lines, 4i in.
long; written in cursive Indian Nestalik ;
dated Sha'ban, A.H. 1233 (A.D. 1818).
The same work.
Or. 239.
Foil. 428; 11^ in. by 7f ; 21 lines, 4| in.
long; Avritten in fair Nestalik, with *Unvan
and gold-ruled margins; dated Sha'ban,
A.H. 1079 (A.D. 1668).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
^Ur^^ cu:^j
A vast collection of anecdotes and stories,
containing also historical, geographical, and
other miscellaneous notices.
Author: Majd ud-D!n Muhammad ul-
Hasani, surnamed Majdi, .i-»_s£° ^^>)\ ^^
Beg. j^s? U j.v>- J t_^--i-^< U t/U-J
The author lived in Persia under Shah
Abbas I. The predilection and minuteness
with which he speaks of Kashan make it
probable that it was his native place. He
states in the preface tliat he had begun to
arrange his long collected materials at the
instance of some friends in A.H. 1004
(Or. 238, fol. 1 b). He enumerates the fol-,
lowing works as his principal sources: Jami'
ul-Hikayat by Muhammad 'AufI, Nuzhat ul-
Kulfib, Hablb us-Siyar, Rauzat us-Safa,
Kashb ul-Ghummah by 'Ali B. 'Isa (Haj.
Khal. vol. V. p. 211), Tarikh Abu Hanifah
Dinavari, Ibn Khallikan, Bahjat ul-Mabr.hij
by Hasan B. Husain Sabzavarl, Nigaristan
by Ghaffari, 'Aja'ib ul-Makhlukat, al-Faraj
ba'dash-Sliiddah, Tarikh i Yafi'i, and Tiirikh i
Hafiz Abjfi.
While following the general arrangement
of the Jami' ul-Hikayat (see p. 749 b), the
author has adopted a division of his own.
The work consists of nine parts (Juz), each
of which is divided into ten chapters (Fasl),
as follows : —
Juz I. 1. Knowledge of God, fol. 2 a. 2.
Miracles of the prophets, fol. 3 b. 3. Super-
natural powers of the saints, fol. 8 a. 4,
Early kings of Persia, fol. 18 a. 5. Khalifs,
fol. 42 b. 6. Muslim kings contemporary with
the Abbasides, fol. 85 a. 7. Anecdotes on
justice, fol. 105 a. 8. Traits of the life and
manners of kings, fol. 112 a. 9. Witty say-
ings of the great, fol. 116 b. 10. Instances
of sagacity in kings, fol. 119 a.
Juz II. 1. Instances of the divine guidance
of kings and their ordinances, fol. 122 a. 2.
Cunning devices, fol. 124 a. 3. Penetration,
fol. 134 a. 4. Stratagems, fol. 142 b. 5.
Skill of Vazirs, fol. 153 a. 6. Advice of
sages to kings, fol. 158 b. 7. Pithy answers,
fol. 161 a. 8. Remarkable judgments, fol.
167 a. 9. Anecdotes of secretaries, fol. 171 b.
10. Anecdotes of royal favourites, fol. 176 b.
Juz III. Anecdotes of physicians, fol.
181 a, astrologers, fol. 183 b, poets, fol.
186 a, singers, fol. 189 a, wits, fol. 190 b,
interpreters of dreams, fol. 195 a. Anecdotes
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
759
illustrating modesty, fol. 199 a, humility,
fol, 200 a, clemency, fol. 202 a, mag-
nanimity, fol. 206 b.
Juz IV. Anecdotes illustrating urbanity,
fol. 208 b, compassion, fol. 210 6, trust in
God, fol. 212 a, munificence, fol. 213 b,
hospitality, fol. 217 b, valour, fol. 220 b,
patience, fol. 223 b, gratitude, fol. 224 b,
piety, and caution, fol. 227 a.
Juz V. Anecdotes relating to diligence,
silence, good faith, peace-making, secresy,
probity, good temper, firmness of purpose,
the taking of advice, and the diversity of
men's dispositions, fol. 230 b.
Juz VL Anecdotes on envy, greed, and
cupidity ; anecdotes of knaves, and beggars ;
stories relating to falsehood, oppression,
avarice, bad faith, and foolishness, fol. 251 b.
Juz VII. Anecdotes on harshness, mean-
ness, prodigality, treachery, incontinence,
ingratitude, slander, rashness, on vile men,
and on pious women, fol. 269 b.
Juz YIII. Service of kings; hope and
fear; efficacy of prayer; curious auguries;
deliverance from distress ; escapes from
brigands, from wild beasts, from the pangs
of love, from the whirlpool of ruin; won-
derful strokes of destiny, fol. 290 b.
Juz IX. 1. On human monstrosities and
longevity, fol. 319 a. '2. Geographical sketch
of the world, and of Persia in particular,
fol. 321 a. 3. Remarkable buildings, fol.
35i a (including an account of the seas
which should form part of the preceding
chapter, foil. 355 b — 358 a). 4. Talismans
and wonders of the world, fol. 360 a. 6 — 7.
Properties of domestic and wild animals, fol.
365 a, of beasts of prey, foL 377 a, and
of birds, fol. 379 a. 8. Jokes and pleasantries,
fol. 379 a. 9. History of the Moghuls, i. e.
Chingiz Khan and his successors, with the
Chup.tni, Ilkani, MuzafTari, Kurt and Sar-
badar dynasties, fol. 388 a, Timur and his
Buooessors in Iran, the Kara Kuyunlus, Ak-
j^uyunlus, and the Uzbak Khans, down to
the accession of Abdul-Latif Khiin, in A.H.
947, fol. 405 a. 10. History of the Safavis,
fol. 421 a. The last section contains a
sketch of the reign of Shi'ih Ismfi^il. In con-
clusion, the author, after a short reference to
the accession of Shah Tahraasp and two of
his victories, announces his intention of
devoting a separate work to the history of
that Shali's reign.
The present copy wants a leaf which con-
tained the greater part of the preface. One
leaf or more, which followed fol. 426 and
concluded the account of Sh&h Ismil'll's
reign, is also lost.
The Zinat ul-Majalis has been printed in
Teheran, A.H, 1270. A few extracts are
given in Elliot's History of India, vol. ii.
p. 606. See also Barbier de Meynard, Diction-
naire Gt'ographique, preface, p. 20, Sir Wm.
Ouseley's Travels, vol. i. p. 19, and Melanges
Asiatiques, vol. iii. p. 679, vol. v. pp. 246,
619.
Or. 238.
Foil. 303 ; 13i in. by 8^ ; 23 lines, 5^ in.
long; written in small Nestalik, apparently
In the 18th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same work.
This copy wants the latter portion of Fasl
6, Juz i. (Or. 239, foil. 101—4), and Fasls 9
and 10 of Juz ii. (Or. 239, foil. 405—428).
Or. 237.
Foil. 320; lOi in. by 0|; 21 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in fair Xestalik, with ruled
margins, apparently in the 16th or begin-
ning of the 17th century.
[GiBO. Wm. Hamilton.]
A collection of tales.
Author: Muhammad Kftzim B. Mirak
Husain MuzafTari Sajavandi, poetically sur-
namcd ^ubbi, ^J^ \jir-»- ^j*:* nji (^^ >*-^
760
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
Beg. ^)j J^"^^ J-5^_;.^
The author says in a short preamble that
he was seventy years of age when he com-
piled these rare and wonderful tales, cJ^^
t_*i;P J t_f^i^ . They are stories which he
had heard told in the assemblies of the
great, and which he had written down in
correct and elegant language.
The tales, which are mostly of considerable
extent, are partly taken from the Arabian
Nights. They are the following : —
Decianus and the seven sleepers, fol. 3 6.
Mansur the jeweller, and Yusuf the barber,
fol. 24 h. Mihr u Mah, fol. 56 a. Sa'd B.
Masud, the jeweller of Isfahan, fol. 89 h.
Dallah, the wily woman, fol. 104 a. The
Arab, his wife Uriyali, and his brother, fol.
117 h. The prince, his parents, and the
questions of the princess of China, fol. 130 5.
The wife of the builder, and the Vazirs of
the king, fol. 140 h. Prince Shahanshah,
who became knowp. as Gul-Baghban, fol.
156 a. Shirzad, and how the daughter of
the king of Kabul fell in love with him, fol.
166 a. Solomon's debate with the Simurgh
on predestination, fol. 176 6. Prince Zain
ul-Ihtisham, the king of the Jinns, and the
slave Mubarak, fol. 187 a. Salim the
jeweller, and Hajjaj B. Yusuf, fol. 198 h.
The three brothers, and how Harun ur-
Rashid enquired into their history, fol. 208 a.
Eizvanshah and the daughter of the king of
the Paris, fol. 217 a. Pazl Ullah of Mausil
and his falling in love with the daughter of
the Ea'Is Muaffak, fol. 226 a. Harun ur-
Eashld, Fazl Ullah B. Eabi*, and Abul-
Kasim BasrI, fol, 235 a. Khwajah AflFan,
the son who was born to him in his absence,
and Khwajah 'tJriya, fol. 244 a. The king
of Balkh and his dispute with his VazTr
about a man without sorrow, fol. 252 a.
The remaining portion of the volume con-
tains tales which gradually decrease in
length. The last, relating to a white snake
which was saved from death by a king, and
turned out to be a king of the Paris, breaks
off at the end of the first page.
A modern table of contents occupies two
leaves at the beginning.
Add. 7095.
Foil. 167; 9| in. by 5^; 20 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Zulka'dah,
the 45th year of the reign (of Aurangzlb,
*. e. A.H. 1112, A.D. 1701). [J. H. Hindley.J
The romance of Amir Hamzah, sj.»9- ^a*^ h^
Beg. eS \j f}'^^'i j< jyoj^ \3 t^U5 jj^y o-»9-
Hamzah, who was a son of Abd ul-Mut-
talib, and consequently an uncle of Muham-
mad, is here converted into an imaginary
hero of romance. The narrative deals at
great length with his adventures at the court
of Nushirvan, his wooing of that king's
daughter, Mihrnigar, and his valiant deeds
on various expeditions against the giant king
of Serendib, the Kaisar of Eum, the 'Aziz of
Egypt, etc.
This volume is divided into twelve sec-
tions called jU**.^, each of which is headed by
some verses. The narrative concludes with
Hamzah's expedition to the mountain Kaf,
and his subsequent meeting with Mihrnigar
in Tanger.
In the subscription the work is designated
as »}^^ jU«»^, and ascribed to Shah-Nasir ud-
Din Muhammad, a^s? ^^.J1j>oU sl^
The contents correspond with the first
twenty-eight Dastans, or about the first half,
of the next-following MS., Add. 7054, foil.
1—155.
Copies are mentioned in Fleischer's Dres-
den Catalogue, where the work is ascribed
to Abul-Ma'ali, in the Munich Catalogue,
p. 55, the Ouseley Collection, No. 430, Biblio-
theca Sprenger., No. 1628, and a Turkish
FABLES, TALES. AND ANECDOTES.
761
version is noticed in the Vienna Catalogue,
vol. ii. p. 29.
The Ddstdn i Amir Hamzah has been
lithographed in the press of Navalkishor.
An enlarged version called »j.,^j^ (see
further on, Add. 24,418) has been printed in
seven volumes, Teheran, A.H. 1274.
Ashk, the author of a Hindustani version
of the Kissah i i\jnir Hamzah, attributes the
original to Mulla Jalal Balkhi. See Garcin
de Tassj, Hist, de la Litt. Hind., 2nd ed.,
voL i. p. 236.
Add. 7054.
FoU. 300; 94 in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 3} in.
long; written in Nestalik ; dated Jumudd II,
A.H. 1188 (A.D. 1774.) [J. H. Hindlbt.]
The same romance.
Beg. j^ ^::jj.a»' <uJ tCjt\^ . . . 4II A , <'
With regard to the incidents and their
arrangement this version agrees substantially
with the preceding; but it is written in
much pkiner and more familiar style. It is
divided into seventy-one short sections, called
Dastan, and closes with the death of the
hero, treacherously slain by the mother of
Pur i Hind.
In the subscription the work is called
#^ yji^Yi\ jy*\ mU ciX:», and is ascribed to
^amzah's brother, ^azrat Abbus, who, in the
preamble, is stated to have written down from
time to time a record of the high deeds of
^amzah. Sixteen additional leaves contain
a table of chapters written in Persian and
English by the Rev. J. H. Hindley.
Egerton 1017.
FoU. 266 ; 12 in. by 1\ \ 13 Unes, 6J in.
long ; written in large Nestalik, apparently
in India, early in the 18th century.
A version similar to the preceding, and
divided in like manner.
VOL. u.
The volume is imperfect at both ends.
It begins, fol. 3 o, in the middle of Dastan 8,
treating of the fight of Hamzah with Sa'd
B. Ma'di Karib and his brothers (Add. 7054,
fol. 36 6), and breaks off, fol. 261 J, in the
middle of Dastan 68, in which is related the
slaying by ^amzah of the giant king of
Nayistan (Add. 7054, fol. 289 6, Dastan 66).
A false beginning and end have been added
by a later hand.
Or. 1392.
FoU. 317; 8| in. by 7 ; 14 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
Chinapatan (Madras), Safar, A.H. 1214
(A.D. 1799).
Another version of the same romance,
divided into eighty-two Dastans.
\j y}\J^ Via; •►^y-yjj ^\ ^ ^
Although having some leading features
in common with the preceding versions, it
differs from them very considerably in the
succession, relative proportions, and par-
ticulars of the adventures, as well as in
language.
Add. 24,418.
Foil. 330 ; 15i in. by 8| ; 30 lines, 6^ in.
long; written in small Shikastah-umiz, pro-
bably in India, early in the 18th century.
[Sir John Malcolm.]
An enlarged version of the same romance.
The narrative follows the same general
course as in the preceding versions, but
a great number of new personages and
incidents is introduced. Hamzah is uni-
formly called Amir Sahib Kiran, "the
Amir of the fortunate conjunction," and the
title of Siihib Kiran is also given to two of
his companions, born on the same day as
himself, who both play a conspicuous part
in this version, namely Mukbii, son of Khair,
u u
762
PABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
a slave of 'Abd ul-Muttalib, and 'Umar, son
of Umayyah, the camel- driver.
The work is divided into a great many-
sections called Dastan, but not numbered.
The present copy, which is imperfect at both
ends, begins with an account of the misdeeds
of Arghash, Vazir of Kaikubad, who is finally
put to death, and replaced by Buzurjmihr.
The next following rubric is : Jiib jJy Jl»
In the last section, Hamzah, having alighted
in Chihil Manar, at forty farsangs from
Kban-Baligh, the capital of Khata, sends
MrJik Azhdar as ambassador to King Salsal.
The rubric is partly lost :
j^l^* L-'S-Uj j;^\ j^l3U«*y
The language of this huge composition
is quite modern, and shows an admixture
of Indian words and phrases.
On the fly-leaf is written j^-*, (-->\_i_&»
sici «j^
Add. 8917.
Foil. 224 ; 8| in. by 5 ; 11 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan,
ruled margins, and eighteen miniatures in
Indian style, probably about the end of the
17th century.
The Tale of the four Darvishes.
Beg. ^^J^ J^^ J j\5T y^i>•U _, J^\ ^^\jj\j
This story, which has become chiefly
known through the Hindustani translation
entitled Biigh o Bahar, comprises four tales,
in the following order : — Story of the first
Darvish, fol. 7. Story of the second Darvish
(the third in Bagh o Bahar), fol. 60. Story
of the King, or the dog-worshipping mer-
chant, fol. 89. Story of the third Darvish
(the second in Biigh o Bahar), fol. 159.
Story of the fourth Darvish, fol. 192.
The work is popularly ascribed to Amir
Khusrau Dihlavl. A Kissah i Char Darvish
in prose is mentioned by Mushafi, fol. 6,
among the works of Anjab (see p. 711 a).
Sir Wm. Ouseley in his Catalogue, No. 417,
names Muhammad 'AH Ma'sum as the author
of the tale.
Add. 7677.
PoU. 107 ; 9i in. by 6J ; 19 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, early in the 18th
century. [CI. J. Rich.]
The same work. The text differs slightly
from the preceding, but the arrangement is
the same. The five stories begin respectively
at foil. 4 b, 24 6, 46 a, 86 a, 104 a. The
MS. breaks off in the middle of the fifth
story.
Add. 5632.
EoU. 106 ; 8^ in. by 5^ ; 13 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, apparently
early in the 18th century.
[N. Beassey Halhed.]
Another version of the same tale. It is
written in a more florid style than the pre-
ceding, and is copiously interspersed with
verses. It differs also in its arrangement,
which is as follows : — Tale of the first Dar-
vish, fol. 4 b. Tale of the second Darvish,
fol. 22 a. Tale of the third Darvish, fol. 40 b.
Tale of the King, fol. 60 b. Tale of the
tourth Darvish, fol. 90 b.
Add. 6597.
EoU. 78 ; 10| in. by 7 ; 17 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Jumada II.,
A.H. 1196 (A.D. 1782). [J^mes Grant.]
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
763
The thirty-two tales of the throne.
Beg. i\^U ^J\M J JUXJ\ LiiU o^ ^ j^
It is stated in the preface that the work
had first been translated from the Hindu
(t/jjj*) original into Persian by Chaturbhuj
B. Mihirchand Kayat, of Sonpat, ^^ -^^ ^
fcl** j^y- j^ jd ^j;i\-« i^*i}i ^^fft "^ ^^^ ^^^
of Akbar, and subsequently by Bharlmal
B. Rajmal Khatri, during the reign of
Jahangir. The present version, written
tinder Shahjahiin, is described as an amalga-
mation of the two previous translations.
The author is called ^y-^ w?^- ^^* ^
another and later version. Add. 5652, fol.
139 b, his name is written as follows :
»^% ij-'jji> ^j>\ i/Vt_*-J, " Bisbarai, son
of Ilarigarb-daB Kayath, of Kinnauj."
A Persian translation in prose and verse
was written by 'Abd ul-Kadir Bada'uni by
order of Akbar, and with the assistance of
a learned Brahman, in A. II. 982, the title
\jj\ i^ conveying the date of composition.
A revised edition was prepared by the same
writer A.U. 1003. See Muntakhab ut-Tava-
rikh, vol. i. p. 67, and Elliot's History of
India, vol. v. p. 613. A Persian version by
Chand, son of Madhurdm, is noticed in the
Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 29, and another
entitled Gul Aiishan, is mentioned in the
Khula^at ut-Tavarikh (supra, p. 230 a).
For an account of the Sanskrit original
and Hindustani versions, see the Journal
Asiatique for 1845, vol. ii., p. 278, and Garcin
de Tassy, Litt4^ture Hindoui, 2ndcd., vol. ii.
p. 233. A French translation from the
Persian has been published by Baron Lea-
callier, New York, 1817.
Add. 5652.
Foil. I<t0 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 13 lines, 3i in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
latter half of the 18th century.
[N. Brassey Halhed.]
\^% ^^
Another version of the same tale.
Author : Kishandas Basdev, of the Subah
of Lahore, j^"^ tjyo ^Jlo^ y.'^^V (_)i»^jJ-1>
Beg. vs.,.^ r^!r^ jJj^x*- tV.*^
tji -^"^ ^Ji<^^ v^U ^J)} i3^ U
It is a revised edition of the preceding
version, written for the editor's patron, Amir
ul-TJmara Jar-UUah, in the reign of Aurang-
zib. At the end is an account of previous
translators, in which the first is called
j>x»- j«M> fj>\ (_}i*^J —^p»; and the second
J"*^!; d'- J*1)V^' The version of Bisbarai
B. Uarigarb Das is stated to have been
written in the 25th year of Shahjahan, ». e.
A.H. 1061-2.
Add. 5653.
Foil. 30 ; \\\ in. by 1\ ; 15 lines, about
6 in. long ; written in a cursive Indian
character; dated Calcutta, Rabi' I., iu the
26th year (of Shah 'Alam, A.H. 1198,
AX). 1784). [N. Bbasset Halhed.]
An abridged version of the same tale,
without translator's name.
Beg. ^lyj ,/j» (>s.»-j;i\ oy^^ »-*iJj^ i\(j.i
Add. 5623.
Foil. 132 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 16 lines, Z\ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in Bengal ; dated
A.H. 1188 (A.D. 1774).
[N. Bbasset Halhed,]
The story of Kamrup and Kfimlata (see
p. 697 a).
u u 2
764
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
Beg. ^\;^}, j^\:->b j Jo\ ^\^ ^^\j^j>, ^^
In the subscription this version is ascribed
to the " talented poet Muhammad Kazim,"
^% s^ j>^ js\Zt. A poet of that name
lived at the court of *Abd Ullah Kutubshah.
See above, p. 683 b.
An English translation by W. EranMin,
entitled " the loves of Camarupa and
Camalatii," has been published in London,
1793. Eor other copies, see Stewart's Cata-
logue, p. 85, the Mackenzie Collection,
vol. ii. p. 138, and Bibliotheca Sprenger.,
No. 1630.
Add. 6965.
Poll. 328; 9 in. by 7; about 15 lines,
3 in. long; written by the Rev. John Haddon
Hindley, on paper water-marked 1812.
The same version, copied from a MS.
dated Ramazan, A.H. 1150, with a transcript
of Franklin's English translation.
Add. 18,805.
Foil. 572 ; 12f in. by 8|; 11 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in large Nestalik ; dated Cal-
cutta, Rajab, A.H. 1186 (A.D. 1771).
The story of Hatim Ta'I, ^J^ J[»- 's^,
or, as it is called in the subscription, " story
of the seven journeys of IJatim," tl/fl* «-aJ>
Beg. c^.\,^ ^^ jbi ^-m- J }J>-\ j^bj^
The text has been edited by G. J. Atkinson,
Calcutta, 1818, and an English translation
by Dr. D. Forbes has been published in
London, 1828. See the Copenhagen Cata-
logue, p. 33, and the Munich Catalogue,
p. 55.
Egerton 1018.
Foil. 148 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, in the 17th century.
I. Fol. 1. tii^^ i_ii-» *«-fl5, the story of
Saif ul-Muluk, and Badi" ut-Jamal, a tale
from the Arabian Nights.
Beg. fti" Si\ ■6:>j^\ lyiJ^ j^^ ^^!i>>S\3j jlji-\ ^\>_j\j
iJ9'^ uUaJu«» C-Jji |»V.^J^
This version begins with a fanciful intro-
duction : Hasan Mimandi, the VazTr of Sultan
Mahmud, sets out from Ghaznah in quest of
amusing tales to entertain his sovereign,
and finds the story of Saif ul-Muluk in a
book called Ruh-afza, kept in the treasury of
the king of Damascus.
See the Vienna Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 27.
II. Fol, 84. jjy-a ^ J^ **-a5, the story of
Gul and Sanaubar.
Hindustani versions of the same tale are
mentioned by Garcin de Tassy, Litt. Hind.,
2nd ed., vol. i. p. 157.
III. Fol. 112. yOA jU.iib J y^ }j> **^,
the story of the king of Egypt, his son Azad-
bakht, and a maiden called Hazar-Gisu.
Beg. ^ e^.^jjj io^J^'^ w^^ J j^^ u^jIj
Harl. 502.
Foil. 35 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 14 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in Nestalik, about the close of the
17th century.
An abridged version of the tale of Saif ul-
Muluk, imperfect at the end.
Beg. ^_^U.>jb j,a>t j^ jii iS j6^ s^jT ^^JU^^'
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
765
Add. 25,836.
FoU. 44 ; 9J in. by 6 ; 17 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Ramaziia, the 2Uh year of Muhammad Shah
(A.H. 1154, A.D. 1741). [Wu. Cukbton.]
Another version of the same tale.
Beg. J^jJ-> j' •^ •><*' *>ij3^ Oi\L»-
y^3
Add. 15,099.
FoU. 174 ; 10 in. by 6 ; 10 linee, 4| in.'
long ; written in la^e Nestalik, with TJnvan,
ruled margins, and six miniatures in Indian
style, apparently about the close of the 17th
century.
The story of Mihr, son of Khavar Shah,
and the princess Mah.
Beg. yUx^ 3 jlJT ^^-U J }J.\ ^^\
See the analysis of this tale in Garcin de
Tassy's nist. de la Litterature Hindoui, Ist
ed., vol. ii. p. 560, and the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 410.
Add. 16,867.
FoU. 115 ; lOi in. by 6i ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated
Fanipat, the 2nd year of Ahmad Shah
Durrani, A.H. 1174 (A.D. 1769-60).
[Wm. Yulb.]
L Fol. 3. >U j^ «UA», another version of
the same tale.
Beg. ^jij yih ji t^ ^J^J^J^
II. Fol. 69. s^^\ iJL- *-.;, the story of
Saif ul-Muluk and Badi' ul-Jamal, differing
from the version above mentioned, p. 764 b.
Beg.
III.
Fol. 103. f,\J)i^j J\i ^J,oU» »li» •«-»;,
the story of Shah HumayQn Fal and Dilaram.
Beg. c^\jj ^^ j\v-l ^^U J j\J>'\ j^bjlj
t«
Add. 18,409.
Foil. 363; 8J in. by 6 ; 17 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Ramazan,
A.H. 1146 (A.D. 1734). [Wm. Yule.]
Bah&r i Danish, the romance of Jahandar
Sul^ and Bahravar Banu, a story which
serves as a frame for the insertion of many
other tales.
Author : Shaikh 'Inayat Ullah, ij:*>Uc aJL
illl (see p. 263 a). According to a chrono-
logical table. Add. 6688, fol. 12. he died on
the 19th of Jumada I., A.H. 1088.
Beg. *^j^\j cr^y^ (_^\lajL>« t_^\i_^ *tJ^
The preface is by the author's younger
brother and pupil, Salih, who states that the
work was completed in A.H. 1061. It is
followed by an introduction, in which 'Inayat
Tlllah says that the talc is not his own in-
vention. He professes to have merely given
a Persian garb to a story which he had
heard in the Indian tongue from the lips of
a youthful Brahman.
The work has been printed in Calcutta,
1809 and 1836 in Dehli, 1849, in Lucknow,
without (late, and in Bombay, A.H. 1877. It
has been translated into English by Alexander
Dow, London, 1768, and by Jonathan Scott,
Shrewsbury, 1799 ; lastly from the latter
version into German by A. T. Hartman, Leip-
zig, 1802. Copies are noticed in Stewart's
766
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
Catalogue, p. 84, the Copenhagen Catalogue,
p. 32, and the Munich Catalogue, p. 54.
Add. 25,840.
Foil. 271 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 19 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in cursive Indian Shikastah-
amlz, apparently in the 17th century.
[Wm. Cureton.]
The same work, slightly imperfect at the
end.
Add. 7674.
Foil. 276 ; 9 in. by 4i; 19 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, apparently
about the close of the 17th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The same work, wanting the last page.
Egerton 1019.
Foil. 269 ; 8i in. by 5| ; 15 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with 'Unvan and
ruled margins, probably about the close of
the 17th century.
The same work, wanting about six leaves
after fol. 2.
Add. 6152 and 6153.
Two uniform volumes ; foil. 227 and 221 ;
8| in. by 5J ; 13 lines, 3f in. long ; written
in Indian Nestalik, in the first half of the
18th century.
The same work.
This copy belonged to Jonathan Scott,
who made use of it for his translation. An
abstract of the contents, written by himself,
occupies the fly-leaves at beginning and end
of each volume.
Add. 26,314.
FoU. 308; 9^ in. by 6; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Khujistah-
Bunyad, Rabi' I., in the 13th year of Mu-
hammad Shah (A.H. 1143, A.D. 1730).
[Wm. Eeskine.]
The same work.
Copyist : Jl^ ^ j3j (j,«
x^
Add. 6640.
FoU. 292 ; 10^ in. by 6 ; 17 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently early
in the 18th century. [J. F. Hull.]
The same work.
Add. 5564.
FoU. 144 ; 11^ in. by 7^ ; 23 lines, 5f in.
long; written in Nestalik for Capt. John
Burdett ; dated 'Azimabad, Muharram, A.H.
1185 (A.D. 1771).
The same work.
Add. 5607.
Foil. 324 ; 11^ in. by 8 ; 15 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
Zulhijjah, A.H. 1188 (A.D. 1775).
[N. Bbassey Halhed.]
The same work.
Copyist: ^^^'^J J^ ,_^^ '^
Add. 6639.
Foil. 238 ; 10^ in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Eabi' II.,
A.H. 1190 (A.D. 1776). [J. F. Hull.]
The same work.
Add. 6968-6997.
Thirty volumes, 7| in. by 6^, with an
average of 90 foil, per volume, and 12 lines
in a page; written on one side only of a
paper water-marked 1806, by the Rev. John
Haddon Hindley.
The same work, with a transcript of
Jonathan Scott's translation.
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
767
Or. 242.
FoU. 87 ; 8| in. by 4J ; 11 lines, 3i in,
written in Nestalik, on tinted and
gold-sprinkled paper, with *Unvan and gold-
ruled margins, apparently about the close of
the 17th century. [Geo. Wm. Hamilion.J
long;
3b
r>*
A collection of fables and anecdotes, in
prose mixed with verses.
Author : Bahram, son of 'Ali-Mardan
Bahadur Tugh Arslan Khan, ^^^^J*^s■ jJj X^
Beg. si^\ ^\ »^ ^^ ^ J^ U\ ^\
The preface, which is imperfect, contains
a eulogy upon Aurangzib as the reigning
sovereign. The author, who calls himself
the humble Bahram, ^Lj W j^j^ , and claims
an Uzbak origin, concludes most of his nar-
ratives with a moral or religious application
conceived in true Sufi spirit, in the form of
an allocution to the ^'man of understanding"
^ll?W. Several of his anecdotes relate to
Indian saints.
A notable portion of the work, foil. 52 — 74,
is devoted to a record of some episodes in
the warlike career of 'Ali Mardun Bahadur,
who is described as the most gallant cham-
pion in the service of Akbar, and especially
of the prowess he displayed in taking posses-
sion of the estate of Bundi, in Rajputiinah,
a Jagir assigned to him by the emperor.
Several Hindi couplets composed in his praise
by the poet Gang are quoted. Although
the hero of these adventures bears the name
which the author gives to his own father,
nothing is there said as to any relationship
between them.
*All ^fardan Bahadur, who served under
Akbar and Jahangir, from A.II. 984 to his
death, distinguished himself especially in the
Deccan wars. He fell severely wounded
long;
into the hands of Malik 'Anbar, A.H. 1021,
and died two days later. See Ma'a^ir ul-
Umara, fol. 377, and Blochmann, Ain i Ak-
bari, p. 496.
Add. 25,839.
FoU. 100; 10| in. by 5J ; 15 lines, 4 in.
written in cursive Neslalik; dated
Bhfipavar (territory of Gualior), Ramaziin,
A.H. 1243, A.D. 1828. [Wm. Cureton.]
Stories of wonderful escapes.
Author: Kliwajah Eajkam, ^;x/^^J ♦•■^ji-
The work, which has no preface, contains
six tales, written in a florid style, and enti-
tled i^S^, the scene of which is laid in
India. The date of composition, A.H. 1100,
is expressed by several versified chronograms
at the end, where the author is described as
an inhabitant of Ruhtak (Thornton's Roh-
tuk, forty-two miles north-west of Dehli).
The MS. was written by Mirza Gaidar 'Ali
Beg for Doctor J. Gibson.
Add. 7619.
Foil. 342 ; 12 in. by 7i ; 26 lines, 5 in.
long; written in Naskhl; dated Jumada L,
A.U. 1215 (A.D. 1800). [CI. J. RiCH.j
A collection of moral tales and anecdotes.
Author: Barkhwurdar B. Mahmud Turk-
man Farah), poetically surnamed Mumtfiz,
Jl^ u*l^ c^y J^J '>r^ ^J'j'^i^y-
Beg. ,j^^\y vi^^^ J J^ ^\
The author does not give the date of com-
position ; but he mentions as his contem-
poraries two Amirs, Safi Kuli Khun and As-
ian Khan, who lived in the reign of Shah
Sultan yusain, A.H. 1105—1136. See Zinat
768
TABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
ut-Tavarikh, foil. 691, 693, and Malcolm's
History of Persia, vol. i. p. 614.
In a diffuse preface, written in a stilted
and ambitious style, lie gives an account of
his life and of the origin of the work, from
which the following particulars may be
gathered. He left in early life his native
place, Eardh, for Marv Shiihijan, where he
entered the service of the governor, Asian
Khan. Two years later he proceeded to Is-
pahan, and became MunshI to Hasan Kuli
Khan Shamlu, then filling the oifice of Kur-
chi Bashi. There he heard in some assembly
a delightful tale, which he was requested by
a friend to adorn with the flowers of his
rhetoric, and which he consequently wrote
down im^der the title of Ljj j Uc^ ei^.l^.
As he added to it in course of time a num-
ber of other stories, the work swoll into a
large collection, containing no less than four
hundred tales, divided into an introduc-
tion, eight Babs, and a conclusion, to which
he gave the name of \j\ Ji^.
Some time later the author returned to
Earah, from whence, after some stay in Herat
and in Mashhad, he betook himself to the
district of Darun and Khabushan, and there
remained three years in the service of Minu-
chihr Khan B. Karchaghfii L?-*ry Khan.
This Amir had been appointed governor of
the province in order to check the inroads of
the Chemishkazak, uiJjiLl^, a savage and
predatory tribe, on which the author heaps
every term of abuse. He then relates how
in one of those raids all his goods were plun-
dered, and among these the precious MS. of
the Mahfil-ara, on which he had bestowed so
many years of labour. All attempts to re-
cover it having failed, the author, in order to
assuage his grief, and to comply with the
entreaties of a friend, wrote down again such
portions as he had retained in his memory.
Hence the present work, wliich is divided,
according to the preface, into an introduc-
tion, five Babs, and a Khatimah. That divi-
sion, however, is not thoroughly carried out
in either of our two copies.
It is written in florid prose, freely inter-
spersed with verses, mostly of the author's
own composition. The arrangement is^
systematic, the tales being grouped under
the moral maxims, or rules of life, which
they are intended to illustrate.
On the first page of the present copy is
foimd the title U_?jj Ijp, L-^Ui". It does not
properly apply to the whole work, for it
belongs, as above stated, to the first tale
written by the author, which forms the Khati-
mah of the present collection, foU. 289 — 342.
The Mahbub ul-Kulub has been printed in
Bombay, A.H. 1268.
Or. 1370.
EoU. 450; 12 in. by 7|; 21 lines, 4| in.
long; written in Shikastah-amiz, with two
'Unvans, gold-ruled margins, and fifty-five
miniatures in Persian style ; dated Zulka*dah,
A.H. 1220 (A.D. 1806).
[Sir Chas. Alex. Murray.]
The same work.
Copyist : ^.s^j j.^ \jji^
Add. 8918.
EoU. 288 ; 8^ in. by 5 ; 14 lines, 3§ in.
long; written in Nestalik, for Capt. Geo.
Burnes ; dated Kabi' II., A.H. 1217 (August,
A.D. 1802).
LT^ ^
The love-story of Rrd Ratan Sen, of Chitaur,
and Padmavat, daughter of Gandharb Sen.
Author: Lachhmi-Ram, of Ibrahimabad
(district of Ghazipur), w-ai' ij^^ ^]j ^j^
lib! f^f>]j>\
Beg. jyeLS^ ^ i^** 3 Ji^^ ^J '^\'^- j9i^
It appears from the preface that this prose
version is founded on the poem of 'Akil
FABLES, TALES, AXD ANECDOTES.
769
Khan EazI (see p. 699 a), entitled «j'jyj j «-»i
(see the Oude Catalogue, p. 123).
The well-known tale of Saif ul-Muluk and
Badi' ul-Jamal is inserted, foil. 109 — 220, as
told by one of the actors in the main story.
On the Hindi versions of the tale of Pad-
mavat by Jatmal and Jaisi, see Garcin de
Tassy, Litt^^r. Uind., second edition, vol. ii.
pp. 67, 86, and Pavie, Journal Asiatique for
1856.
Add. 8916.
FoU. 119; 8 in. by ^•, 15 Unes, 34 in.
long; written in cursive Indian Nestalik, in
the 18th century.
A collection of moral anecdotes.
Author: Muhammad IsmaM Soml, enti-
tled Nu'man Khan, h_A>'J^ ^U J^'.««>f x^
The work, which is dedicated to Muham-
mad Sh&h, was written in Akbarabiid, A.H.
113.5, in answer to a challenge to match
Sa'di's Gulistan, and was completed in eighty-
fire days. The author gives his name in-
cidentally, fol. 31 o, when stating that he
had accompanied Aurangzib on his expedi-
tion against the Ranfi.
We leam from the Tajkirat ul-Umara,
fol. 104, that Nu'mtin Khan was raised to
the Khanship towards the close of Aurang-
zib's reign, and died in the time of Muham-
mad Shah.
The work is divided into eleven Babs, and
a Kh&timah. Many of the anecdotes relate
to incidents of Indian history, especially to
Aurangzib and his time ; the verses are the
author's own.
On the first page is written, "George
Harriott, 1798."
VOL. II.
Add. 25,834.
Foil. 259 ; 11 in. by 8 ; 17 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Shawal,
A.H. 1154. (A.D. 1741). [Wm. Cureton.]
A collection of anecdotes.
Author : Abul-Fath B. Muzaffar, aaU y^
Beg. [._ii\ii,j] v_fti\l» j^Ulxj o1jjL^_ijUaj
The author says that he had compiled this
work, at the request of his son Muhammatl
Ni§ar 'All, chiefly from the following works :
Tabari, Jami* ul-Hikayfit, Tarikh i Bana-
kiti, Ibn Khallikan, Mau'izat-Numah, written
by Kaika'us B. Sikandar B. Kabus for his
sonGilanshah {i.e. Kabus Namah), Tarikli i
Al i Sa^fik, by Muhammad B. Abi 'Abdullah
un-Nizam ul-Husaini, and Maarij un-Nu-
buvvat. He states at the end that it was
completed in A.H. 1151.
It is divided, according to subjects, into
twenty-one Bfibs, as follows : —1. Muhammad
and his miracles, fol. ib. 2. The first four Kha-
lifs, fol. 17 b. 3. The Imams and Companions,
fol. 31 b. 4. Saints, fol. 55 a. 5. 'Ulama, fol.
101 b. 6. Philosophers, fol. lU b. 7. Kings,
fol. 117 a. 8. Vazirs and favourites, fol.
132 b. 9. Secretaries, litterati, cup-com-
panions, fol. 140 6. 10. Sages and physicians,
fol. 143 a. 11. Poets, fol. 151 b. 12. Arabs
of the desert, fol. 154 b. 13. Interpretation
of dreams, fol. 163 b. 14. Generous men,
fol. 106 o. 15. Misers, gluttons, and para-
sites, fol. 172 a. 16. Stories showing God's
mercy, fol. 178 o. 17. Women and children,
fol. 209 b. 18. Simpletons, liars, and false
prophets, fol. 222 A. 19. Wits (wanting the
beginning), fol. 223 b. 20. Curious facts
relating to animals and countries, fol. 225 a.
21. Comical anecdotes, fol. 245 a.
X X
770
FABLES, TA.LES, AND ANECDOTES.
This copy was written by Hidayat Ullah,
for Lat'if Klian. The subscription is followed
by some additional stories, foil. 250 b — 259 a.
Egerton 1025.
Foil. 68; 8| in. by 5i ; 19 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Indian Shikastah-amlz, in
the latter half of the 18th century.
The story of prince Bahram, and his love-
adventures with the daughter of King Darab.
Author : Eai Kirpadayal, son of Rai Man-
siiram, Khatri of the Mangal tribe, Jb J b^fes
Beg. jj>.j^ iWj^iii- c^ j^ **^ t^^ji^
The author, who calls himself an inhabitant
of Siyalkut, Subah of Lahore, does not lay any
claim to the invention of the story. His
work is only a new version in ornate prose,
interspersed with verses, of an old tale.
The date of composition, A.H. 1155, is given
in this couplet at the end :
Add. 10,584.
Foil. 168; 7 in. by 4^; 11 lines, 2| in.
long ; written in Indian Shikastah-amiz, in
the 18th century.
The tale of Nauruz Shah, »U.jj.y *a^,
by Uditchand Kayath, poetically surnamed
'Aziz, {^jai>Zj>^ s^^ JuaJiij^
Beg. t-o;^ ^}jj ^ y J t-0;C. ju,.K» tj^
Nauruz Shah, an Indian king, like his proto-
type of the Arabian Nights, takes every night
a new partner to his bed. An accomplished
lady, called Nikdukht, contrives to prolong
her spell of favour by telling him captivating
tales on seven successive nights.
The author's name and the date of com-
position, A.H. 1157, are found in some verses
at the end. The latter is expressed by the
chronogram, ^J,i)-a< j^VW- c-y- c es-^^
Foil. 2 — 4 and 141 — 167 contain forms of
complimentary letters addressed to a sove-'
reign.
Or. 1244.
Foil. 79; 111 in. by 6|; 15 lines, 4 1 in.
long; written in Nestalik, with fourteen
miniatures in Indian style, apparently in the
18th century.
The love-story of Hir and Ranjhah (see
p. 710 a), in prose and verse, by Mansaram
MunshI, ^_^Ja AL-1«
Beg. u>^ ^'-« L?'"*-5 J 'J-^ \) f^ cji?^
It appears from the introduction that the
story had been originally composed in Hindi
verse by Damodar, of Jhang Siyal, Panjab.
The date of the present version, A.H.
1157, is expressed in the final lines by the
chronogram, »\^ ^Ji^^ 'e^.
Add. 16,689.
Foil. 253; 13 in. by 9|; 25 lines, 7^ in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, apparently
in India, in the 18th century.
[Wm. Yule.]
"The Garden of Fancy," a romance.
Author: Muhammad Taki ul-Ja'fari ul-
Husaini, poetically surnamed Khayal, s^
The author, a pupU of Sabit (see p. 709 b),
went to Bengal in the time of 'All Virdi Khan,
and died A.H. 1173. See the Oude Catalogue,
p. 193. In this voluminous work he relates
at great length, and in familiar language, the
I endless and rather monotonous adventures of
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
771
three imaginary heroes, and of a host of equally
fictitious personages belonging to the world
of the Jins and Peris, as well as to mankind.
The three principal personages are generally
designated by the titles of Sahib Kiran i
Akbar, Sahib Kiran i A'zam, and Sahib Ki-
ran i Asghar. Their proper names are Shah-
ziidah Mu'izz ud-Din Abu Tamim, Shahzadah
Khurshld Tajbakhsh, and Shahzadah Badr
Munir. The tliree stories form as many dis-
tinct threads, which are alternately taken up.
The present and the following three MSS.
contain only a few detached volumes of that
bulky composition, which, according to the
conclusion of Add. 4939, consists of three
parts called Bahar, subdivided into volumes
(Jild). The entire work comprises no less
than fifteen Jilds, some of which are again
subdivided into two sections called Satar.
The first two parts (Bahar) consist together
of six Jilds, while the third alone comprises
nine.
It appears from the concluding lines of
Add. 24,935, that the romance was written
for the entertainment of two brothers, Nav-
vab Najm ud-Daulah Muhammad Ishak
Khan, and Nawab Bashid Khan Siilar Jang
(sons of Ja'far Khan, Nazim of Bengal).
The present copy contains the third and
fourth Jilds of Bahar II., both treating of
the adventures of Mu'izz ud-Dln. Tlio first
leaves of Jild 3 and the last of Jild 4 are
lost, and the two volumes have been trans-
posed in the binding, Jild 4 occupying foil.
1— ICl, and Jild 3 foil. 102—263.
Jild 4 begins with the heading, jJb^- j\*T
yjjl ^ J'-i- jj,'i-y ^'zSm j^ ^.^ij\^j\ p,V^
A portion of Bahfir II. is described under
the title of m\jjm, in the Munich Catalogue,
p. 57.
Add. 24,935.
FoU. 452 ; 17i in. by 11^ ; 21 lines, 7| in.
long ; written in large Nestalik, with two
'Unvans and gold-ruled margins; dated
Shavval, the third year of *AlamgIr II. (A.H.
1169, A.D. 1756).
Two portions of the same work, both
belonging to Bahar III. The first, which
relates entirely to the adventures of Sahib
Kiran i A'zam, and is headed j\ ^_jO ^.i j\*I
designated at the end as the second Satar of
Jfld 2 of Bahar III. It occupies foil. 1—277.
The second, foil. 278 — ^152, treats chiefly
of the history of Sahib Kiran i Akbar, but
relates, in some parts, also to the adven-
tures of Sahib Kiran i A'zam.
• • • -
At the end the author says that, after pro-
ceeding thus far, he had determined to make
this portion a volume by itself, and to call
it J^'^^o^, intending subsequently to devote
an entire volume to the history of Sahib Ki-
ran i A*zam and his companions. But it
docs not appear to what volume the present
Satar belongs.
It is stated at the end, fol. 452, that this
copy was written for Navvub Mansur ul-Mulk
Sihij ud-Daulah Bahadur Ilaibat Jang, by his
librarian, 'Izzat-Ullah.
Add. 4939.
Foil. 415 ; 16i in. by 11 ; 19 lines, 7i in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with two 'Un-
vans and gold-ruled margins.
Two detached portions of the same ro-
mance, Bahar III.
The first, foil. 1 — 118, relates partly to the
adventures of the Sahib Kiran i A'zam, partly
to those of the Sahib Kiran i Asghar, Shah-
zadah Badr Munlr.
The author says at the end that, after con-
cluding the present volume, he proposes to
begin the third Jild of Bahar III., the ninth
of the whole work, which is to be devoted
to the history of Sahib Kiran i Asghar.
1x2'
772
FABLES, TALES, AND ANECDOTES.
According to this the present volume would
be the second Jild of Bahar III. Its contents,
however, differ from those of Add. 24,935,
which belongs to the same Bahar.
The second portion, foil. 119 — 415, is
called, both at the beginning and at the end,
the third Jild of Bahar III. It relates en-
tirely to Sahib Kiran i Asghar.
On the fly-leaf is written, " Presented
by Claud RusseU, Esq., Oct. 15, 1781."
Add. 26,291.
Foil. 349; 9f in. by GJ; 17 lines, 3f in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, in the latter part of the 18th century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
Another copy of the section designated as
jj^^^ (Add. 24,935, foU. 278—452).
Add. 7056.
FoU. 64; lOJ in. by 6; 19 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, dated Mur-
shidabad, the 6th year of Shah 'Alam (A.H.
1178, A.D. 1764—5).
[J. Haddon Hindlet.]
I. The tale of Malik *Ali, son of the king
of Bukhara, and Mihr-Banu, daughter of
Khwarazmshah, fol. 1.
II. The tale of the three Darvishes, con-
structed on the same plan as the Kissah i
Chahar Darvish, and containing : — The tale of
the first Darvish, or Prince Hafiz of Khorasan.
The tale of the second Darvish, or Khalil of
Balkh, the merchant's son. The tale of the
third Darvish, or Afzal Khan, prince of
Marv. The tale of the king of Khorasan,
Ashraf Khan, fol. 16. See Sir Wm. Ouse-
ley's Catalogue, No, 442.
III. The tale of the daughter of the king
of Yam an and the two Vazirs, Asaf and
Kamgar, fol. 36.
IV. The tale of Bihruz, the merchant of
Khorasan, and the daughter of the king of
Kashmir, fol. 44.
V. The tale of Farrukh Shah, the prince
of Khata, who set out on his travels, and got
a kingdom, fol. 51.
VI. The tale of the king of Kfishghar and
the Vazir who said that there was no man in
the world without sorrow, fol. 69.
Add. 25,838.
Foil. 214 ; 8| in. by 5 ; 14 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in small Nestalik, apparently in
India, about the close of the 18th century.
[Wm. Cdreton.]
The story of Prince Agar and King Gul, a
fairy tale, beginning with the following
heading : JV*^^ ^ j>j^ JS'^fr j »U. j^-ai* «-a5
Mansur Shah, king of Khashkhfish, and
his Vazir Khushhal obtain children through
the blessing of a Fakir. The first has a son
called La'l Padishah, the second a son, Vazir
Mahmud, and a daughter called Agar. The
prince having been carried away by the Pari
Lai Div, Agar is substituted for it, and
henceforth designated as Agar Shahzadah.
The Pari princess, Mahparvar, and the king
of the Paris, Gul Padishah, play also a lead-
ing part in the tale. It is written in homely
language, and has a copious admixture of
Indian words and phrases.
A Kissah i Agar Gul has been printed by
Navalkishor, Lucknow, A.H. 1263. See
Garcin de Tassy, Hist, de la Litt. Hind.,
2nd ed., vol. ii. p. 469, and the Biblioth.
Sprenger., No. 1757.
Add. 7055.
Foil. 40 ; 9^ in. by 5| ; 12 lines, 4 in.
PROVERBS.
773
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in the
latter half of the 18th century.
[J. Haddok HmDLKY.]
A collection of amusing anecdotes.
Beg. ^^sx* ^j^^iJ^j^ Js- «^i>4-»;> o"*^^ t/^ ^^
According to an English note on the fly-
leaf, it was compiled hy a Munshl named
Yakin for the use of his pupils.
Add. 25,837.
FoU. 229; 8i in. by 4^; 12 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in large Indian Nestalik, dated
Zul^a'dah, A.H. 1226 (A.D. 1810).
[Wm. CXTRETOir.]
The story of Mas'ud Shah, son of 'Aziz
Shah, king of Isfahan, and of his love-
adventures with Glti-Ara.
Beg. oblii^ jjj^UU _, ^^j ^\,\^\ yVj;,!, U^
iy> jb'sioV ^J^^ ».lAU ji */ jj\nj yj:^^jj (jljir'
Many local words and phrases show that
this romance was written in India.
Add. 7675.
FoU. 91 ; 9i in. by 5J ; 15 lines, 3} in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, about the beginning of the 19th cen-
tury, [a. J. Rich.]
I. Fol. 1. The tale of Shirzad, son of
Onrgahan, emperor of China, and Oulshad,
daughter of the Vazlr Farrukhzad, wanting a
few lines et the beginning. This tale, which
is endorsed Jil^ *j c:^'i^ " the story of the
nine belvederes," comprises nine tales suo-
oesaively told by Oulshad to Shirzad, each in
one of the nine belvederes of the royal palace,
in order to save the forfeited life of her father.
II. FoL 71. A short version of the tale of
Saif ul-Muluk and Badi' ul-Jamiil (p. 764 b),
imperfect at the end.
Add. 16,865.
Foil. 12 ; 7i in. by 4^ ; 11 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in fair Nestalik ; correctly de-
scribed on the fly-leaf as follows : —
" The Kazy and the Thief, ^j.3 , ,_^\; *Z^^,
a humorous tale in the Persian language.
Copied firom a MS. in the possession of the
Rev. H. G. Keene by James R. Ballantyne,
1834." [Wm. Yule.]
Beg. ^jo^ i\^ J^j'^ *^ -^^ *^J3^ vyi*? «-^^
PROVERBS.
Or. 1613.
Foil. 269; lOi in. by 6; 19 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, with ruled
margins, apparently in the 17th century.
A collection of Persian proverbs.
Author: Muhammad 'All Jabal-rudl, .x»»f
Beg. ij-^ ^j<J^ (4 '^'^ i^y**^j '^ o-V*
TIio author states that he had come to
Haidarabad A.H. 1054, in the time of 'Abd
UUah Kutubshah, and had been admitted to
the literary assemblies held by the Vazir
Shaikh Muhammad ul-Khatun. In one of
these the collection of Turkish proverbs made
by order of Slulh 'Abbus having been men-
tioned, the Vazlr observed that Persian pro-
verbs should also be compiled, and the author
undertook to comply with his desire. He
adds that the task had never been attempted
before liim.
The proverbs are alphabetically arranged,
each letter forming a Fasl. Short verbal
explanations are occasionally added. Ancc-
774
COLLECTANEA.
dotes illustrating the origin and application
of proverbs, texts from the Coran, and
poetical quotations, are introduced at the
end of the sections.
The work has been printed in Teheran,
A.H. 1278. See Melanges Asiatiques, vol. v.
p. 522. A collection of Persian proverbs has
been published by Tho. Roebuck, Calcutta,
1824.
Or. 266.
PoU. 161 J Si in. by 5^ ; 19 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The same work, wanting the preface.
COLLECTANEA.
Add. 7611.
Foil. 571; Hi in. by 7; 7 lines, 3i in.
long; written in large Naskhi with vowels,
on gold-sprinkled paper; dated A.H. 1137
(A.D. 1724—5). [CI. J. EiCH.]
A collection of Sufi extracts, compiled by
Sulaiman, ^^I^jJ—
The author is designated in a nearly con-
temporary note on the first page as ^l_*"il\
j^UjJu- ^i ^"iyo imS^\ 0^ J«l53l jJ:.j^\j JxiUJl
He wrote this compilation, as stated in the
preface, in order that his disciples might
dispense with other books. It consists of 292
prose-extracts and poetical pieces amounting
to 3675 couplets.
The former are taken from the following
works: —
1. jyiLHaT^^ uJ by Allah Bakhsh B. Say-
yid Sadr ud-Din Bhakarl, fol. 8 a.
2. ^\jp\ ^U^ by Shaikh 'All TunT, de-
scribed as a contemporary of Bayazid Bastami,
who died A.H. 261, fol. 20 a.
3. The Book u^l:/ of Sa'in ud-Dln 'All
Tarikah (see p. 42 a), fol. 85 b.
4. OUJ ^^, a Commentary by Shah Nur
ud-Din Ni'mat Ullah (see p. 634 b), upon the
Lama'at (see p. 594 b), fol. 124 a.
5. Uj"^] 'i/iJ by Shaikh 'Attar (see p. 344 a),
fol. 128 b.
6. j\j^\ <^^3^ by Khwajah *Abd UUah An-
sari (see p. 35 a), fol. 133 a.
The poetical extracts are taken from the
following works :
1. Eive poems of 'Attar, viz. o^i ^|^,
iulj clA^j, **U ^ ^, wUj^i, and »*U ^_^\
(see p. 576), fol. 136 b.
2. The Divan of Shah Nimat Ullah
(p. 634 b), fol. 376 b.
3. The Divan of Shaikh Maghribi (p. 633 a) ,
fol. 476 b.
4. TarjI'-band of Kasim ul-Anvar (p. 635 a),
fol. 543 b.
5. Kalandar-Namah, by Amir Husaini
(p. 608 a), fol. 549 *.
6. The Divan of Shaikh 'Iraki (p. 593 5),
fol. 551 a.
7. Gulshan i Eaz, by Mahmud Shabistarl
(p. 608 b), fol. 555 b.
8. Silsilat uz-Zahab, by Jami (p, 644 b),
fol. 559 a.
The above shows that the compiler, of
whom no other record has been found, lived
after JamT, probably in the tenth century of
the Hijrah.
Add. 16,860.
Full. 69; 9i in. by 5^; 21 Unes, 2f in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amlz, apparently
in India, in the 17th century. [Wm. Yule.]
COLLECTANEA.
776
A volume of miscellaneous extracts by
Baha ud-Din Muhammad 'Amili, ^Jl^\ *\^
^^s- s-^1^ (see p, 25 4).
Beg. u->\j/jL,».y ^^j'} f^ \JJ ji^ i-S^\
The extracts are taken from Persian poets,
and from Arabic works of history and theo-
\o^, the latter translated into Persian.
The author frequently adds verses of his
own composition, and niimerous passages
from his work entitled jl^ ^Jo ^y^- H!e
quotes among others, fol. 21 b, some verses
written by him in Mashhad, AH. 1007.
A similar collection of Arabic extracts by
the same writer is described in the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 409, under the name of
J^iCl/ (see p. 26 o).
The Kashkul of Baha ud-Dln 'Amili has
been printed in Teheran, A.H. 126G, and in
Bulak. It is described by Ooldziher in the
Sitzungsberichto of the Vienna Academy,
part 78. See Melanges Asiatiques, vol. ri.
p. 108.
Egerton 1016.
Foil. 446; 13^ in. by 7f; 21 lines, 5^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, apparently early
in the 18th century.
A large collection of extracts, moral say-
ings, historical anecdotes, and miscellaneous
notices.
Author: ^adik B. Salih Isfahan!, ^J^ J.>U
J\Lc\ ^lo
Beg. j^\ iJ^j \si^\ M^ J J\jJ j& Zj>
Muhanunad Sndik B. Muhammad Salih
ul-Isfabani ul-Azfidani has given a sketch
of bis own life in the 12th Matla'of the third
volume (Mujallad) of his historical compila-
tion entitled Subh i Sadik (Or. 1728). He
was born, A.H. 1018, in Surat, where his
father served under the Khfinkhanan 'Abd
ur-Rahim. In A.H. 1027 he went to Ilaha-
bad with his father, who was there appointed
by Prince Parviz as Divan of his household.
After some years spent in studies at Patna
and Jaunpur, Sadik went with his father in
the train of Prince Parviz to the Deccan, A.H.
1035, and, after the latter's death in the
ensuing year, joined the camp of Shabjahan,
where be was appointed news-writer (Vaki'ah
Navis). Having been presented at court,
shortly after Shahjahan's accession, be ob-
tained from that sovereign a Jagir in Bengal,
• proceeded to Jahangimagar, then the capital
of that ■ province, and took part with the
rank of BakhshI in a war waged against a
rebel Afghan chief by Kasim Khiln, then
Governor of Bengal. He incurred, however,
the displeasure of that Amir's successors,
A'zam Khan and Islam Khan, was kept
some time in confinement in Salimtibad, A.H.
1048, and finally retired into private life.
Sadik gives in his memoirs copious speci-
mens of his poetical compositions, in which
he took the name of Sadiki. He quotes
also frequently verses of his numerous literary
friends, and mentions as his master, fol. 230 a,
MuUa Muhammad I^usain Kashm'u-i, who
died A.H. 1037.
The author began to collect his materials,
as he states in the preface, in A.H. 1054, and
spent three years upon that task. When he
was proceeding to put them into order, he
was interrupted by a distant journey, which
brought him to Jaunpur, and it was only
after settling in that place that he found the
necessary leisure to complete the work.
A.H. 1056 is incidentally mentioned, fol.
207 ff, as the current year. The author refers
in the same place to his compendium of his-
tory entitled jole ^ (sec Elliot's History
of India, vol. vi. p. 463).
The work is divided into five books (B.lb),
subdivided into numerous chapters (Fasl),and
a Khatimah. A full table of the contents is
given at the end of the preface, foil. 4 a — 7 a.
776
COLLECTANEA.
The principal topics of the five Babs are as
follows : —
I. God, the Prophet, prophetship and
saintship (c-o.^j), faith, Islam, good and bad
deeds, etc., in 107 Easls, fol. 7 a.
II. Sovereignty, kingly power, rules and
precepts relating to good government, in
77 Easls, fol. 78 a.
III. Reason, knowledge, failings, talents,
etc., in 80 Easls, fol. 135 b.
IV. Love, friendship, hatred, poverty,
wealth, pleasure, sorrow, play, travel, etc., in
76 Easls, fol. 212 b.
V. World, time, stability and decay, death,
life, spheres, elements, realms of nature, in
96 Easls, fol. 300 a.
Khatimah; an alphabetical list of proper
names of places and men, with fixation of
their spelling, and short notices, fol. 408 a.
Three of the subdivisions (Easls) are of
exceptional length, viz. Easl 79 of Bab III.,
foil. 207 b — 238 a, which contains notices of
remarkable events and of the death of cele-
brated men, in chronological order from the
Hijrah to A.H. 1042. Easl 80 of the same
Bab, comprising Persian proverbs alphabeti-
cally arranged. Easl 51 of Bab IV., foil.
331 b — 369 a, which contains maps of the
seven climates, and an alphabetical list of
places, with their longitude and latitude.
On the first page of the MS. is written
" R. W. Rotton, 14 April, 1791."
A copy is mentioned in Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 62.
Add. 7719.
FoU. 279 ; Hi in. by 7 ; 17 lines, 3 in.
long, with oblique lines round the margins ;
written in a small and indistinct Shafi'a
character, ornamented with rude flowery
designs in the headings and margins ; dated
Sha*ban, A.H. 1226 (A.D. ISIO.)
[Cl. J. Rich.]
A collection sfrj**^ of extracts culled from
the author's reading on various branches of
human knowledge, by Muhammad Husain
B. Karam 'Ali Isfahan! (see p. 137 «).
Beg. j^yj-" O*"^ (j-'i'j^ J (_)«>\xm*
It appears from the preface that the work
was written in Mashhad, and A.H. 1224 is
mentioned, fol. 6 a, as the current year.
The present MS. is, to aU appearance, the
author's autograph.
Contents: Astronomy, with tables and
diagrams, fol. 4 b. Geography, fol, 17 b.
History of the Prophets, Muhammad, 'Ali,
the Imams, and the philosophers, fol. 44 b.
Medicine, fol. 72 b. Principal dynasties of
ancient and modern times, mostly in tabular
form, fol. 92 b. This section concludes with
a history of Eath 'Ali Shah's reign, in which
the events are chronicled year by year down
to A.H. 1222. Notices on Sayyids, Vazirs,
and learned men, fol. 178 b. Religions and
sects; notices on some Shi'ah doctors, fol.
182 b. Arab and Persian poets, with speci-
mens of their compositions, fol. 285 b. The
three realms of nature and the properties of
minerals, plants, and animals, fol. 234 b.
Knowledge of God ; sayings of 'Ali and the
Imams, fol. 263 b.
The margins are crowded with additional
extracts.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Add. 16,720.
EoU. 20; 9 in. by 6^; 11 lines, 3 in. long;
written in Nestalik, in the latter part of
the 18th century. [Wm. Yule.]
An account of the principal works treating
of Eastern, and more especially of Indian,
history.
BIBLIOGRAPUY.
777
Beg. Jp *^LJ\j i\^\j ti'^\ Je^ ill xj}
fci > >>•
No title is given in the text ; but in the
table of contents the work is called sJj j\,
£j)y (_^ vl^aii. j.>, a title which appears
also on the fly-leaf. The author concludes
by expressing a desire for the compilation of
a history of the Moghul empire from the
eleventh year of the reign of Aurangzlb to
the " present time," A.H. 1162.
At the end is written : dl^ ^j-^ y^ «-J]j
u^y j^. iJ^T^ cr-* c^ uT^
An English version is written in the mar-
gin. A table occupying five pages, foil. 2 — 4,
shows the titles of the works mentioned in
the text.
An English translation has been pub-
lished under the title : "A Critical Essay on
various MS. works, Arabic and Persian, illus-
trating the history," etc., London, 1832.
Add. 24,042.
Poll. 110 ; lOi in. by 7| ; 13 lines in a
page ; written in fair Ncstalik, early in the
19th century. [II. H. Wilson.]
A classed Catalogue of Oriental MSS. in
the Library of the College of Fort William.
It is a mere list of titles, mostly without
author's name. It includes Persian and
Arabic MSS., with some in the Indian ver-
naculars.
On the first page is written: " T. Roebuck,
26 Sept. 1812."
Add, 26,321. A & B.
A. A paper roll, 10 feet by 7 inch. ;
written in Xestalik, early in the 19th century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
A list of fifteen Persian MSS. relating to
the history of India, with a detailed state-
ment of the contents of some of them;
endorsed by Mr. Erskine: "Catalogue of
Persian books sent by Henry Russell, Esq,"
Mr. (afterwards Sir Henry) Russell was
Resident at the court of Haidarabad from
1811 to 1820. The MSS. named in the list
were added to the Erskine collection, and
are now in the Museum.
B. A paper roll, 2 feet by 7, containing
the titles of the same MSS.
Add. 25,864.
Foil. 37; 10^ in. by OJ; written in
Nestalik, early in the 19th century.
[Wm. Cureton.]
A catalogue of Persian, Arabic, and
Hindi MSS. in the library of Munshi Rum
Dayal, with a Persian preface by the owner's
son. Ram Partab Salia'i Iluhabddl, i— >'J^ X
Beg.
•Jlrr-,
It is arranged in alphabetical order ac-
cording to the titles, and gives in four
columns the title and description of each
MS., the author's name, the number of
leaves, and that of quires.
Prefixed are two horoscopes in Sanskrit,
dated Samvat 1874. and 1877 (A.D. 1817
and 1820).
VOL. n.
Y Y
( 778 )
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
Add. 18,801.
Foil. 44; 4^ in. by 9^. An album of
highly finished miniatures by Indian artists,
mostly portraits of princes and amirs of the
reigns of Jahungir, Shahjahan, and Aurang-
zib. It was made a Vakf, or pious donation,
by Ashraf Khan, whose seal bears the date
A.H. 1072, and whose portrait is found on
fol. 6 with this inscription in Shikastah,
(_aJ>'j »oJo f>i^, "portrait of the humble
donor." Notes by the same hand are to be
seen at the back of the other portraits, with
the exception of a few, which are apparently
subsequent additions. All bear later in-
scriptions in Nestalik, which do not always
agree with the former, and are therefore not
to be trusted. An English table of contents
is prefixed to the volume.
Mir Muhammad Ashraf, son of Islam Khan
MashhadI (see below. No. 11), received the title
of Ashraf Khan in the fourth year of Aurang-
zib (A.H. 1071-2), was subsequently ap-
pointed to the office of Mir Bakhshi, and died
A.H. 1097. See Ma'agir ul-Umara, fol. 66.
In the following list of subjects, the names
and designations taken from the donor's
autograph notes are distinguished by in-
verted commas.
1. "Abd Ullah Khan, sovereign of Turan."
2. Shah 'Abbas, of Persia.
3. " Sadik Khan," cousin of Asaf Khan,
and father of Ja'far Khan, the Great Vazir.
Sadik Khan was Mir Bakhshi under Jahan-
gir and Shahjahan. He died A.H. 1043.
See Ma'a§ir, fol. 368.
4. " Hakim Da'ud Takamib Khan." He
came from Persia A.H. 1053, was raised to
the Khanship in the 20th year of Shahjahan,
and died A.H. 1073. See Ma'a§ir, fol. 120.
5. "Muhammad 'Ali Beg, who came as
ambassador to Shahjahan."
6. "The humble donor," i.e. Ashraf Khan.
(7. According to the English table, a por-
trait of Asaf Khiin, now missing.)
8. Eancy portrait of a lady in male attire de-
scribed as a European princess eili/ (_y.i^lijib,
a later addition. At the back is a calligra-
phic specimen dated A.H. 1182.
9. " Ilahvirdi Khan the elder." He was
made Khan at the beginning of Shahjahan's
reign, was subsequently appointed Governor
of Behar, and died A.H. 1070. See Ma'a§ir,
fol. 60.
10. The emperor Akbar, with Jahangir as
a child.
11. "The late Navvab Islam Khan." *Abd
ul-Salam Mashhadi, afterwards Islam Khan,
father of the donor, was appointed to the
Vazirate in the 13th year of Shahjahan, and
died A.H. 1057. See Ma'a§ir, fol. 39.
12. "Eazl UUah Khan, son of the donor's
paternal uncle." Fazl Ullah Khan, son of
Siyadat Khan, a brother of Islam Khan, was
raised to the Khanship in the first year of
Aurangzib, and died in the twentieth of the
same reign. See Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 77.
13. "Bahmanyar I'tikad Khan, son of
Asaf Khan." He received the title of Ttikad
Khan, with the office of Mir Bakhshi, in the
25th year of Shahjahan, and died in the 15th
year of Aurangzib. See Tazkirat ul-Umara,
fol. 12.
14. " The emperor Jahangir, the emperor
Akbar, the Khankhanan, and attendant."
15 "Maharajah Jasvant Singh," the Za-
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
779
mindar of Jaudhpur, who fought Aurangzih
in support of Dara Shikuh, hut suhsequently
submitted to the victor and was appointed to
the government of Malwah. He died in the
22nd year of Aurangzib. See Tazkirat ul-
Umara, fol. 136.
IG. " The emperor Jahangir."
17. " The emperor Sbahjahan."
18. " Said Khan Bahadur Zafar Jang," a
Chaghatai Amir, son of Ahmad Beg Khan
KabuH. He was made Klian in the 15th '
year of Jahilngir, and Subahdar of Kabul in I
the 4th year of Shfihjahan. He died A.H. '
1062. See MaM^ir, fol. 302, and Tazkirat ul-
Umara, fol. 51.
19. " Ja*far Khain," son of Sadik Khan (see
No. 3). He was appointed Vazir by Shah-
jahftn in the 31st year of his reign, and re-
instated by Aurangzib. He died A.H. 1081.
See Ma'a^ir, fol. 130.
20. «"Ala ul-Mulk Tuni, entitled Fazil
Khan." Hewas MirSaman.or Lord Steward,
under Sbahjahan and Aurangzib, and died
A.H. 1073. See Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 76.
21. Bakir A*zam Khan Saraji," Mir Bakh-
ihi under Jahangir and Shnhjahan. He died
as governor of Jaunpur A.H. 1059. See
Ma'a^ir, fol. 42.
22. A female figure worshipped by angels,
endorsed ,>_y* o,-i*-, 'the Blessed Mary.'
23. Amir Timur on his throne, with
courtiers and attendants.
24. " Mirza Nur ul-Hasan, son of Mirza
Muhsin B. Asaf Khan Ja*far." Mirza Ja'far
Beg, afterwards A?af Khan, Vazir of Jahan-
gir, and governor of Prince Parviz, died A.H.
1021. See Blochmann, Ain i Akbari, p. 411.
25. " Safi Mirza, son of Shah 'Abbas the
elder," with hawk-boarer, hawk, and fccretarj-.
26. "Lashkar Khan, son of ZabardaKt
Khan, ambassador to Persia." He was sent
by Sbahjahan to 'Abbas II. to congratulate
him on his accession, A.H. 1052. He died
as Mir Bakhj^hi A.H. 1C81. 8ee Ma'u^ir,
fol. 433.
27. Asaf Khan, i.e. Mirza Abul-Hasan, son
of I'timad ud-Daulah, and Vazir of Sbahjahan,
who died A.H. 1051. See Ma'asir, fol. 30.
28. " Sitting of His Majesty with princes
and amirs." Sbahjahan sits on his throne in
full Darbar. His four sons, who stand at
his side, and the amirs who surround the
throne, have their names written upon them.
29. « I'tikad Khan, son of Asaf Khan."
See above. No. 13.
30. " Hakim Masih uz-Zaraiin," t. e. Ha-
kim Sadra, son of Hakim Fakhr ud-Din Shi-
razi. He came to India in the 46th year of
Akbar, obtained the title of Masih uz-Zaman
in the 4th year of Jahangir, and died A.H.
1061. See Ma*a§ir, fol. 142, and Ta^kirat ul-
Umara, fol. 112.
31. "Mir Muhammad Said Mir Jumlah,
who became Khankhanan in Hindustan."
Sec above, p. 266 a.
32. " Mullfi Sa'd XJllah, who became Khan
and Vazir of Hindustan," i.e. Sa'd Ullah Khan
'AUami, who was raised to the Vazirate in
the 19th year of Sbahjahan, and died A.H.
1066. See Ma'asir, fol. 303, and Tagkirat ul-
Umara, fol. 55.
33. " KhalU Ullah Khan Shah-Ni*mat-Ul.
labi," son of Mirmiran Yazdi. He was ele-
vated to the Khanship in the 2nd year of
Shubjnban, and died A.H. 1072. See Ma'asir,
fol. 188, and Tazkirat, fol. 39.
84. "The emperor 'Alamgir " (Aurangzib).
85. "Daniyal Shah," the eldest son of
Akbar.
36. "Sha'istab Khan, son of Asaf Khan"
(Abul-I;lasan), originally called Mirza Abu
Xalib. He became Amir ul-Umara in the
first year of Aurangzib, and died A.H. 1105.
See Ma'a§ir, fol. 360.
87. " Ja'far Khan, son of Sadik Khan ; "
see No. 19.
88. "Mulla Shafi'a, afterwards Danish-
mand Khan," a native of Yazd, who held tho
ofiBcc of Mir Bakhshi under Sbahjahan and
Y Y 2
780
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
Aurangzlb, and died A.H. 1071. See Ma'a-
§ir, fol. 209.
39. " Darab Khan, son of 'AM ur-Rahim
Khankhanan ; Afzal Khan Mullii Shukr Ul-
lah ; Rajah Man Singh ; Parviz, and one of
the descendants of Timur." Darab Khan,
governor of Bengal, was put to death, A.H.
1036, by Mahabat Khan. See Blochmann,
Ain i Akbari, p. 339. Afzal Khan died A.H.
1048 ; see Ma'agir, fol. 36. Man Singh, Ra-
jah of Amber, died in the 9th year of Jahan-
gir; see Blochmann, p. 339. Parviz, son of
Jahanglr, died at the age of thirty-eight
years, A.H. 1035.
40. "The emperor Jahangir, Ilahvirdi
Khan (see No 9), and Shaikh Shir Muham-
mad Kavval (the singer)."
41. " Mirza Nauzar, son of Mirza Haidar,
and grandson of Mirza Muzaffar Husain Kan-
dahfirl, a relative of Shah 'Abbas." This Amir,
a favourite of Shahjahan, died A.H. 1074.
See Ma'agir, fol. 512, and Blochmann, p. 461.
42. The emperor Humayun, attended by
Mirza Shahum, Lashkar Khan, and Khush-
hal Beg, with two tinjis who recite the Fa-
tihah (a miniature of the 16th century).
43. 'Umar Shaikh, father of Babar, in a
wild hilly scenery, with attendants.
41. " 'Izzat Khan, son-in-law of 'Abd Ul-
lah Khan Bahadur Eiruz Jang.'' He was
made Khan in the 4th year of Shahjahan, and
died A.H. 1042. See Ma'a§ir, fol. 378.
The miniatures are signed by the follow-
ing artists: — Govardhan (No. 3, 31), Hfmhar
(No. 6, 9, 11, 19, 24, 29), Chitarman (No.
20, 36, 37), Muhammad Niidir Samarkand!
(No. 21, 25, 26, 33, 35, 40, 44), Anupchitar
(No. 28, 32), Mir Hasliim (No. 30, 41), and
Bhagvati (No. 42).
Add. 5254.
Foil. 45 ; 13i in. by 9^. [Sir H. Sloane.]
Portraits of princes and amirs of the courts
of Dehli, Golconda, and Bijfipiir, in the latter
part of the 11th century of the Hijrah, and
of some princes of the same century. Most
of them have the names added in the Persian
character. Slips bearing Portuguese and
English titles, and pasted at the bottom of
each portrait, have in some cases been trans-
posed. The subjects are as follows (the
transcription of the Persian letterings is
marked by inverted commas) : —
Shah 'Abbas II., fol. 1 a. " Shah Sulai-
man," fol. 1 b. " Ahmad Khan," foU. 2,
32 b. "Shah 'Abbas the Great," fol. 3.
" Muhammad Ibrahim," chancellor of Gol-
conda (see Add. 22,282, fol. 24), fol. 4.
" Eath Jang Khan," a general of Aurangzib,
who died in the Deccan in the 26th year of
the reign, foil. 5, 23 a. " Sultan 'Abd Ullah "
(Kutubshah, king of Golconda, A.H. 1035 —
1083), foil. 6, 25 a, b. " The emperor Ja-
hangir," foil. 7, 14. "Am-ang Shah" (Au-
rangzlb in his youth), fol. 8. Hindu ladies,
foil. 9, 10. "Mirza Ahmad," son-in-law of
'Abd Ullah Kutubshah, foil. 11, 20. " The
emperor Akbar," fol. 12. " Shahjahan," fol.
13." "Sultan Muradbakhsh," son of Shah-
jahan, fol. 13. " Dara Shikuh and Sultan
ShujaV sons of Shahjahan, fol. 14 b. " The
emperor Aurangzib," fol. 15 a. " Sulten Mu'-
azzam," afterwards Bahadur Shah, fol. 15 b.
Kambakhsh, the youngest son of Aurangzib,
fol. 16. Asad Khan, Vazir of Aurangzib,
who was arrested by Farrukhsiyar, and died
A.H. 1127, fol. 17. " Sultan Mah mud" (read
Muhammad), the eldest son of Aurangzib,
fol. 18 a. '' Mir Jumlah " (see p. 266 a), fol.
18 5. " Muhammad Amin Khan," son of the
preceding, fol. 19 a. Maula Ruha, fol. 19 b.
"Rajah Karn," fol. 20 b. "Rajah Man Singh,"
(a portrait of the same Rajah, Add. 7964,
fol. 17 ft, is inscribed "Rajah Ram Singh"),
fol. 21 a. " Safshikan Khan," commander of
Aurangzib's artillery, who died A.H. 1085,
fol. 21 b. " Rajah Bahar Singh" (see Add.
7964, fol. 13, where a portrait of the same
oflicer is lettered " Rajah Bhao Singh"), fol.
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
781
22 a. "Mirzfi Ilich Khan" (probably the
same as Mirza Irich Khan, who served in the
Deccan, and died as governor of Berar, A.H.
1096), fol. 22 b. " Maula Sami'a," fol. 23 b.
"Shaikh Muhammad Khatun," Vazirof'Abd
Ullah Kutubshah, fol. 24 o. " Sultan Mu-
hammad kuli" (of Golconda, A.n. 988—
1020), fol. 24 6. "Sayyid Muzaffar," chan-
cellor of Golconda, fol. 26 a. " Shah Mirza,*'
chancellor of Golconda, fol. 26 b. " Sayyid
'All, son of Sayyid Muzaffar," fol, 27 a.
" Khairat Khan," fol. 27 b. " Niknom Khan,"
a eunuch, general to 'Alxl Ullah Kutubshah^
fol. 28 a. " 'Abd ul- Jabbar Begj" Vazir to
Abul-^asan Eutubshuh, fol. 28 b. " Maula
*Abd us-Samad, Dabir," fol. 29 a. ♦• Sultan
*Abd ul-Hasan (Abul-Hasan) Kutubsluih"
(of Golconda, A.H. 1083—1098), fol. 29 b.
" Mirzu Nflsir," minister to the king of Gol-
conda, fol. 30 a. " Shah Raju," confessor to
the king of Golconda, fol. 30 b. "Hasan
Khan," Vazir to the king of Golconda,
fol. 31 a. "Sharzah Khan," a general under
the king of Golconda, fol. 31 b. " IJlusain
Khiin," Vazir to the king of Golconda, fol.
32 b, " Miisa Khiin," general to the king of
Golconda, fol. 33 a. "Mahroud 'Adilshah,"
son of 'All 'Adilshah, fol. 33 b. "Ikhlus
Khan," general of the king of BTjapiir, fol.
84a. "Maula 'Abd ul-Mfdi" (read Abul-
Ma'fdi). fol. 34 b. '"Ali 'Adilshah," king of
Bijipur, A.II. 1048—1083, fol. 36 a. The
bow-bearer of Shah 'Abbas, fol. 35 b. Tlie
ten Aratars of Vishnu, folL 36 — 45.
Add. 7964.
Foil. 51; 11 J in. by 8. Fifty-one por-
traits of Indian princes and amirs, with the
names in the Persian character. The sub-
jects of all but one are identical with those of
the preceding collection, and the treatment is
in most cases so similar, that they appear to
be copies derived from the same originals.
Tlie general arrangement also is nearly the
same. The subject of the additional portrait
is Afzal Khan, the Bijapur general, fol. 25.
Add. 22,282.
Foil. 26; 6i in. by 5^. Twenty-six por-
traits of princes and amirs of the courts of
Dehli, Golconda, and Bijapur, in the time of
Aurangzib, with contemporary inscriptions
in Dutch. The subjects are : Akbar, fol 1.
Jahiingir, fol. 2. Shfdijahan, fol. 3. Dara
Shikiih, fol. 4. Shah Shuja', fol. 5. Murad
Baklish, fol. 6. Aurangzib, fol. 7. Sultan
Mahmud, eldest son of Aurangzib, fol. 8.
Mir Jumlah, fol. 9. Muhammad Amin
Kiiun, son of Mir Jumlah, fol. 10. Fath
Jang Khan, fol. 11. Sivaji, ' the late Marat-
tah prince,' fol. 12. 'Ali 'Adilshah, 'late king
of Bijupur,' fol. 13. 'Ali 'Adilshah, son of the
preceding (called Mahmud 'Adilshah in Add.
5254, fol. 33, b, and Add. 796^t, fol. 28), fol.
14. Sultan 'Abd Ullah Kutubshah, 'late
king of Golconda,' fol. 15. Sayjnd Muzaffar,
•late state-chancellor of Golconda,' fol. 16.
NiknAm Khan, 'late general of Golconda,'
fol. 17. Shah Mirza, * late state-chancellor
of Golconda,' fol. 18. 'Abd us-Samad, ' late
secretary of 'Abd Ullah Kutubshah,' fol. 19.
'Abd ul-Jabbar Beg, fol. 20. Sultan Abul-
Hasan, ' present king of Golconda,' fol. 21.
Shah Raju, priest of the king of Golconda,
fol. 22. Maduna Pandit, state-counsellor of
Golconda, fol. 23. Muhammad Ibrahim,
state-chancellor of Golconda, fol. 24. 'Abd
ur-Razzak, fol. 25. Sharzah Khiin, colonel,
fol. 26.
Add. 23,609.
Foil. 21 ; 16 in. by 11. Twenty-one por-
traits of Indian amirs of the 17th and 18th
centuries, and specimens of penmanship,
with illuminated borders; bound in stamped
leather.
782
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
The foUowing portraits have names added
in Persian, or can be otherwise identified : —
Mir Jumlah (see p. 779 h, No. 31), fol. 2.
"AbdUllahKutubshah," fol. 3. " FaizUllah
Khan," fol. 4. " Sazavfir Khan," who died
in the 29th year of the reign of Aurangzib,
fol, 5. "Guru Govind, the Sikh leader,"
fol. 7. ' " Miyan 'Abd ud-Hadi," fol. 9.
" Nadir Shah," fol. 10. " Shiija' ud-Daulah,"
Navvab of Oude, fol. 11. " Iftikhar ud-
Daulah Mirza 'Ali Khan Bahadur," fol. 12.
"Safdar Jang," Navvab of Oude, fol. 13.
"MuUa Dupiyazah," a caricature of a fat
and dwarfish old Mulla riding an ema-
ciated hack, fol. 14. " Sayyid Niyaz Khan
Bahadur, a kinsman ((ji^j»-) of the Vazir
Kamar ud-Din Khan," fol. 15. " Shah Shuja,
son of Shahajhan," fol. 16. " Navvab Mu-
hammad Sadah Khan," fol. 18. " Kam-
bakhsh, son of Aurangzib," fol. 19.
The calligraphic specimens, which are in
Nestalik, Naskhi and Shikastah, have the
following signatures and dates : — Pir *Ali (a
friend of Jiimi; see Melanges Asiatiques,
vol. ii. p. 48), fol. 3 h. Muhammad Husain,
fol. 6 J. I^Kz-Rakam Khan, fol. 9 h. 'Ali
Riza ul-'Abbasi, (of Tabriz ; he died some
time after Shah "Abbas I. ; see Tahir Nasira-
badi, fol. 156), A.H. 1022, fol. 11 h. Mir 'Imad
(see p. 519 h), fol. 12. Muhammad Mumin
ul-Husaini 'Arshi (who died A.H. 1091 ; see
Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 462), A.H. 1049, foil.
14, 16, 17. Mir 'All, fol. 19. 'Abd Ullah,
A.H. 1057, fol. 20. Mu'izz ud-Din Muham-
mad ul-HusainI (of Kashan, who went to
India in the reign of 'Abbas I., and died
there; see Tahir Naslrabadi, fol. 156, and
Melanges Asiatiques, vol. ii. p. 43), A.H.
986, fol. 21.
Add. 23,610.
Foil. 28 ; 17 in. by \\\ ; a volume con-
taining thirty-six miniatures in Indian style,
of the 18th century, and twenty calligraphic
specimens, with broad illuminated margins.
The miniatures include, besides himting
scenes and fancy subjects, portraits of Indian
princes and amirs of the 17th and 18th
centuries, some of which are without names.
The following can be identified: — Akbar,
fol. 1. Jahanglr, fol. 2. Parviz, fol. 3. Shah-^
jahan, fol. 4. Akbar, with followers, hunting,
fol. 5. Bldarbakhsh, son of A'zam Shah, fol. 6.
GhazI ud-Din Khan 'Imad ul-Mulk, VazIr of
'Alamgir II., fol. 9 Lutf Ullah Khan Sadik,
the Khansaman of Muhammad Shah, fol. 10.
Muzaffar Khan, brother of Khandauran,
who fell in the battle of Karnal, A.H. 1151,
fol. 13. Timur Shah, son of Ahmad Shah
Durrani, fol. 17. Itlkad Khan Akbarshahl,
fol. 20. 'Aklmand Khan (Don Pedro de
Silva), fol. 21. 'Azim ush-Shan, the second
son of Bahadur Shah, fol. 23. Shah Sharaf
Bu 'AH Kalandar, an Indian saint, who
died A.H. 724, fol. 25. Hazrat Kutb, i.e.
the celebrated saint, Kutb ud-Din KakI
(p. 432 h), fol. 26. Rajah Jasvant Singh,
fol. 27.
The calligraphic specimens contain the
following signatures and dates : — Zarrln-
Eakam (Hidayat Ullah; see p. 45 5), fol. 1.
'AH (Mir), fol. 2. Sayyid Miisavl, fol. 4.
Gulzar Rakam Khan, A.H. 1175, foil. 6, 21.
•Abd Ullah ul-Husainl, A.H. 1013, fol. 7.
Mir Shaikh ul-Purani, fol. 8. Sayyid 'AH ul-
Husainlut-Tabrlzl (Javahir Rakam ; see below,
21,928, fol. 6), A.H. 1073, 1075, foil. 10, 12.
Muhammad Hashim ul-HusainI, fol. 15.
Mir 'Abd Ullah, fol. 18. Raushan-Rakam,
fol. 22. Mahdl, A.H. 1114, fol. 26. Mirza
Muhammad Salih, fol. 27.
On the cover is the Persian stamp of
Major Polierj with the date A.H. 1181.
Add. 21,928.
Foil. 35; 18 in. by 14. An album of
miniatures and calligraphic specimens, with
wide and richly ornamented borders ; bound
in stamped leather.
DRAWINGS AXD CALLIGRAPHY.
783
The miniatures, thirty-four in number, are
in the best Indian style, apparently of thel7th
and beginning of the 18th century. They
represent various scenes of Indian life and of
Eastern fiction, and include some portraits
which bear no names. Among the latter
those of Jahangir and Asaf Khan (Mirza
Abul-Qasan), fol. 3 b, of Akbar, fol. 4 a, of
Shah'Abbus I., fol. 5 b, of Muhammad Shah,
fol. 7 b (see Add. 22,3G3, fol. 22), and of
Shah Jahun sitting with his four youthful
sons before a holy Shaikh, fol. 14 a, are easily
recognized. Two miniatures, on foil. 17 6, *
18 a, arc evidently imitated from European
models.
The calligraphic specimens, which are in
Nestalik, are due to some of the best pen-
men of the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries of
the Hijrah. They bear the following signa-
tures and dates :— Mir 'Ali ul-Katib, foil. 1, 8,
11, 13, etc. Muhammad 'ImAd ul-Uusaini,
A.H. 1017, foil. 2, 30. Javflhir Rakam Khan
(Mir Sayyid 'Ali Khan, of Tabriz, writing,
master and librarian of Aurangzlb, died A.H.
lOJl; see Mir'at uU'Alam, p. 4fi3), foil. 0,
15. Muhammad Yar, master of Farkhun-
dah Akhtar, son of Bahadur Shuh, fol. 7.
'Abd ur-Rahim 'Anbarin Kakm, foil. 9, 29.
Muhammad Musa, fol. 10. Vahid, A.H.
1152, fol. 12. 'Abd Ullah ul-Husaini ut-
Tirmisi (sumamed Mushkin Kalam, see
p. 154 a), A.H. 1011, fol. 16. Sultan 'Ali
liashhadi (see p. 673 a), fol. 17. Hidayat
Ullah Zarrm-Rakam, A.H. 1112, fol. 18.
Muhammad Murad ul-Katib, foil. 22, 32.
Mir Ijusain ul-Ijlusaini ul-Katib, foil. 23, 31.
Ahmad ul-Uusaini, foil. 23, 31. Nur ud-
Din Muhammad Ldhiji, fol. 25. Muham-
mad Husain ut-Tabrizi (in the reign of Shah
Tahmasp, see 'Alamaroi, foL 44), fol. 27.
'Abd ul-'Aziz, fol. 34.
Add. 11,747.
Foil. 61; 14i in. bylli; a collection of
Indian miniatures of the 18th century,
bearing the Persian seal of Sir Elijah Impey.
Foil. 2—28 and 57—61 form one uniform
series, and represent groups of figures, chiefly
females, in various attitudes and different
surroundings. These are the conventional
symbols of the musical modes called Rags
and Rilginis, the names of which are written
at the back in the Devanagari and Persian
characters.
The rest of the volume contains favourite
subjects of Eastern fiction, as Krishna and
the Gopis, Kamrup and Kamlata, Farhad
and Shirin, Laili and Majnun, etc., and
scenes of Indian life. It includes also a few
portraits, some of which bear names, as
those of Jahangir, fol. 33, Aurangzlb, fol. 34,
'Azim us-Shfin (son of Shah 'Alam Bahadur)
and his son Karlm ud-Din, fol. 44. At the
back of some of the drawings are found
specimens of Persian calligraphy.
Add. 18,800.
Foil. 12; 13 in. by 9 J; bound in stamped
leather.
Eleven portraits of Indian princes, with
ornamental borders, and twelve calligra-
phic specimens in the Naskhi character;
apparently of the first half of the 18th
century. Five of the portraits bear names
in the Persian character, viz. Muhammad
Mahfuz, Muhammad Ahmad, Akbar Padi-
shah, Ijjiasan Kuli Khan, and Nawab Husain
Kuli Khan.
The last two are probably meant for
I;;Iasan 'Ali and Husain 'Ali, the two Sayyids
of Barhah.
The calligraphic specimens are signed by
Faiz Ullah, pupil of Yakut Rakam Khan,
I^usain ud-Din Khan, and Muhammad Shukr
Ullah.
Add. 18,802.
Foil. 22 ; Hi in. by 7 ; bound in stamped
leather.
784
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
Forty-two miniatures in Indian style, of
the early part of the 18th century, enclosed
in ornamental borders, and representing,
for the most part, Hindu ladies in various
attitudes. There are also portraits of Aurang-
zlb and Farrukhsiyar.
Add. 22,363.
Foil. 28; 16 in. by 11 J; a collection of
twenty-eight large miniatures in fine Indian
style, of the 18th century, with illuminated
borders.
They represent subjects of Eastern fiction,
incidents of the legend of Eaishna, sym-
bolical figures of Eaginis, and hunting
scenes. There are also a few portraits, one
of which, fol. 22, bears the name of Muham-
mad Shah, fol. 22.
A calligraphic specimen, fol. 9 b, is signed
Muhammad 'Abid B. Muhammad Hfishim
Kuraishi, and dated Akbarabad, A.H. 1125.
Add. 18,803.
Foil. 21; 14 in. by 10; miscellaneous
Hindu miniatures of the 17th and 18th
centuries, representing mythological subjects,
female figures emblematic of the Raginis,
and scenes of Hindu life. The last three are
portraits. The first of these, a Moghul war-
rior drinking, is lettered Hulrdiu Khan. The
second, a young prince riding, hawk in hand,
is inscribed t^V &i »U, «ji , probably Raf i'ush-
Shfm, the third son of Shah *Alam Bahadur
Shah. The third, a gentleman in the Euro-
pean costume of last century, has no name.
Some specimens of Nestalik writing are
signed Mirza Salih and Mir 'Imad.
Add. 21,154.
Foil. 24; 15i in. by IQi; a collection of
Hindu miniatures of the 18th century, and
calligraphic specimens.
The miniatures represent Indian ladies,
and scenes of Hindu life and romance. They
also include some portraits bearing the follow-
ing names : — Shah 'Abbas, fol. 12. The grand-
son of Tana Shah {i.e. of Abul-Hasan Ku-
tubshah),fol.l5. *Inayat'Ali Khan Bangash^
fol. 17. Rasul Khan Bangash, fol. 18. Rajah
Man Singh, fol. 19. Nur Jahan Begam, fol. 20.
Seven of the calligrapliic specimens are
detached leaves of the Divan i Shahi
(p. 640 a). Two, foil. 17, 18, are fragments of
the tale of Gopichand and MirgavatI, a
scene of which is depicted on fol. 6 a.
Others bear the signatui'es of Kashfi
(p. 164 «), fol. 9 a, 'Abd ul-Khalik B. Habib
Ullah ul-Haravi, A.H. 990, fol. 11 a, Mu-
hammad Sadik, A.H. 1102, fol. 14 b, and
Kiyam ud-Din Khan, fol. 22 b.
Add. 15,526.
Foil. 22 ; 18 in. by ll^. A volume con-
taining twenty-six miniatures in fair Indian
style, of the 17th and 18th centuries, with
some specimens of calligraphy.
The miniatures, which represent mostly
scenes of Hindu life and of Eastern fiction,
include also the following portraits : — Chand
Bibi of Ahmad Nagar, the wife of 'All 'Adil
Shah, fol. 1. Farrukhsiyar, fol. 8. Muham-
mad Mu'azzara (afterwards Bahadur Shiih),
fol. 9. 'Allmardan Khiin (of Haidarfibad,
who died in the fiftieth year of Aurangzib's
reign; see Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 70), fol.
12. Sulaiman Shikuh, son of Dara Shikuh,
fol. 14. Sayyid Muzaffar, chancellor of
Golconda, fol. 16. Sultan Mahmiid (Muham-
mad), the eldest son of Aurangzib, fol. 17.
Two European engravings, a Dutch land-
scape, fol. 2, and the assumption of the Holy
Virgin, fol. 12, have been inserted.
The calligraphic specimens, which are in
Nestalik, Naskhi and Shikastah, show the
following signatures and dates : — Hidayat'Ali
Tajalli Vilayat Rakam Haidarabadi, A.H. 1179.
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
785
They are Shirln Rakam, A.H. 1134, Javahir
Rakam Sanl, A.H. 1134, Muhammad Isma'il,
Abul-Baka ul-Musavi, A.H. 1101, and Mu-
hammad Husain B. Sharaf ud-Dln 'All.
Add. 22,470.
Foil. 32 ; 15 in. by 11 ; an album contain-
ing thirty-two highly finished Indian minia-
tures, of the 17th and 18th centuries, with
calligraphic specimens ; bound in painted
corers.
The miniatiures, which mostly represent
scenes of Indian life and Eastern fiction',
include also portraits of princes, amirs, and
saints, to some of which names are added.
The following can be identified : —
Akbar sitting on his throne, surrounded by
officials, to most of whom names are added,
foL 4. Prince Diiniyal, fol. 5. Shah Shuja*,
fol. 6. Jahiingir, with suite, crossing a river
in boats, fol. 13. Farrukhsiyar, fol. 19.
Muhammad Amin Khiin, fol. 20. The Vazir
Hasan *Ali Khan (afterwards Sayyid 'Abd
Ullah Khan Kutb ul-Mulk), fol. 29. 'Abd
ul-Majid KhAn, fol. 30.
The portraits of saints, as Khwiijah AhrAr
(p. 353 b), fol. 1, Bairagi Ramdas, fol. 11,
and Shah Madar (p. 361 b), fol. 14, are pro-
bably imaginary.
The specimens of penmanship are signed
by Mir *Ali, foil. 1 , 24, 31, Muhammad Murad
fol. 2, Muhammad Husain ut-Tabrizi, foil. 8,
18, 28, Minfichihr, A-H. 1076, fol. 12, Khadim
'All, A.H. 1189, fol. 15, Suit m 'Ali Mash-
hadi, fol. 17, Muhammad ^alil.i ul-IJusaini,
fol. 27.
An English note on the fly-leaf states that
the MS. had been taken from the library of
Hafiz Rahmat (see p. 212 a), at the time of
his death.
Or. 375.
Foil. 39 ; 17 in. by 13 ; a collection of
Hindu drawings of various sizes, of the 17tb,
VOL. ir.
18th, and 19th centuries, containing portraits
of Indian princes and amirs, and some fancy
subjects. [Gbo. Wm. Hamilton.]
The portraits are those of Akbar, fol. 1,
Jahangir, fol. 2, Shahjahan, as prince, fol. 3,
Shahjahan, as emperor, fol. 4, Dilra Shikiih,
foil. 5, 6, Niir Jahan Begam, fol. 7, Muhammad
A'zam Shah, fol. 8, Farrukhsiyar, fol. 9, Akbar
Shah II., foil. 10, 11. Muhammad Bahadur
Shah, fol. 12, Nadir Shah, fol. 13, Ranjit
Singh, fol. 14, Amir Khan, fol. 15, Kamar
ud-Dln Khan, fol. 16, Shaistah Khan, fol. 17,
Khankhanan, fol. 18, GhiizI ud-Din Khiin,
fol. 19, Khan-Dauran Khan, fol. 20, Liilah
Hazarii Beg, fol. 21, Shahnavaz Khan, fol. 22,
Hakim Muhtadi 'All Khan, fol. 23, the Maha-
rajah of Udaipur, with queen and female
attendants, fol. 24, Maharajnh Jagat Singh of
Jaipur, fol. 25, Rajah Birbal, with attendants,
fol. 26, Rami Pirthi-Das, fol. 27, General
Perron with wife, fol. 28, Ranjit Singh,
fol, 29, the saint Kabir, Pir Dastgir, fol. 31,
Shaikh Salim Chishti, fol. 32.
Add. 5717.
Foil. 06; 13 in. by 7}. Miscellaneous
Hindu drawings of various sizes, mostly
black, or slightly tinted, of the 17th and 18th
centuries; collected in Lucknow, 1785 — 88.
Tliey represent hunting scenes, fights of
elephants, figures of large animals cunningly
made up of smaller ones, mythological sub-
jects, scenes of Hind ii life. Fakirs, etc.
There are also some portraits. The fol-
lowing have names: — Jalal ud-Din Riimi,
foil. 44, 60, Diira Shikuh, with his son Sulai-
mim Shikuh, fol, 45, Mir Muhammad Sa'id,
fol. 46, Babar, fol. 62.
Add. 5027 B.
{Originally numbered Sloane 2925).
Foil. 44; 8i in. by 12. Album of Engel-
bert Kaempfer, containing drawings by him-
z z
786
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
self and by Persian artists, as follows : — Pen
and ink drawings, by Kaempfer, of Yazdikhast,
fol. 1, Hormuz, fol. 3, a fortress on a hill,
without name, fol. 4, and the column of
horns, Isfahan (see Amcenitates Exoticse,
p. 291), fol. 5. Native drawings represent-
ing a scene from Laila and Majnun, foil.
- 6, 7 ; costumes of various classes in Persia
and neighbouring countries, with Persian
lettering, foil. 8 — 21 ; various animals found
in Persia and Irak, with their names in Per-
sian, foil. 22—34, 38—44.
From a note on fol. 42 the above drawings
appear to have been executed for Kaempfer,
in Isfahan, A.H. 1096, by Jani, son of Ustaz
Bahram. The same name and date appear on
a lady's portrait, by the same artist, fol. 37.
Map of the world, transcribed by Kaempfer
from a Persian original, fol. 35. Map of the
northern parts of Persia, from Isfahan to the
Caspian, with names in Prench, by Kaempfer.
Or. 1372.
Foil. 51 ; 16J in. by lOj ; bound in painted
covers. [Sir Charles Axex. Murriy.]
An album of miniatures and specimens of
calligraphy, with rich 'Unvan, and orna-
mental borders.
The miniatures, which are partly in the
Persian and partly in the Indian style, repre-
sent, for the most part, fancy figures and
varied scenes of Eastern life. They include,
however, a few portraits, to some of which
names have been added, as follows : — Hakim
Shifii'i, a physician and poet of the reign of
Shah 'Abbas I., fol. 7 a. Aka Hadi, with a
lady, fol. 10 b. Sultan 'Ala ud-Din [B.] Fi-
ruz Shah and Khwajah Hasan (see p. 618 a),
fol. 15 a. Shah Salim (Jahangir), with
hawk-bearer, fol. 19 a.
Four engravings, German and Flemish, of
the 16th and 17th centuries, have been in-
serted. See foil. 36, 38, 50, 51.
The names of the following painters are
found on some of the Persian miniatures :
Riza i 'AbbasT, who lived under Shah 'Ab-
bas I., foil. 4 J, 7 o, 11 a, 34 J, Muhammad
Kasim, apparently of the same period, foil.
27 a, and Bihzad, a painter of the reign of Sul-
tan Husain Baikara (see Memoirs of Baber,
p. 197), fol. 50 a.
The calligraphic specimens, mostly in '
large Nestalik, are by celebrated penmen of
the 10th, 11th, and 12th centuries of the
Hijrah. They bear the following signatures
and dates : Mir 'AH ul-Katib (see p. 531 a),
A.H. 939, and Bukhara, without year, foil.
5—15, 18, 19, 49. Mir 'Imad ul-Husaini
(the first calligrapher of the time of Shah
'Abbas I. ; see p. 519 b), Isfahan, A.H. 1023,
foil. 16, 35. 'Abd ur-RashId ud-Dailami, Is-
fahan, A.H. 1025—1052, foil. 16, 17, 20—23,
38—48. Muhammad SfiUh B. Abu Turab,
Isfahan, A.H. 1093— 1120, foil. 1—4, 24—37.
Add. 7468.
Foil. 100 ; 9^ in. by 6^; an album of calli-
graphy, with some miniatures ; mounted in
cloth and enclosed in painted covers.
[CI. J. Rich.]
The specimens of penmanship in Nestalik,
Naskhi, and Shafi'al, are mostly of the 18th
and the beginning of the 19th centuries. The
following names are found in the signatures,
or in the notes of the collector, with the
accompanying dates : — Hasan Shamlii, of
Herat (reign of Shah 'Abbas II. ; see Zinat
ut-Tavarikh), fol. 6. Mir 'Imad, foil. 7, 92.
Shafi'aul-Husainl, A.H.1148, foll.16,75. Mir-
zii Zain ul-'Abidin (reign of Shah Sulaiman ;
see Zinat ut-Tavarikh), A.H. 1127 and 1105,
foil. 19, 52. Mirza Abul-Kasim Inju ShIrazI,
A.H. 1180, foil. 23, 53. Ummidi, foil. 46, 47,
Muhammad Muhsin IsfahanI, A.H. 1149,
fol. 49. Darvlsh Majld, foil. 60, 72, 73.
MIrza Hasan Kirmani, fol. 61. Mirza Ku-
chak, pupil of Darvlsh Majid (the collector
speaks of him as " now " living in Isfahan),
foil. 60, 67, 96.
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
787
The collector dates one of his notes at Isfa-
han, A.H. 1228.
Among the miniatures, which are mostly
in the Indian style of the 18th century, there
are, besides fancy subjects, portraits to which
the followinff names are added : — Shfihrukh,
fol. U. Tim&r, fol. 15. 'Ismat of Bukhfira,
with BisAti of Samarkand (see pp. 736 6,
736 a), fol. 32. Hafiz, with Abu Ishak Shi-
razi (see p. 634 a), fol. 33. Vali Kalandar,
fol. 44. Vais Hakim ul-MuIk (apparently a
portrait of Aurangzib), fol. 50. Khwajah'Abd
Ullah Manrarid (of Herat, a poet and callit
grapher, who died A.H. 922), fol. 51. Sa'di,
fol. 63. Shahjahan (two profile portraits, one
of which is lettered Akbar Shah), foil. 00, 91.
Add. 27,271.
Foil 18; 11 1 in. by 8, written on gold
ground, with coloured borders, and mounted
on cloth ; enclosed in painted covers.
[Sir John Malcolm.]
Eighteen specimens of Persian penman-
ship, in the character called Tarassul, signed
Muhammad Kuzim ul-Vfilih ul-Isfahani (sec
p. 723 a), and dated A.H. 1225.
They contain forms of ofBcial and compli-
mentary letters, frequently repeated.
Or. 1373.
Foil. 40; 11} in. by 7J; an album of cal-
ligraphic specimens, with illuminated borders
and ten miniatures; mounted on cloth, and
enclosed in painted covers.
[Sir CiiAB. Alex. Mcrrat.]
Tlie calligraphic specimens in Naskhi,
Kestalik, and Shika.stah, have the following
aignatures and dates: — Fazl Ullah ul-*Amili,
A.H. 1254, foil. 13, 14. 'Abd ul-Majid
(Darvish), Isfahan, A.IL 1173, fol. 21. Ibn
*ALi ud-Din Muhammad ul-yusaini, A.IL
1199, fol. 31. Ahmad un-Nairizi, AIL 1117,
fol. 32. Ka'im Maknm, foil. 11, 12, 36, 36.
Shah Mall mud, fol. 40.
Most of the miniatures represent fancy
figures in the Persian style of the 17th and
18th centuries. One of the earliest, fol. 37, has
for its subject the reception of Khan *Alam,
the envoy of Jahangir, by Shah *Abbas L,
which took place in Kazvin, A.H. 1027.
Add. 4832.
A single leaf, 14 in. by 8. A letter en-
dorsed by Alex. Dow, " Fine writing of Aga
Reshidee Chaun Husseini, first master in this
art." The m riter, who signs 'All, requests a
continuance of friendly support for his son
Muhammad Biikir. At the back is the seal
of Rashid Khiin Ilusaini, with the date
A.H. 1118. An English translation is
subjoined.
Add. 4833.
Four leaves, bound up with the preceding,
and endorsed by Alexander Dow, "Allaha-
bad, 1763," and " Benares, 1704."
Four calligraphic specimens, two of which
are signed Ral.ira Ullah ul-Husaiui, and Mir
Fakhr ud-Dm llusain Khan Ni*matullahi.
Add. 21,474.
Foil. 13; 14^ in. by 12; autographs and
calligraphic specimens collected by Lcwiu
Bowring, Esq., in Dehli, A.D. 1854. They
are signed by the following penmen : —
Munshl Dipchand, of Dehli, Samvat, 1903
(A.D. 18-16), foil. 1. Muhammad Kuli, of
Peshawar, A.D. 1854, fol. 2, 10. Abuz-
Zafar Siraj ud-Din Bahadur Shah, emperor
of Dehli, fol. 3. Mirz.i Darabakht Vali *Ahd,
' the late heir to the throne,' fol. 4, Mirza
Muhammad Sultan Fath ul-Mulk Shiih Vali
'Abd, ' heir to the throne,' fol. 5. Muhammad
Amir Rizavi, known as Sayyid Amir, of Dehli,
A.H. 1270, foil. 6, 7. 'lbadUllah,fol.8. Mu'jiz-
llakam Khan, of Kandahar, foil. 11 — 13.
The specimens include verses in Urdu,
Pushtu, Panjabi and Kashmiri,
z z 2
788
DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY.
Add. 15,969.
Three sheets, 30 in. by 21, containing
bird's-eye views by native artists of royal
gardens and palaces, endorsed : " Presented
to Ozias Humphrey at Lucknow, May 11th
1786, by Col. Anthony Poller. It represents
the inside and the amusements of the Sultan's
Zinnana."
Egerton 1061.
A paper slip, 42 feet by 13^ in. Coloured
drawing, by native artists, of the cortege of
Shuja* ul-Mulk, king of Kabul, with the
names of the principal oificers and corps
added in Persian ; 19 th century.
Egerton 1062.
A paper slip, 22 feet 9 in. long by 14 in.
A panoramic view, by native artists, of the
city of Benares, as seen from the river, with
the names of the Ghats and principal build-
ings in Persian; 19th century.
Add. 22,716.
Thirteen sheets, the largest of which
measures two feet and a half in breadth by
23 inches in height. They contain coloured
drawings, carefully executed by native ar-
tists in the present century, of the principal
buildings of Agra, as follows: — 1. Mauso-
leum of Akbar at Sikandrah. 2. Gate of the
Mausoleum. 3. Mausoleum of I'timad ud-
Daulah (father of Nur Jahan), on the other
side of the Jumna. 4. The Divan Khas, or
audience-hall, inside the Fort. 5. Dehli
gate of the Port. 6. Rauzah Munavvarah
Mumtaz MahaU, or Taj Mahall (see p. 430 a),
viewed from the Jumna. 7. Enclosure
^ of the tombs of Mumtaz Mahall and
Shahjahan. 8. Tombof Shahjahan. 9. Tomb'
of Mumtaz Mahall, 10 — 13. Detail of orna-
ment and inscriptions on the sarcophagus.
Add. 8893, Art. II., No. 1.
A single sheet, 24 in. by 26 ; 6 lines in
Nestalik.
Pac-simile of a Persian inscription in old
Dehli, stating that on the first of Rabi* I., in
the year 101 [read 1015], Tahir Muhammad
[B.] 'Imad ud-Din Hasan B. 'Ali ^J b-j
[read ijjijj^^'] came from Agra, in attendance
upon the Shahzadah Sultan Khuram, visited
the sepulchres of the saints, and set out on
his way to the court of His Majesty Nur ud-
Din Muhammad Jahangir Padishah GhazI in
Lahore.
The inscription relates to the author of
the Rauzat ut-Tahirln (see p. 119 i), and
shows that he accompanied Sultan Khuram,
afterwards Shahjahan, when that prince was
summoned by Jahangir from Agra to Lahore.
The prince's meeting with his fatlicr took
place on the 12th of Rabi' II., A.H. 1015.
See Toozuki Jehangeeree, p. 36, and 'Amal i
Salih, fol. 19.
An inscription in Persian verse by the
same Muhammad Tahir, dated A.H. 1014, is
engraved upon the tomb of Amir Khusrau.
See A§ar us-San^did, Appendix, p. 37,
No. 38.'
( 789 )
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Harl. 500.
FoU. 138; 8i in. by 5; 17 lines, 2J in.
long, in a page, written partly in Nestalik,
partly in Naskhi; dated from Safar, A.H.
1010, to Zulka*dah, A.H. 1012 (A.D. 1601—
1604).
I. Foil. 1—18. The beginning of the
Gulistiin of Sa'di (sec p. 697 a).
II. FoU. 20—39. Tuhfah i Shahidi (see
p. 613 b).
III. FoU. 40—73. *iJ\^\ lid
A Persian manual in ten sections (Xism),
and four chapters (Fasl), giving grammatical
forms and familiar words, with their Turkish
equivalents.
Author : Muhammad B. I^aji Hyas, x^
Beg. l^\jj\fJ ^^\ -Jl sj^
See Haj. Khal., ii. p. 243, Kraffl's Cata-
logue, p. 6, and the Leyden Catalogue, yoL i.
p. 98.
IV. FoU. 73—106. j^oj^ ^^, a treatise
on Persian prosody and poetical ornaments.
Author : Vahld Tabriz], jtjij^ a^^
Beg.
V
^'
.^
u*^ ^jj ^jjU-»
The author, whose fuU name was Valiid
ud-Dln, wrote it for his brother's son. Hence
it is designated in a Latin notice prefixed to
the MS. by Solomon Negri as Braserzadeh
(wjjyij]^). Copies are mentioned in the Jahr-
biicher, vol. 62, Anzeigeblatt, p. 11, and the
catalogues of St. Petersburg, p. 436, Vienna,
vol. i. p. 206, Gotha, p. 14, and Munich,
p. 120.
The author is not to be confounded with a
later writer, MaulAna Viihid J»-|^ Tabriz], a
Sufi and poet, for whom Shah 'Abbas II.
entertained great regard, and who died in Is>
fahan A.H. 1080. See Riyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 497, and Hammer, Redekiinste, p. 380.
V. FoU, 108—138. A versified Arabic-
Turkish vocabulary, without preface or title.
Beg. (.^ Jy dU^ ^jj ^J •!#; dUSIj^
It consists of twenty-two sections, each
on a different rhyme, and has no systematic
arrangement of words. This is apparently
the work of 'Abd ul-LatIf B. Fu-ishtab,
known as •!!*;» ^^\ tl««S, or ^^\ *Iiy tyUT.
See the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 116, and
Krafft's Catalogue, p. 7.
Harl. 5446.
FoU. 45 ; 64 in. by 4J ; 14 and 11 lines,
written in Naskhi and Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century.
I. FolL 1 — 16. An extract beginning,
It treats of the magical or medicinal pro-
perties of certain parts of various animals.
It also contains recipes for the keeping off of
insects, and others relating to sexual inter-
course and parturition.
II. FoU. 16 — 45. An abridgment of the
Book of Precious Stones, beginning, ^^\ i^\^
It contains twelve chapters (Bab), treating
of the foUowing stones: diamond, yakut,
790
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
ruby, emerald, pearl, turquoise, bezoar, am-
ber, lapis lazuli, coral, cornelian, and jasper.
The values are estimated in florins, tjj^,
and the European (Firangi) jewellers are
frequently referred to.
Harl. 5464.
Foil. 163 ; 5i in. by 4 ; 11 lines, If in.
long; written in Nestalik; dated Rabi' II.,
A.H. 1078 (A.D. 1667).
A volume of miscellaneous tracts ; see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 83. The following are
partly Persian :
I. Foil. 67—144. The Pand Namah of
'Attar (see p. 579 6), with Turkish glosses.
II. Foil. 146—163. A short Arabic treatise
on the conjugation of the Persian verb, with
the heading, »ii«^)^ j j*)ja!l.
In the subscription it is designated as
■ix^^ ^\^i. This is the title of a Persian
dictionary by Muhammad B. Pir *Ali ul-Bir-
gavi (who died A.H. 981 ; see Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv. p. 91), from which the above tract is
probably taken.
Harl. 5468.
Foil. 103 ; 5 in. by 3^ ; 6 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in coarse Naskhi; dated Rabi'
II., A.H. 1069 (A.D. 1658).
A volume containing Arabic prayers, with
Persian rubrics, and a short Shi'ah catechism
entitled ^^.<i J^\, in Persian, foil. 74 — 85.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 382.
Harl. 5490.
Foil. 371; 8 in. by 5|; about 17 lines;
written in Naskhi and Nestalik, about A.H.
1076 (A.D. 1666).
A volume of miscellaneous tracts, mostly
Turkish. The following contain Persian
texts : —
I. Foil. 19—120. The first part of a
Turkish commentary upon the Magnavi (see
p. 584 b), entitled, >^JA\ 'ijy^j (__fljUaJJl »^y*>^-
Beg. \^^j >j* ^^ *l«i»^\ 6»'j\ ^J* *>«ib
The author, whose name does not appear,
was, according to Haj. Khal., vol. v. pp. 375,
377, Rusukh ud-Din Isma'il B. Ahmad id>
Ankuravi ul-Maulavi, known as Isma*il Da-
dah, who died A.H. 1042.
The work is stated in the preface to have
been compiledfrom two distinct commentaries
previously written by the author, entitled 2\i
{Sj\jJ^\ and c:jb^\ j^V- It was written by
desire of Sultan Murad B. Ahmad, and com-
pleted A.H. 1039.
The present fragment comprises the Arabic
preface, and the beginning of the poem, down
to this line (Bulak edition, p. 10) : —
II. Foil. 197—213. Hundred sayings of
'All, with a paraphrase in Persian quatrains,
by Rashid ud-Din Vatvat (see p. 553 b), and
a Turkish version in similar form.
III. Foil. 214—220. Forty sayings of
Muhammad (Hadl§), in Arabic, with a para-
phrase in Persian quatrains.
Beg. ^J^ lo fij*\ ^yii J cjUIJIj ^}l^i\ l^\
Royal 16, B. xxi.
Foil. 27; 9i in. by lOJ. Miscellaneous
Oriental papers. The following are Persian : —
I. Foil. 6 — 12. An almanack for the
"year of the hen," Jjuji ^/yli2, which began
on the 11th of Shavval, A.H. 1042 (March,
1633), giving the positions of the planets for
each day.
II. Fol. 12. A slip of pink paper, with 16
lines in large Divani. A petition addressed
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
791
by three native servants of the East India
Company at Surat, namely Chauth, Tulsidas,
and Benidas, to the King of England (Pro-
tector Cromwell), asking compensation for
damages suffered during the Dutch war,
" signed by them, in the Gujrati character,
dated Swally Marine, January 26th, 1655."
Lansdown 1245.
Foil. 146 ; 9| in. by 5i ; 25 and 16 lines ;
written in the 17th and 18th centuries.
[N. Bbasset Halhed.]
I. Foil. 2—131. A horoscope of the birth
of Shahjaimn, with astronomical tables.
Author : Fath Ullah B. *Abd ur-Rahman
uz-Zubairi ul-Buruji, ^J^J^ o^ ^J> t&\ xi
Beg* A^ y ^JyMya^'iuM <U3^^|yU Ji«»
The author, who wrote during the reign of
Shuhjahrin, l)asc8 his calculation of the posi-
tion of the heavenly bodies at the emperor's
birth on the statement of the contemporary
astrologers, who had fixed it at 12 Gharis and
3 Pals of the night before Thursday, the 30th
of Rabi' I., A.H. 1000.
II. Foil. 132—140. An almanack for the
•* year of the hare," J--> ^JSu»^, correspond-
ing to A.H. 1172 3 (A.D. 1759), wTitten in
Bengal for Navvab Mir Muhammad Ja'fnr
Khan.
Arundel Or. 8.
Foil. 148; 8 in. by 5i ; 14 and 15 lines,
3| in. long ; written in Naskhi, apparently
in the 17th century.
I. Foil. 1 — 76. A collection of short
tracts relating to the rules and traditions of
the religious order called Ahl i Futuvvat(see
p. -44 a). They are in Turkish, with the ex-
ception of the last two, foil. 72 — 77, which
are Persian, and treat of the origin of the
felt-cloak and other garments of Baba 'Amr,
a patron of the order.
II. Foil. 76—139. Preface and first part
of the Divan of Hiifiz. Select pieces, mostly
of religious character, from the Divans of the
following poets : — Lisani (p. 656 i), Da*i Shi-
razl (a disciple of Ni'mat Ullah Vall ; he col-
lected his Divan A.H. 865. See the Oude
Catalogue, p. 387, and Mir'at Jahannuma,
fol. 347), Khusrau (p. 609 a), Sa'di, Hafiz,
Shams i Tabriz (p. 593 a), Khakanl, Ahmad
i Jam (p. 551 b\ Jamt, Asafl (p. 651 b),
Kasim (p. 635 6), and Sabuhi (a Sufi, of
Chaghatiii extraction, who lived in IIerat>
and later in India. He died in Agra, A.H.
972 or 973. See Badaoni, vol. iii. p. 257,
Blochmann, Ain i Akbnri, p. 582, and the
Oude Catalogue, pp. 43, 125).
The latter portion, foil. 132—139, is chiefly
taken up by Turkish poems.
III. Foil. 140—148. A Turkish tract on
the Salm&ni order.
Egerton 695.
FolL 192 ; 9^ in. by 5. [Adam Clarke. J
I. Foil. 1—90; 12 lines, 2^ in. long;
written in Nestalik, in the 18th century.
The Divan of A^ar.
Beg. \ji>^ y3 J'i\ia\ ^ji>\^ yt^
yy. .j.^^)^ J^ ^^M jjy>.
8hafi*a, surnamod Asar, a native of Shiraz,
who had lost his sight at the age of nine
years, lived in Isfahan in the time of Saltan
Husain (A.II. 1105 — 1135). He was con-
sidered the first poet of his time, and
especially excelled in satire. He died in
Lfir, A.H. 1113, or, according to Siraj, Oude
Catalogue, p. 149, A.U. 1124. See Riya^
ush-Shu'ara, fol. 53, Ataslikadah, fol. 119,
and the Oude Catalogue, pp. 138, 344.
Contents : Qhazals in alxihabctical order,
792
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
fol. 1 &, Ruba'is, fol. 80 h. Matali*, or open-
ings, and fragments of Ghazals, in alpha-
betical order, foil. 85 b — 90. Kasidahs, in
praise of Muhammad, 'All, and the Imams,
foil. 1 b — 45 J, in the margins.
II. Foil. 91—192; 15 lines, 3f in. long;
written in cursive Indian Nestalik.
Letters of Shaikh Faizi (see p. 450 a),
edited by Nur ud-Din Muhammad.
Beg. mA^ ^jiA \^.ji^\ JjVb
The editor was the son of *Ain ul-Mulk, a
physician of Shiraz, who had risen to high
favour with Akbar, and died in the 40th year
of the reign (A.H. 1003. See Badaoni,
vol. ii. p. 403, and Blochmann, Ain i Akbari,
p. 480). His mother was a sister of Shaikh
Faizi and Shaikh Abu'1-Fazl. He says in his
preface that, while the poems of Faizi, as
Markaz i Advar and others, had been col-
lected and arranged by Shaikh Abulfazl, his
prose compositions had been neglected. In
order to save them from oblivion, he made
the present collection in the year indicated
by the above title, i. e. A.H. 1035.
The work is divided, according to the pre-
face, into five Latifahs, three Mantukahs, and
a Khatimah. The first five sections contain
Faizi's letters to Akbar, fol. 97 a, to Shaikhs
and 'Ulamii, fol. 131 a, to physicians, fol.
157 b, to Sayyids and Amirs, fol. 174 a, and
to relatives, fol. 184 a. Faizi's preface to
his Divfin is prefixed.
The remaining sections, which contained
invocations C->W\i« by Shaikh Abulfazl, let-
ters of Shaikh Abu'l-Khair (a brother of
Faizi), letters addressed to Faizi, and some
compositions of the editor, are wanting in
this copy.
Egerton 707.
FoU. 181; 71 in. by 5; 11 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in plain Nestalik ; dated Mu-
harram, A.H. 1217 (A.D. 1802).
[Adam Clarkb.]
I. Foil. 2 — 62. tlAJu-j Ou«» *«-flj', the story
of two brothers, Sit and Basant, a Hindu
tale.
Beg. e:..o.\j^ ^J^ jKti^S 4jb,\^ j jU->^ u'-?.lib
II. Foil. 63—137. ^1^\ 'ij^'i, a treatise
on the religious observances of the Hindiis.
Beg. lnJ^^ r* '^*ir^ '''-^ J '^ L^»^^
It is stated to have been written for the
use of the Hindiis in A.H. 1210, FaslI 1203,
A.D. 1796, and comprises the following three
Babs : — 1. Fast days (Brat) throughout the
Hindu year, from Chait to Phagun, fol. 64 b.
2. Cosmogony and origin of castes, fol. 114 b.
3. Orders of Hindii devotees and their dis-
tinctive marks (Tilak), fol. 126 a.
III. Foil. 138—181. A tract beginning,
L_->b j^a- ji ^^j.<h£^ (-.^Ijkj ^^\ jjj.»*ic, and
divided into four Babs, as follows: — 1. Ages
of the world, fol. 138 b. 2. The ten Avatars,
fol. 149 a. 3. The seven planetary divinities,
and theii' invocations, fol. 169 a. 4. The
twelve solar mansions, fol. 179 a.
The last two tracts contain several Sanskrit .
Slokas in the Persian character.
Copyist: q«1;;_a_jJ* s^
The MS. was written for Mr. Henry
George Keene, whose name and seal are
found on the fly-leaf, with the date, March,
1802.
Egerton 1004.
Foil. 204; lOf in. by 6|; 18 lines, 4f in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Ramazan, A.H. 1232 (A.D. 1817).
I. Foil. 4 — 57. Zafar Namah i 'Alamgiri,
by 'Akil Khan (see pp. 265 a, and 699 a),
wanting the introduction.
A table of the Timurides from Babar to
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
793
Shah 'Alam, and a list of the children of Shah-
jaban and Aurangzib, are prefixed, fol. 3.
II. Foil. 57—70. Extract from the Shah
jahSn-Namah {i.e. 'Amal i Salih, see p. 263 a),
relating to the capture of Dara Shikuh, and
the death of Shahjahiin (corresponding to
Add. 26,221, foil. 669—678). Letter of Shah-
jahan to Kutb iil-Mulk (the king of Gol-
conda), enjoining him to put down offen-
Bive Sbfah practices ; the latter's answer,
dated Zulhijjah, A.H. 1043. Letter of 'Adil
Khan, of Bijiipiir, to Sbabjahan, and the lat-.
tor's letter to 'Adil Khun, dated the 23rd of
Zulhijjah, A.H. 1045 (see *Amal i Salih, foil.
873^375), fol. 66.
III. Foil. 70—114. Extract from the
Khizanah i 'Amirah (see p. 373 a), com-
prising the lives of Nizam ul-Mulk Asaf Jah
and his children, Burhfin ul-Mulk Sa'adat
Khan, Sufdar Jaug, Shuja* ud-Daulah and
Shah *AIam, Ahmad Shah Durrani, and
Tshak Khan Mutaman ud-Daulah (corre-
sponding to Or. 232, foil. 25—98).
IV. Foil. 115—125. Letter of Nadir
Shah to his son Kiza Kuli Mirza, announcing
his victory in India. Letter of Shah 'Abbas I.
to Jahangir, relating to his capture of Kan-
dahar (A.II. 1031, see 'Alam-arai, fol. 380),
and the latter's answer, fol. 1 20 a. Letter of
Aurangzib, on his march upon Kandahar, to
his father, Shahjahan (A.H. 1062), fol. 121.
Letters of Shujii* ud-Daulah to Najib Khiin
and Shfih *AIam, ful. 122 a.
'■^t^
V. Foil. 126—136. Fire letters,
by Maulana Zuhuri (sec p. 742 a, v.).
Some Ghazals by the same author are
written in the margins from fol. 115 to 122.
VI. Foil. 135—204. Letters of Rajah
Lachhmi-Narayan, Munshi, ^J>^y i,^^ oIjJ,
,^^, edited by Muhammad Faizbakhsh B.
Ghulam Sarvar, of Kakuri (sec p. 309 b).
VOL. 11.
^S- J^j^j^ W^ «J^ u'zJ^ J'i^ '^v*
From a memoir of the author's life, pre-
fixed by the editor, we learn that he descended
from a Lahore family settled in Dehli, that
his father's name was Rai ManI Ram, and
that he was a pupil of Sirij ud-Din*AlI Khan
Arzu fsee p. 601 b). Having been driven
from Dehli by the invasion of Ahmad Shah
Durrani, Lachhmi-Narayan stayed some time
in Aurangiibad and Bareli, and settled in
Lucknow, where he found a protector in Shah
Madan. After his patron's imprisonment by
Shiih Shuja, he obtained, on the recom-
mendation of Akhund Ahmad 'Ali, employ-
ment under Navvnb Muhammad Javahir *Ali
Khan, Nflzir of Faizibad (see p. 309 6), and
spent there seven years, in constant inter-
course with the writer of this notice. He
then passed into the service of Asaf ud-Dau-
lah in Lucknow ; but subsequently returned
to Faiz.ibad, >vhere his mind became deranged.
Three years later, the editor obtained posses-
sion of his papers, and compiled the present
collection, which he completed A.H. 1205.
Tlie dates of the letters range from A.H.
1183 to 1195. Some are mere rhetorical
exercises atldressed to the author's pupil,
Shaikh B.ikir 'Ali, sister's son to Akhund
Ahmad 'Ali ; others are written in the name
of Navvab Javahir 'Ali, Akhund Ahmad 'Ali,
and Bahu Begam, to the successor of Governor
Hastings (Sir John Macpherson), Shall 'Alam,
Asaf ud-Daulah, and others, while a few are
addressed by the author in his own name to
the etlitor.
A tabulated index of the contents is given
on fol. 125 b. The work has been litho-
graphed in Lucknow, A.H. 1205.
Egerton 1008.
FoU. 107; Si in. by 5J ; 13 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in plain Nestalik, apparently
in India, early in the 18th century.
3 A
794
MANUSCEIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
I. Foil. 1 — 69. »j^, a treatise on sexual
intercourse.
Author: Murtaza ^ull Shamlu, ^joij*
Beg. ,_^»AiI»(_v.U*tfj j.^».i9Loes}^«^'^j'«lJ^c;^^?***
Murtaza Kuli Khan, son of Hasan Khan
Shamlu, governor of Khorasan (see p, 682 «)>
stood in high favour with Shah Sulaiman
(A.H. 1077 — 1105), who appointed him to
the office of sword-hearer, ^^.i^j ji-i-*-*, and to
the government of Kum. He is described
as a poet of taste, and an elegant Shikastah-
writer. See Tahir NasTrabadI, fol. 32, Riyaz
ush-Shu'ara, fol. 437, and Atashkadah, fol. 11.
This work, written in a highly artificial
and ornate style, is dedicated to the Shah
(probably Shah Sulaiman). It is divided
into thirty sections, which, in conformity with
its title Khirkah, or "patched cloak," are
termed s-xIA " patches." Two copies are de-
scribed in Krafft's Catalogue, p. 81, No. 232j
and p. 151.
II. FoU. 70—74. . A short Arabic-Hindu-
stani dictionary of drugs.
III. Foil. 75—167. ^^\ ^\ a treatise on
purgatives considered in connection with the
age and temperament of the patients, the
season of the year, and other conditions.
Author : Aman Ullah, entitled Khanah-
Zad Khan Firuz Jang B. Mahabat Khan Si-
pahsalar B. Ghayur Beg, i6\si c-Aiali:* jJJ\ J^\
(see p. 509 b).
Beg. yULi i,\^j\ \j ^jijA ^^ «^c?jjb J^
The work, which is dedicated to Jahangir,
was written in A.H. 1036. It is divided into
a Mukaddimah and six Babs, comprisuig
sixty-three Fasls.
Egerton 1009.
Foil. 218; 8| in. by 4f ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, in the 18th century.
A miscellaneous volume, containing,—
I. A collection of medical prescriptions,
without any preamble, or methodical arrange-
ment, fol. 2. 11. Extracts relating to com-
pound medicaments, in Persian and Arabic,'
fol. 74 b. III. Descriptions of compound
medicaments, alphabetically arranged, foil.
107 6—215 b.
At the end of this last section are found
the words, ^JS^J^\ ^^.jJ\ i-jo:^ {J.^^)/ i^ J^>
which leave it uncertain whether Najib ud-
Din us- Samarkand! is named as the author
of the treatise, or of the last prescription
only.
The volume is endorsed ^^.jJ^jji-» j^joLj^
t-*i--l='j but in the text Sa'd ud-Din Tabib is
only quoted as the author of an observation
on the use of naphtha, with which the book
begins.
Egerton 1024.
Foil. 163 ; 11 in. by 7^; 18 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in cursive Indian Nestalik ;
dated Zulhijjah, A.H. 1229 (A.D. 1814).
Prose works of Mirza Katil (see p. 64 b),
as follows : —
I. Foil. 2 — 20. Letters written from the
court of Fatli 'All Shah to the author's
patron in India.
Beg. <^-^\ ^j aio,l ^^UaL- B^ ^^^
These letters deal less with public events
than with personal and familiar incidents,
or what may be termed the " chronique
scandaleuse " of the residence. Their ap-
proximate date may be inferred from their
including, fol. 7, a contemporary record of
the capture and blinding of Zaman Shjih, the
Afghan ruler of Kandahfir, by his brother
Mahmud Shah, an event of A.H. 1217. See
Brydges, Dynasty of the Kajars, p. 159. The
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
796
title ^J.,^ ijj» jjjy\5 *5U^ is written by a later
hand on the first page.
A larger and later collection of Mirza Ka-
tU's letters, compiled A.H. 1232 by his pupil
Imam ud-Din, has been lithographed in
Lucknow, A.H. 1259-60, under the title of
JjcS \jj^f» CjKiSj (— J}^ ^^\ ^yJ*«| and re-
printed in Cawnpore, A.H. 1264.
11. Foil. 21— 3 i. J'-.^\ ;^, a treatise
on the niceties of Persian grammar and
idioms.
Beg. li-o cA^j' »^ u^^cr^y ^
This work, written at the request of Say-
yid Amun 'All, from whose name the title
is derived, was composed, as appears from
the preface of art. iv., in A.H. 1200. It is
divided into six " branches " (f/), sul>divided
into •• fruits " (»^).
Contents : 1. The three classes of words.
2. Ellipses of particles. 3. Compounds,
^.A^. 4. Peculiarities of the Persian of
Iran, Turan, and India. 5. Elegance of dic-
tion.
The Shajarat ul-Amfinl has been litho-
graphed in Lucknow, 1841.
III. FoU. 36—70. Kahr ul-Fa«ahat (see
p. 620 b).
IV. FoU. 71—131. sz^jL j\^, another
treatise on Persian composition.
Beg. ^JJ\x^ ^ Joj ^^ oyrf
Katil wrote it on his return from Kalpi
to Lucknow, after an absence of two years
and a half, in A.H. 1217i at the request of
Mir Muhammad, the younger son of Mir
A man *Aii. It is divided, as its name im-
plies, into four Sharbats, variously subdivided,
on the following subjects : 1 . Persian pro-
sody and rhyme. 2. Modem idioms and
figurative phrases. 3. Elegant expressions,
faulty phrases used in India, and models of
epistolary composition. 4. Short vocabulary
and grammar of the Turki langiiage (the
Persian equivalents are frequently written
in numerical figures).
The Chahar Sharbat has been lithographed
in Lucknow, A.H. 1268.
v. Foil. 132—163. A treatise on Arabic
grammar, without title or preface.
Beg. •«• ^ ^ ^^ ji ^^loiJ ^ «/ jJU ,_/itf
It contains the conjugation of the verb and
its secondary forms, a classed vocabulary of
nouns, and a sketch of the syntax. In the
subscription the treatise is called 5J^ y^J^
and ascribed to Mirza KatiL
Egerton 1028.
Foil. 87; 8 in. by 4^; about 17 lines, 3^
in. long; written in Ncstalik, apparently in
India, in the latter half of the 18th century.
I. Foil. 2 — 34. Inshui Harkarn. See
p. 630 a.
II. Foil. 35 — 62. A tract on the atoning
efficacy of worship at the Siva shrines of
Benares, translated from a Sanskrit original
entitled Panchakrosi, ^_^^/fi, by Kishan
Singh, poetically surnamed Nasha^, son of
Rai Pran Nath, Khatrl of the Mangal tribe,
an inliabitant of Siyalkut« *i {j^* »^^ ^^
^^'•s- cA- J^^ (-y ofr/ "^^ w!h ^\ ^i ^^
Beg. ^}^. u^iU J o^U-» J ^ybib ^ ^U3 J A^
The Panchakrosa is a portion of the Kfisi-
Mflhatmya; sec Aufrecht, Bodleian Cata-
logue, p. 28.
in. FoU. 53—57. \^'i\ u^>, a short
narrative in ornate prose, written in imita-
tion of the Shash-Jihat and the Bada'i'
ul-Jamal of Divan Rup-Narayan Sahib.
Author: the same Kishan Singh.
Beg. «j>M»^ \J^'-^ ^'^ *^. j^.}Tf^ {J-^J aj^ u^
The work was written, as stated at the
end, in A.H. 1157.
3 A 2
796
MANUSCRIPTS OP MIXED CONTENTS.
IV. Foil. 58—86. j>>5^ ^V-' ^^^ story
of Nasklt ts.»AC*»^J , son of the devotee
Udillik, tdUbjl, and of his visit to the realm
of Yama, ^jjyi ^, apparently translated from
a Sanskrit original.
Beg. ^J»}i 0,U*J )j ylSJ i.s^y> j5;\I-b ^J\
Add. 5622.
Foil. 285 ; 8i in. by 5i ; 14 lines, 3J in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, in the 18th century,
[N. Brassey Halhed.]
I. Foil. 1 — 38. ivjlfl)! e>>:^^, satirical
sketches of some contemporaries, by Ni'mat
Khan 'All (seep. 268 i).
Beg. ^J^S^ ^j%OjO i^\jJ^J\ ^^ ^J>J^
The names of the objects of the author's
satire are disguised under various riddles.
II. Foil. 39—99. Journal of the siege of
Haidarabad, by the same (see p. 268 a).
III. Foil. 100—117. Husn u 'Ishk, by
the same (see p. 703 b).
rV. Foil. 117—121. A letter beginning,
J3^jc> J^\j>< Jl^ ^4^, apparently by the
same.
V. Foil. 121—130. Three short prose
pieces, entitled »-«^ j *i»- s^Llxi, uJJj SjtU*,
w^^ J, and ^IVji- t)^'***' ^y -^^'^ Abul-Kasim.
VI. FoU. 130—133. A letter written by
Tahir Nash'abadi (see p. 368 6), in answer to
the Uzbak ambassador.
VII. Foil. 133—137. Short pieces in prose
and verse, by Mir Sayyid *A1I Mihri, headed
MTr Sayyid 'Ali, whose father Sayyid Mu-
saMd was a native of Jabal *Amil, was born
in Isfahan, and held the office of Malik ush-
Shu'ara under Shah Sultan Husain (A.H.
1105—1135). He died in that Shah's reign,
leaving about six thousand lines of poetry.
See Riyilz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 440, and Khu-
lasat ul-Afkar, fol. 277.
VIII. Foil. 137—145. jw J US, "Fate
and Destiny," a Magnavi by Muhammad*"
Kuli Salim (see p. 738 a).
Beg. Jiy 'w^^ j^ cSjjj f">^
See the Oude Catalogue, p. 556, Khuliisat
ul-Afkar, fol. 122, the Munich Catalogue,
p. 4, and Bland, Earliest Persian Biography,
p. 163.
A Ma^navi of the same name, by Mir 'Ali
Riza Tajalli, has been lithographed in the
press of Gulzar i Hind, A.H. 1283.
IX. Foil. 145—159. Short pieces by
the three following poets : 1. Navvab Eus-
tam Jang Makhmur (Murshid Kuli Khan,
of Surat. He lived at the court of Asafjah,
who died A.H. 1161, and survived him but
a few years; see the Oude Catalogue, p. 194).
2. Murtazfi Kuli Beg Vala (a native of Iran,
who entered the service of Sarbuland Khan,
and, after that Amir's death, A.H. 1090,
went to Bengal, where he died; see Riyaz
ush-Shu'ara, fol. 500). 3. Tughra (sec
p. 742 a).
X. Foil. 160—164. Letters and short
prose pieces by Ni'mat Khan 'Ali.
XI. Foil. 165 — 172. Some poetical pieces
by the same.
XII. Foil. 172 6—285. A Masnavl con-
taining short moral tales and anecdotes, pro-
bably by the same Ni'mat Khan.
Beg. e:^N«>jj1 c:^v-jt> &f- ^ *^ ];j^ r^ j '^-•^
Add. 5629.
Foil. 297 ; 9^ in. by 6 ; about 18 lines, 3|
in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
'Azimabad, A,H. 1153-8 (A.D. 1740-5).
[N. Brassey Halhed.]
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTEXTS.
797
I. Foil. 1 — 14. Arabic verses of the Divan
of Hafiz, with interlinear Persian version.
Exposition of the spiritual meaning attached
to the names of material objects, and glossary
of some rare words occurring in the Divan.
Commentary on some difficult verses of the
same Divan. The title given in the subscrip-
tion is kjl*. «»^^ ^J^yl^ >JXj»J
IL Foil. 18—28. A versified Persian-
Hindustani vocabulary, divided, according to
subjects, into twenty sections.
Beg. y-^^ ^ {j^<i^ »^^ f^
It was completed, as stated in the last line,
in A. II. 990. Three additional sections at
the end are stated to be due to another author.
The title in the subscription is ^,Uxo J^jiL*.
III. FoU. 31—33. Khalik Bari. See
p. 516 b.
rV. Foil. 3-1 — 41. A tract on archery,
called in the subscription jS ^ ^ J^;.
Beg. jjPLi-Vw^^ jjUj jA ^ — \ JUj ^^\ j«> U
V. FoU. 41 — 45. Hindustani verses.
VI. Foil. 40 — 60. Two series of Ghazals,
consisting of one Ghazal for each letter of the
alphal)et. In the first the takhallus is t::^/,
in the second Aj^>
A Divan of Firishtah, called from its first
words Mil Mukinian, is noticed in the Mac-
kenzie Collection, ii. p. 142, Copenhagen
Catalogue, p. 43, and the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 397. See the Oude Catalogue,
p. 83.
VII. Foil. 64 — 63. An alphabetical voca-
bulary of Persian verbs, conjugated through
all tenses, with the Hindustani equivalents.
Beg* ^Jj/\,^ AvyT ^ ^,^1 s»\^ ^jl crH;*^
VIII. Foil. 64—70. j}>j 'ijy^y the Surah
of David put into Arabic verse by Ibn 'Ab-
bas (see the Arabic Catiilogue, p. 312,
art. 34), with a paraphrase in Persian verse,
and a poetical prologue by Naki, ^JJi.
Beg. J^.Uob ^^\ (^U; ,_yj o-V*
IX. FoU. 71—101. Jami' ul-Kavanin.
See p. 414 b.
X. Foil. 102—143. Inshai Harkam. See
p. 630 a.
XI. FoU. 144—192. lli^^ ^^i uHi»y, a
glossary to Inshai Yusufi. See p. 629 a.
XII. FoU. 193—294. Bada'i' ul-Insha
(see p. 529 a), with interlinear glosses.
Add. 5660, F.
FoU. 28; 16i in. by lOj ; a volume of mis-
ceUancous contents. The following are Per-
sian : — Three poems on the wickedness and
wretched end of Nand Kumar, foil. 25, 26.
Invocations to Muhammad and 'Ali, written
so as to form the outUne of two horses, fol. 27.
The words y,Uo\p ^^ (^» in ornamental
letters, fol. 28.
Add. 6541.
FoU. 156; 12 in. by 7i; 19 lines, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik ; dated Masuli-
patan, A.H. 1197 (A.D. 1783).
[James Grant.]
I. FoU. 9—127. Lubb ut-Tavarikh. See
p. 104 a.
A very full table of reigns occupies foil.
2—8.
II. Foil. 128—156. A part of Rauzat
u^-Tahirin (see p. 119 b), viz., the preface,
table of contents, and the first five pages of
Kism I.
798
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Add. 6587.
Foil. 216 ; llf in. by 7^ ; from 17 to 20
lines, about 5 in. long ; written by different
bands in Shikastah-amTz ; dated Shavval,
A.H. 1197 (A.D. 1783). [James Grant.]
I. Foil. 3—29. Malfuzat i Amir Tlmur
(see p. .177 6), viz. : 1. the Institutes, im-
perfect at the end (White's edition, pp. 166 —
390), fol. 3 b. 2. Extracts from the Designs
and Enterprises, fol. 22 a. 3. Continuation
of the Institutes (Add. 26,191, foil. 326-347)
abridged, foil. 23 6—29 b.
II. Foil. 20—27. Extracts from the
Muntakhab ul-Lubub (see p. 232 b), relating
to Todarmal, to Murshid Kuli Khan, to the
reforms effected by Aurangzlb in the col-
lection of the revenue, etc.
III. FoU. 38—45. History of the Os-
manli Sultans (from Mir'at us-Safa ; see
p. 129 a).
IV. Foil. 46—90. The first portion of
the Khizanah i "Amirah (see p. 373 a), ending
with the notice on Ahmad Shiih Durrani.
V. Foil. 91—96. History of Malabar
(from the Tarikh i Mamalik i Hind, by
Ghulam Basit; see p. 237 a).
VI. Foil. 96—104. Account of Kuch
Bahar, and Assam, with a detailed narrative
of the campaign of Khankhanan Muhammad
Mu'azzam Khan ; see p. 266 a.
VII. Foil. 105—108. Account of Gond-
wanah, and of Tibet, from the Akbar Namah.
VIII. Foil. 109, 110. Account of Kash-
mir, and of Bijapiir, from the Ikbal-Namah
of Mutamad Khan (see p. 255 a).
IX. Foil. Ill, 112. Account of Bag-
lanah, from the Ma'asir ul-Umara, and of
Malvah, from the Ikbrd-Namah.
X. Foil. 113—119. History of the kings
of Bengal and Jaunpur (from the work of
Ghulam Basit; see p. 237 a).
XI. Foil. 120—125. Biographical no-
tices on Muhammad Khan Bangash and his
sons, on Sayyid SaVidat Khan Burhan ul-
Mulk and his successors, on 'AH Muhammad
Khan EohUlah, Najib ud-Daulah, Mirza Najaf
Khan, Ja'far Khan Nasiri, afterwards Mur-
shid Kuli Khan, and his successors in Ben-
gal, and on some other amirs. Account of
the Marattahs, Sikhs, Jats, and the English.
The author, whose name does not appear,
wrote about A.H. 1200, as a decided partisan
of the British rule.
XII. Foil. 126—133. Chronological sketch
of the Hindu and Muslim kings of Dehli,
^^ji^X^ J i>yJ> i^ji^'^"' «.LA->, from Judishtir
to the accession of Muhammad Shah, A.H,
1131 ; followed by a tabulated list of reigns.
XIII. Foil. 133—142. Tables of the
dynasties of India, from the Hindu period to
the sixth year of Farrukhsiyar (A.H. 1129),
from the Dastur ul-'Amal of Hadi 'Ali Khan.
XIV. Foil. 143—159. Tables of the
principal dynasties of the East, from the
early kings of Persia to the time of Karim
Khan Zand.
The length of the several reigns is given in
parallel columns according to Hamzah Isfa-
han!, and other authorities, the latest of
which are Hablb us-Siyar, Lubb ut-tavfirikh,
Rauzat ut-Tahirin (p. 119 5), and Mirat
us-Saffi, (p. 129 a).
XV. FoU. 160—184. History of the
Safavis from the Mir'at us-Safa.
XVI. Foil. 185—216. History of Persia
from the death of Shah Sultan Husain to the
death of KarIm Khan Zand, A.H. 1193, by
Razi ud-Din Tafrishi, ^J^/^ ij>.^'^ ^jOj
Beg. eS c^J\jm \j j_^oJ\ (^L (_>«'-aa»> j s^»'
The author states in a short preamble
that he had not at hand any record of that
period, nor had he been a witness of the
MANUSCKIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
799
events recorded, but he had compiled this
account from the information of trustworthy
persons.
He begins his narrative with the invasion
of Mahmud Shah and the proclamation of
Shah Tahmasp in Kazvin, in the month of
Muharram, A.H. 1135.
A table of contents, foil. 1 a — 2 h, is
prefixed to the volume.
Add. 6588.
Foil. 94; 9| in. by 6; 12 lines, 4 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in the latter part
of the 18th century. [Jaicks Grant.]
I. Foil. 1 — 5. Extracts from the Mun-
takhab ut-Tavarikh (p. 222 b), and the
Akbar Namah, relating to some adminis-
trative changes introduced by Akbar, A.II.
982, 037 and 990.
II. Foil. 6 — 15. Chronology of the Timu-
rides from Timur to Shah 'Alam's accession
in Dehli, A.H. 1185. — Obituary notices,
relating mostly to Indian saints. — Enume-
ration of Hindu and Muslim sciences.
III. FoU. 15—47. JV«^^ d^\ jf-^i,
An official manual, containing rules of con-
duct for civil servants, a statistical account
of the Subahs, and the titulaturc of princes
and dignitaries.
Beg. y\i\Ji^\j^i3 ^ll^U. v>^^j>^
The work was written in the reign of
Aurongzib.
IV. Foil. 47—63. Moral sayings of
Shahjahun, recorded by Aurangzib. Last
directions of Aurangzib, and some of his
familiar letters (shukkah).
V. Foil. 64—94. jU-J^ i*^, a treatise
on arithmetical notations, and the keeping
of public accounts.
Beg. Ji^ J'^ w» y -r j**^ ^'^^ ^^
The author, who does not give his name.
states that he had written this work in the
47th year of 'Alamglr's reign, A.H. 1115.
II. Foil. 102—241. The Memoirs of
Babar, translated from the Turkl by Mirza
Payandah Hasan Ohaznavi and Muhammad
Kuli Mughul Hisiiri.
Beg. iiJUi jy--* 3 ,^/^ j>\^ "-r'V;^ jiS*^ j>
This translation is earlier than the bettor
knov^Ti version of Mirza *Abd ur-Rahim (see
p. 244 a). It differs from it in wording,
sometimes in meaning, and docs not on the
whole keep so close to the text. It has,
however, the same abrupt breaks in the nar-
rative. There are, besides, some gaps in the
present copy.
In a preface, which the continuator, Mu-
hammad Kuli, has prefixed to his part
of the work, fol. 147, he states that a
portion of the Memoirs had been translated
in Babar's time by Shaikh Zain (sec Or.
1909), and that in the reign of Akbar, A.H.
99K Bihruz KhAn, "now" entitled Naurang
Khan, son of " the late " Ku^b ud-Din Mu-
hammad Khan Bahadur Beg Atalik Beglar-
bcgi, being but imperfectly acquainted with
Turki, desired to procure a plain and faithful
Persian version of a work, which every de-
voted servant of the dynasty was bound to
know. Pursuant to his commands Mirza Pa-
yandah Hasan Ghaznavi translated the first
six years and a portion of the seventh. The
writer, who had grown up in the service of
His Highness, was then ordered to translate
the remaining portion of tlie work, beginning
with the latter part of A.II. 900, and ending
with A.n. 936 {sic).
Naurang Khan was the son of Kutb ud-
Din Khan Atgah, who had been appointed
Atalik, or governor, to prince Salim (Jahiin-
gir) with the title of Beglarbegi, and died
A.H. 991. He served with distinction in
several campaigns under Akbar, and died as
governor of Junagarh in the 39th year of the
reign (A.H. 1002). See Ma'u^ir ul-Umara,
800
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
fol. 411, Tazkirat ul-Umara, fol. 101, and
Blochmann, Ain i Akbari, p. 333.
Contents : First part of the Memoirs, from
the beginning, A.H. 899, to the flight of Bii-
bar to Samarkand after his defeat by Sliai-
bani Khan, in the month of Shavval, A.H.
906 (Erskine's translation, pp. 1—94), fol.
102. Preface of Muhammad Kull, fol. 147 b.
Continuation of the Memoirs down to Ba-
bar's arrest in Karniln (Erskine, pp. 94 —
122), fol. 148 a. Second part of the Me-
moirs, from A.H. 910 to 914 (Erskine,
pp. 127—235), fol. 160 b. The year 926 (Er-
skine, pp. 281—284), fol. 205 b. The year
925, from the beginning to the 8th of Sha'-
ban (Erskine, pp. 246—272), fol. 207 b.
The year 933, from the beginning to the 14th
of Jumada I. (Erskine, pp. 343—353), fol.
219 b. The year 935, from the beginning to
the 1st of Shavval (Erskine, pp. 382—422),
fol. 224 a— 241.
Add. 6590.
Foil. 241 ; Hi in. by 7| ; 24 lines, 5| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Jumada I.,
A.H. 1203 (A.D. 1789). [James Grant.]
I. Foil. 4—101. Malfuzat i Amir Timur
(see p. 177 6), containing : — the preface of
Abu Talib. The Memoirs, from the beginning
to the account of Timur's attack upon Urus
Khan, foil. 4 b — 81 a {i.e. a little more than
the portion translated by Stewart, which
ends on fol. 79 b). The Institutes, imper-
fect in the end (White's edition, pp. 156 —
360), fol. 81. The Designs and Enterprises,
imperfect at the beginning (White's edition,
pp. 116 — 152), fol. 95. The continuation of
the Institutes, imperfect at the end, and de-
fective in the body of the work (correspond-
ing to Add. 26,191, foil. 326—337), fol. 98.
II. FoU. 102 S— 241. ^^b oUSij, the
Memoirs of Babar (see p. 244 a).
The first two parts begin on foil. 102 b and
lUO b. Of the third and fourth there are
only the following fragments: — A.H. 926
(Translation, pp. 281—284), fol. 205 b.
A.H. 925 (Translation, pp. 246—272), fol.
207 b. A.H. 933 (Translation, pp. 343—
353), fol. 219*6. A.H. 935 (Translation,
pp. 382—422), fol. 224 a.
A table of contents, including both works,
occupies foil. 1 — 3.
Add. 6591.
Foil. 136; Of in. by 4; 14 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Nestalik, with seven *ITn-
vans, and gold- ruled margins ; dated Rama-
zan, A.H. 884 (A.D. 1480).
[James Grant.]
I. Foil. 1—18. jA«- ^U iv,U J'i, the book
of divination ascribed to Imam Ja'far Sadik.
Beg. u-^ji- ^z^AiOjf^ ^^\ tdJo^Jo . . . ai) j^^
It is stated in the preamble that this Fal,
or Zamir ,>-»^, on which Imam Ja'far had
spent fifty years, was kept as a great treasure
by the Khalifs, and that Sultan Mahmud,
who had received it from them, kept it by
him for constant use. It contains in tabu-
lar form Coranic verses, with the answers
which they are supposed to give to various
questions.
II. Foil. 19 — 90. A medical treatise on
the means of guarding against injuries, aJU«,
Ijj^ j-'<i J'i, purporting to have been trans-
lated, with additions, from the Arabic of Abu
•All B. Sina.
Beg. \j j,jiT yj JO s/(j:A-.A-».i^ (•^j!^^ c;*^^^j^^
The translator, whose name does not ap-
pear, dedicates the work to Amir Jamal ud-
Daulah vad-Din Husain Tarkhan,
III. Foil. 91—93. A short extract from
the Zakhirah (see p. 466 b), on prognos-
tics or prenionitory symptoms, fti^\ "itjJiJ.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
801
IV. Foil. 94t— 109. j,^ ,>•>-, a manual
of astrology, in Ma^navl rhyme.
Beg. jiii W t>f* Ub :ij»
The author, whose name does not appear,
concludes his proloj»ue with a short eulogy
on Jamal ud-Dln Abu Muhamid Muhammad
B. Ahmad.
A versified astrological treatise by Muba-
rak 1^3^, or ^JJ^, is mentioned by Ilaj.
Khal. under Ji-x. ; see toI. v. p. 472, and
Add. 7446, fol. 436.
V. FoU. 110—121. J-j Ji-^, a versified
manual of geomancy, without preface or
author's name.
Beg. c*-jUp^ Jii. ^jj *-. J i^i
VI. Foil. 122—125. Jijj^j^, a book
of divination in verse, ascribed to Buzurjmihr
Vn. Foil. 126 — 136. A short treatise on
the good and evil eflects of wine, jJ ^r*-**
(^^..Im.'^ ,jJ»^Ia« j «i\JM, in four Fa§ls, with-
out author's name.
Beg. \i*^\j^ \j ^J'\^Sj ^JrfU;^_yJ^J u-'-^ j "^-^
Add. 6601.
FoU. 116; 8i in. by 5; from 13 to 17
lines; written in Nestalik andShikastah-amiz.
The first part is dated in the 8th year of Shilh
•Alam (A.U. 1180, A.D. 1766).
[James Grant.]
I. Foil. 1—42. Familiar letters of Au-
nmgiib, j^^ ,J\p oUJ,. The collection be-
gins with a preamble in which the designa-
tions of the princes and amirs are explained,
and in which reference is made to Farrukh-
siyar, probably the reigning emperor at the
time of compilation.
The contents, which are in part identical
with those of the Dastur ul-'Amal Agahi (see
YOL. u.
p. 402 a), are as follows : — Seven letters to
prince Mu*azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur.
Seventy to prince Muhammad A'zam. One
to prince Muhammad Akbar. One to Kam-
bakhsh. Two to Mu*izz ud-Dln. Four to
'Azim ud-Din. Twenty-five to Bidarbakht.
One to Shayistah Khan. Twenty-two to
Asad Khan. Four to Ghfizi ud-DIn Khan.
Four to Zulfakar Khan. Four to Chin Ki-
lich Khan. One to 'Akil Khan. Seven to
Sadr ud-Din Muhammad Khan. Five to
Muhammad Amin Khan. One to Lutf UUah
Khan. Two to H amid ud-Din Khan. Four-
teen to Inayat Ullah Khan.
The collection printed in Lucknow, A.H.
1260, under the title j*0^ "^^j contains
letters addressed to the same persons, but
generally much shorter. See p. 401 b.
II. FolL 43 — 62. An account of the Ma-
rattah Feshvas, from the appointment of
B^ji Bao to that office by Rajah Sahu to the
negotiations carried on by Raghunath with
Colonel Upton in Purandhar, A.D. 1776.
Beg. j\j ^b Jj j\j ^\j\j ^, y)j ^jU
III. Foil. 63—116. Tabulated notices re-
lating to the principal inhabitants of Surat
and Bombay in A.H. 1189, to the distances
between the chief towns of India, fol. 61, to
the measurements of Taj Mahall, fol. 07, and
to the Sulmhs of India under Akbar and
Farrukhsiyar, foL 109.
Add. 6603.
Foil. 103; 8i in. by 5^; from 13 to 16
lines ; written by various hands in Shikastah-
amiz and Nestalik, about the close of tlie
18th century. [J. F. Hull.]
1. Foil. 1 — 27. An account of the Ma-
rattah empire, compiled A.II. 1 197, without
preface or author's name.
Beg. rUU* jii *L^y.^ ^Ud uf\j e^]j^
3 B
802
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Contents: Notice on the great offices of
the court, viz. Pirti-Nidhi, Pandit Pardhan,
Sipahsalar, Phamavis, Mantri, etc., and on
the men who held them from the time of
Sivajl to the date of composition, fol. 1 a.
Account of the towns, forts, and parganahs
of the provinces of Punah and Satarah, fol.
4 a. A short history of the Marattahs from
their origin to A.H. 1197, with detached
notices on the leading families and chiefs, viz.
the Bhonslahs, the Eajahs of Satarah, Ranojl
Sindhiyah, Mahadajl Holkar, DamanjI Gaik-
war, Gohind Eao Bondelah, Raghoji Bhons-
lah, Jadu, etc., fol. 10 b.
II. FoU. 28-39. ^^\^ jsj^ cj^y jy \
jjlfj, a history of Haidar 'All Khan, of Mai-
sur, from his hirth to A.H. 1196.
Beg. Ji/ ^J\:;.-l^ j^ c^\^ j ifS ^^\ ^»
The author, whose name does not appear,
remarks, in a short preamble, that Haidar
'Ali was the only man in India who had
shown himself able to cope with the English
power. He traces the origin of his family to
Kuhir,^^, a town twenty-eight Koswest of
Haidarabad, in which his forefathers held the
office of Kazi from the time of Sultan 'Abd
Ullah. His grandsire Dust Muhammad
settled in Kolrir, district of Suril, province of
Arcot, where he married the daughter of a
noble Sayyid, and had a son called Mir Path
'All, afterwards Path Naik, the father of
Haidar "All. The latter is said to have been
born A.H. 1131.
At the end the author states that, at the date
of writing, namely on the 29th of Zulka'dah,
A.H. 1196, the chances of war were still un-
decided. But the death of Haidar 'Ali on
the first of Muharram, A.H. 1197, is briefly
recorded in a subsequent addition.
HI. Poll. 40—84. An alphabetical glos-
sary of the technical terms used in the col-
lection of revenue, compiled for the use of
English officials by Khwajah Yasin, of Daha,
l»i> j^Utf ^^-4 »»-^j^
Beg. iya ^j i>Ue ^jjj .iyc* ^ 4»-»».
IV. Poll. 85—103. Tables of the revenue
of the Subahs of Iran and Hindustan, and of
the distances between the principal places o^
India.
Add. 6631.
Poll. 123 ; 8J in. by 4| ; 12 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in large Nestalik ; dated Ah-
mad-abad, Zulhijjah, A.H. 1138 (A.D. 1726).
[J. P. Hull.]
I. Poll. 1—95. j^'^\j^, a Sufi poem by
HashimI, ,_^lfc.
Beg.
^J\ ^y**-^! iHS |*-J
^.^ r
^)/
^j\\ wJli
Mir Hashimi Kirmani, surnamed Shah Ja-
hangir, who was said to descend from two
great saints, viz., on his father's side, from
Shah Kasim Anvar, and, through his mother,
from Shah Ni'mat Ullah Vall, is described as
the most eminent Sufi of his time. He went
from his native Khorasan to Sind in the early
part of the reign of Mirza Shah Hasan Ar-
ghun and stayed some years at the court
of that prince, who gave him the greatest
marks of favour. He set out for the Hijiiz
in A.H. 946, and was slain on the way by
brigands near a place designated as Klj Muk-
ran, Jij'Lc ^. See 'Ali Shir Kani', Add.
25,189, fol. 525. In the Nafe'is, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 55, A.H. 948 is given as the date of
his death. Compare Haft Iklim, fol. 121,
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 520, Atashkadah,
fol. 68, Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 420,
and Haft Asman, pp. 90 — 99.
Shah Hasan (as he is called in the present
poem), son of Shah Beg, reigned, according
to 'Ali Shir, fol. 269, from A.H. 928 to 962.
Pirishtah, who calls him Shah Husain, says
that he died A.H. 962, after a reign of thirty-
MAIfUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
803
tvro years. See the Bombay edition, vol. ii.
p. 621.
In a prologue of considerable extent the
poet pays a tribute of praise to his predeces-
sors and models, NizimI, Amir Khusrau, and
JamI, authors of the Makhzan ul-Asrur,
Matk' ul-Anvar, and Tuhfat ul-Ahrar, and
says that two generations (kam, i.e. sixty
years) after the last of them the key of speech
Lad been given to him by divine love : —
He concludes with a dedication to Shah
Hasan,
U^ cH;*-' ir*" w" *^
and adds that this poem is the first of a
Khamiwh ;
It is 8tat<^ at the end tliat it was completed
in Tattah, A.U. 940 :
The poem is divided into three Bauzahs
and twenty Mau^izahs. See Haj. KhaL, vol. v.
p. 606.
IL FolL 96—107. JU*?' ^V-. ^^ e^tic
poem by Mulla 'Ali Riza TajalU. See p. 738 o.
Beg. j\i_ jlp ^\^ /yA ^^ jf
HI. Foil. 108—117. An extract from the
Subbat ul-Abrflr (see p. 644 b).
rV. Foil. 118—123. J</^\ isS^, a treatise
in twelve cliapters (w»'^) on the correct pro-
nunciation of the Goran.
Author : Yar Muhammad B. Khudadad
Samarkand], j^jj*^ ob^.»i. ^J, j.^ jlj
Beg. \j ^ji^ o^ AC ^^ t^'iS J J* ^
The work is dedicated to Abul-Ghazl
'Ubaid-ullah Bahadur Khan (who reigned
in Mavara un-Nahr, A.H. 939—946). The
pi-esent copy breaks off at the beginning of
Bab 3.
At the end is found the seal of Nik 'Alam
Khan, a dependent of Nizam ul-Mulk
Aaafjah, with the date A.H. 1153.
Add. 6632.
Foil. 139 ; 8i in. by 6 ; 11 lines, 4i in. long;
written in large Nestalik ; dated Jumada II.,
A.H. 1192 (A.D. 1778). [J. F. Hull.]
I. Foil. 1—68. «-»jj f,^ *-;, the tale of
Kamrup.
Munshi 'Ali Riza, who wrote the present
volume, professes to have translated this
tale, which he calls |.'/^»-a5, from the Uindu
tongue ^JJ^ yVj for Captain John Ritchie.
This version, which is written in the collo-
quial Persian of India, is quite distinct from
that which has been mentioned p. 703 6.
II. Foil. 69—114. The tale of Madhu-
malat «j:J'.«».^<« «^ and Prince Manohar, in.
Ma^navi (see p. 700 a).
Beg. ,jJi ij-i' jjj^ji- jJ^Lj
The author of the Hindi original is called
in tliis copy Shaikh Manjhan, j> ^J>,J^ ^j\j\yi
^^J^ ■^. It is stated at the end that the
version was completed in A.H. 1059 :
and that it consists of 952 distichs.
For Hindi and Dakhni versions of the tale
of Madhumalat see Garciu de Tassy, Litt.
Hind., 2nd edition, vol. i. p. 388, and vol. ii.
p. 486.
III. Foil. 115—139. The Pand-Namah of
'Attar (see p. 579 h).
Transcriber : I*, ^ ^J^
3 B 2
804
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Add. 6641.
FoU. 195 ; 9i in. by 5f ; from 12 to 15
lines, about 3| in. long ; written in Nestalik
and Shikastah-amiz, apparently in India, in
the 18th century. [J. F. Hull.]
I. Fqll. 1—67. The Lllavati, translated
by Shaikh FaizI ; see p. 449 b.
II. Foil. 68—149. The Bij-Ganit, trans-
lated by 'Ata Ullah EashidI ; see p. 450 b.
III. Foil. 150—195. The writer's manual,
The contents, mostly in tabulated form,
are arranged in three Babs, as follows :
I. Numerals, weights, measures, and divi-
sions of times, fol. 151 a. ii. Names of
the signs of the zodiac and asterisms, of the
RaginTs, and of the Hindu sciences and
Shastras, fol. 153 b. iil The numeral
notation called Siyak, and models of of&cial
accounts, fol. 162 a.
Add. 6931.
Foil. 203 ; 13 in. by 8 ; about 25 lines,
4 in. long; written by the Rev. John Haddon
Hindley, on paper water-marked 1811.
I. Foil, 1 — 65. Notices on the Amirs,
'Ulama, and poets, of the reign of Akbar,
from the Tabakat i Akbarshahl ; see p. 220 a.
n. Foil. 66—88. Preface and Bab 4 of
the A'in i Akbari (see p. 248 a), with the
English translation of some passages.
III. Foil. 89—125. The early kings of
Persia, from the Rauzat us-Safa, with lists
of kings derived from other sources, and
extracts from " P. Bizari Rerum Persicarum
historia."
IV. Foil. 126—203. History of the kings
of India during the four ages of the world,
by Pandit Krishnanand, son of Pandit Anand-
khan Jl, ^j>- ^^ ,:ix>\ cjSjj i_il»- .>jiUi>/^ oSij
The author, a native of Dehli, had resided
for years in Benares, where his father was
in the employ of Mr. Jonathan Duncan.
Having subsequently proceeded to Bombay,
and entered the service of Mr. Duncan, then
governor of that city, he commenced by his
order, on the 15th of May 1807, the present
compilation, based on the Harivansa and the
Bhagavata Purana.
Add. 6932.
Foil. 550; 13 in. by 8 ; written by the
Rev. John Haddon Hindley, on paper water-
marked 1814—1816.
Notes and extracts relating to Persian
history.
I. Foil. 1 — 56. Early kings of Persia,
from the Dabistan, Rauzat us-Sa^i, Farhat
un-NazirIn, Jahan-ara, and Burhan Kati*.
II. Foil. 112—136. Extracts from the
Tabakat i Aulad i ChangizkhanI, relating to
the successors of Hulagu, and, more fully, to
the Ilkani dynasty down to the death of
Sultan Ahmad B. Uvais, A.H. 813.
III. Foil. 136—151. Extracts from the
Zafar Namah of 'All Yazdi, the Ma'agir i
Rahimi (see Elliot, vol. vi. p. 237), the Latin
version of Abulfaraj, and Pococke's supple-
ment, relating to Timur and his successors
in Persia down to the extinction of the
Ak-KuyQnlus, A.H. 914.
IV. Foil. 153—161. The Safavis, from
Pococke's Supplement.
V. Foil. 162—203. " Cosmogonical Dy,
nasties anterior to the Pishdadian," from
the Dabistan and the Muntakhab ul-Lughat ;
Persian and English.
VI. Foil. 204—382. Notes and extracts
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
805
relating to the Fishdadians, Kayanians and
Bassanians, from Burhan Kati', Jahan-ara,
Hauzat us-Safa, etc.
Vn. Foil. 383—387 and 41t>— 518. The
Abbasides from Eauzat us-Safa.
VIII. FoU. 388—415. The Ashkanians
from Jahan-ara.
IX. Foil. 519—533. Timur's wars in
Persia from A.H. 782 to 79 1, from the
English translation of Zafar-Xamah.
X. Foil. 535—550. LisU of Eastern
Dynasties, Persian and English. A list of<
Arabic and Persian historical works.
Add. 6933.
Foil. 277 ; 13 in. by 8 ; written by the
Rer. John Uaddon Hindlcy on paper water-
marked 1811—1814.
Notes and extracts relating chiefly to the his-
tory of India and China, compiled about 1820.
Contents : — Chronological sketch of a
scheme towards forming an epitome of the
history of Hindoostan, fol. 1. Cosmogony
and early dynasties of the Hindus, from
Firishtah (Dew's Uindoostan), Mas'udi, Abu
'1-FazI, Radhakant, etc., English and Persian,
fol. 8. "Chronioon XIX saK;ulorum post
diluvium, analyzante E. A. Maarsharao,"
fol. 89. Tables showing how the Hindu,
Egyptian and Chinese chronology may be
reduced to that of the Bible, fol. 139.
"Chinese or Khataian History, from Bei-
davee" (Nizam ut-TavSrikh) ; Persian and
I^tiiif fol. 153. Account of Shah Rukh's
embassy to China, from the Ma^la' us-sa'dain ;
Persian and English; fol. 230. Route of
John Bell, of Antcrmony, from St. Peters-
burg to Pekin, and extracts from his travels,
fol. 238. List of the kings of Khatai, Per-
sian, fol. 262.
Add. 6936.
FoU. 362 ; 12| in. by 8 ; written by J. Had-
don Hindley on paper water-marked 1814 —
1818.
I. Foil. 1 — 18. "Remarks on the modern
state of Afghanistan;" sketch of the history
of the Afghans ; enumeration of their tribes
and clans ; frt)m Elphinstone's Caubul.
II. FoU. 19—118. " Illustrations of Af-
ghan history from Asiatic authors;" con-
sisting chiefly of lists of saints from the
MalfQzat i SultiinI, by Kbwajah Nizam ud-
Din (Auliya), and tables of the Afghan tribes
from the Makhzan i Afghani (see p. 210 a) ;
Persian and English.
III. Foil. 120—249. Extracts from the
Favatih of ^usain B. Mu'in ud-Din Maibudi
(see p. 19 b).
IV. Foil 250—362. The Divan of 'Ali,
with a Persian paraphrase by the same
author (see p. 19 a).
Add. 6937.
Foil. 185 ; 12 in. by 8 ; written by the
Rev. J. Haddon Hindley on paper water-
marked 1811—1815.
I. Foil. 1 — 170. The Kayfinian dynasty,
and the Greek philosophers, from the Rau-
zat us-Safi, with extracts from Jahan-
ara, and Khulasat ul-Akhb-'tr ; Persian and
English.
II. Foil. 177—185. Account of Diu, and
of the extraordinary adventures of Maulanii
Isma*il and a party of one hundred Turks, in
search of the gold-mountain, dated A.H. 969,
with the heading :
j^ *^ J'^j j> J*» y.>V ^s— ^ jit^ *^ IrtJ^^-i
Add. 6945.
Foil. 369; 13 in. by 8; written by the
Rev. John Haddon Hindley, on paper water-
marked 1805—1820.
806
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Headings of historical works relating
chiefly to India, viz. : — Tabakat i Akbari (see
p. 220 a), fol. 1. Lubi) ut-Tavankh Hind
(p. 228 b), fol. 10. Tarikh Ilah VirdI Khan,
by Yiisuf 'Ali Khan, son of Ghulam 'Ali
Khan (" an intimate friend of Mahabat Jang.
He married a daughter of Sarfaraz Khan"),
fol. 18. Tarikh i Jauhar Shahi (seep. 246 a),
fol. 19. Siyar ul'Mutaakhkhirln (see p. 280 6),
fol. 22. Farhat un-Nazirin (see p, 131 a),
fol. 50. Ma'a§ir i Jahangiri (see p. 267 a),
fol. 59. Nafahat ul-Yaman, Calcutta, 1811,
fol. 62. Mujmal i Tarikh ba'd-Nadiriyyah, a
history of Nadir Shah's death and of the
subsequent period down to the death of Ka-
rim Khan (A.H. 1193), fol. 69. This work,
apparently written in India, has a preface,
in which the author states that it is in part
translated from Arabic records. The first
heading is t'^Jlt j^\J J>'\j\ J\y^\J^ ^J^ ^L_aj ji
i\j\ JU (—**-> J . Vaki'at i Kashmir (p. 300 a),
fol. 78. "Genghiz Khan Namah" (i.e. Habib
us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 1 and 2), fol. 81. Rauzat
us-Safa, fol. 89. "Two volumes of treatises
(on philosophy, mathematics, etc.), found in
the fortress of Gwalior," fol. 165.
List of printed Arabic books, from 1505 to
1810, fol. 168. Short notices on some
Oriental books and MSS., fol. 178. Notes on
the Persian Mahabhiirat (from a MS. in
four volumes, Chetham Library, Manchester),
fol. 186.
Headings and extracts from the following
works: — Ahval i Paighambaran (i.e. Ijaz i
Mustafavi, by Mir Muhammad Salih Kashii;
see p. 154 a), fol. 194. Tazkirat ul-Muluk,
an abridgment of Rauzat us-Safa, compiled
in Bijapur and brought down to A.H. 1017,
with an extract on Pegu, fol. 234. Ma'a§ir i
Rahimi (see p. 131 ft), fol. 250. Kachkul
(of Baha ud-Din 'Amili ; see p. 775 a), fol. 261.
"Faraj ba'd az Shiddat" (see p. 751 b),
fol. 305. The Ma§navi (see p. 584 b), fol.
318. Two Arabic Tazkirahs (Yatlmat ud-
Dahr and Dumyat ul-Kasr), fol. 322.
Three Arabic poems, viz. Ya dara May-
yah, Liimiyyat ul-'Arab, and al-Kasidat ut-
Tantaraniyyah, fol. 342. Tuhfat ul-lriikain
(see p. 560 b), Persian and English, fol. 353.
Add. 6946.
Poll. 118 ; 9 in. by 7^ ; written by the
Rev. J. Haddon Hindley, on paper water-
marked 1805—1810.
Notes and extracts relating to the genealogy
of the Patriarchs and to the nations which
Eastern tradition connects with them, from
the Burhan i Kati*, Tarikh i Guzidah, Rauzat
us-Safa, Khulasat ul-Akhbar, Eirishtah, etc.,
in Persian, English, and Latin.
Add. 6947.
Foil. 286; 9 in. by 7^; written by the
Rev. J. Haddon Hindley, on paper water-
marked 1804—1816.
Miscellaneous notes and extracts. The
following are Persian : — The tale of Hatim
Ta'i (see p. 764 a), with the English trans-
lation of some passages, fol. 76. Headings
of the following works : A treatise on
medicaments, classed, according to diseases,
in thirty-eight chapters, Persian and English,
fol. 166. The Divan of Hakim Sana'i (see
p. 551 a), fol. 172. A medical work not
named (Ma'dan ush-Shifa Sikandarshahi;
see p. 471 b), fol. 200. Ikhtiyarat i
Badi'i (see p. 469 a), fol. 223. Song of a
Georgian boy. Ballad of Lutf 'Ali Khan, Gha-
zals by Path 'Ali Shah, Muhtasham, Rakib,
and Jami, with English translations.
Add.6962.
Poll. 252; 13 in. by 8; written by the
Rev. John Haddon Hindley on paper water-
marked 1810—1813.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
807
Headings of the Masnavi (see p. 584 J),
fol. 1. A portion of the Shahnamah, (Ma-
can's edition, pp. 1030 — 1080), Persian and
English, fol. 111.
Add. 6998.
FolL 236; 9 in. by 7i ; about 9 lines,
written by the llev. John Haddon Hindley
on paper water-marked 1808.
I. Foil. 1—211. The Sad Dar (see p. 48 b),
transcribed from Roy. 16, B. vii., with Hyde\
Latin version.
II. Foil. 212—230. Tables of the Divans
of Hazin (see p. 715 6), and Ahsan.
Ehwajah Ahsan Ullah, entitled Zafar Khan,
and poetically sumamed Ahsan, governor of
Kabul, and subsequently of Kashmir, under
Shahjahan, died A.II. 1073. See Ma'a^ir ul-
TJmara, fol. 374, and the Oude Catalogue,
p. 325.
Add. 7053.
Foil. 210; 9J in. by 6^; about 15 lines,
mostly written diagonally, in Nestalik, with
silver-ruled margins, apparently in the 18th
century. [J. H. Hindlbt.]
Verses from Sa'di's Gulistan, and Bustan,
foL 2. Detached verses of Mirza Tahir Va-
hid (see p. 189 b), fol. 42, and of NiVnat
Khan 'All (see p. 268 b), fol. 49. Ruba'is of
Kudsi (see p. 684 b), fol. 55. Detached verses
and Ghazals of, Sa'ib (see p. 693 a), fol. 66,
and of Kalim (see p. 686 b), fol. 123. Ru-
ba'is of Kudsi, Sah.ibi (see p. 672 a), and
aomc other poets, fol. 155.
Add. 7057.
Foil. 66; 8 in. by 6; 11 lines, 4} in. long;
written in Nestalik and Shikastah-amiz, on
European paper, apparently in India, about
the beginning of the lUth century.
[J. H. Hlhdley.]
I. Foil. 2 — 35. Detached tales in the col-
loquial Persian of India.
Beg. o-i/ j^ (i^jj^ *^ *^y^ J^ r-i
Prefixed is a note relating to the price of
shawls in Bombay.
II. Foil. 3&— 05. A firagment of SaMi's
Gulistsn.
Add. 7608.
Foil. 184; 7i in. by 4| ; 15 or 16 lines, 3|
in. long ; written in cursive Nestalik, pro-
bably in the 17th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
L Foil. 1 — 34. j.^^^ Lo^, a popular
treatise, in twenty-two Babs, on religious
duties and observances, according to the
Hanafi school, by Isma'tl B. Lutf Ullah ul-
Bakharzi, orj/-^^ ^' "-^ cr*- Ji^'^*-^
Beg. \j 4^oJjli»- ^jJ.^L-} ^J\Jj J (.jmU.^ j j-»>-
II. Foil. 35—38. iloj- J^, forty Hadig,
with a paraphrase in Persian quatrains, im-
perfect at the end.
B^. sS •U< i_<a lii.>»- ^^J^ Jf^'^ y* Ja«» y*
\si^fi \.fJi-i l^\^\ j,^
ni. FoU. 39—46. Ji'>'i\ 5«V. forty IJadl?,
relating to the praise of God, in five Fasls,
compiled and translated by Jalal B. Muham-
mad B. 'Ubaid Ullah ul-Ka'ini, x^ ^^ J'^
Beg. cij^ i^i »> }; i^JJj^.i*' J^f^ •J««^ ^i^
IV. Foil. 45—184. A full treatise on
legal prayer and ablution, according to the
Ilanafi school. It begins with some sayings
of Muhammad taken from the Targhib us-
§alat, (by Muhammad B. Ahmad uz-Zahid;
808
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
see Haj. Khal., vol. ii. p. 282), and is slightly
imperfect at the end.
Beg. tl*iJ»- jj;>\ jjo U . . . (^U5\ (-^ ^ <:>J^
Add. 7615.
Foil. 80 ; 8 in. by 5f ; 18 lines, written
diagonally, in Nestalik ; dated Baghdad,
A.H. 1226 (A.D. 1811). [Cl. J. Rich.]
T. Poll. 2—37. ftSjLftil cjT;*, an account
of various sects.
Beg. I— >^l «*i^ ij:\j j> ^ i«] . . . ili J»^
It was written by a Mussulman, who does
not give his name, for Mr. Rich, then British
Resident in Baghdad, and treats of the ancient
philosophers, the Magians, Manes, Mazdak,
the Jews, Christians, Muslims and Sufis.
II. Foil. 39—58. Letter of Path 'All
Shah to Sulaiman Pasha, Governor of Bagh-
dad, relating to the raid of the Vahhabis
upon Karbala (A.H., 1216), with the Pasha's
answer. See Brydges, Dynasty of the Kajars,
p. 154.
III. Foil. 59—63. Short poems by Tufan
and contemporary poets. Mirza Tayyib, of
Hazar-Jarib, Mazandaran, surnamed Tufan,
died in Najaf, according to a chronogram of
Lutf 'All Khan, fol. 186, A.H, 1190.
IV. Foil. 63— 30. An account of the war
of Alexander with Darius, compiled for
Mr. Rich by Amir Ahmad ul-HasanI ul-
LarijanT, ^j\j^j'^\ ,^^^ ^..^Sj^S
Heading: \j\i)jStiLJ\ (JtoUjj Wjl^ ySj t-^^Hft/
Add. 7621.
FoU. 179 ; 5| in. by 3^ ; 12 lines, 1| in.
long; written in Nestalik, probably in the
16th century. [Cl. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—74. The treatise of Mir Husain
Mu'amma'i on versified riddles (see p. 649 b).
II. Foil. 75—179. Manazir ul-Insha by
Khwajah Mahmud Gavan (see p. 527 b).
This copy wants a leaf at the beginning,
three after fol. 79, and about twelve at the
end. A spurious beginning and end have
been supplied by a later hand.
Add. 7649.
Foil. 110 ; 11 in. by 7 ; 25 and 31 lines,
about 5 in. long ; written in Naskhi ; dated
Ramazan, A.H. 1017 (A.D. 1608), and A.H.
1113 (A.D. 1701). [Cl. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—96. Nusakh i Jahan-ara. See
p. Ill b. The later dynasties are brought
down in marginal notes to A.H. 1193. Some
additions by a still later hand come down to
A.H. 1226.
II. Foil. 97 — 110. A commentary by
Jam! (see p. 17 «) on some verses of the
Sufi poem 'i>.jj^ id.^^\ of Ibn ul-Fariz (see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 401 a, and Haj,
Khal., vol. iv. p. 537).
Beg. jyi\ i\ i_j\AJ »^j5 JJ.J Ja^ ^^ wl*:^-•
The commentary is called ^\^, and each
of its paragraphs is headed &*«^. It is men-
tioned under the former title by Lari in the
life of Jami, fol. 172, and by Sam Mirza,
fol. 82. The date of composition, A.H. 875,
is expressed in a Ruba'I at the end by the
vfOTdsjLoj^.
Add. 7654.
FoU. 318 ; 11 in. by 6i ; 19 and 21 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in Nestalik and Naskhi,
in the 1 7th and 1 8th centuries.
[Cl. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 3— 92. Tiie first portion of 'Alam
Aral 'Abbasi (see p. 185 a), viz., the preface,
introduction, and the reigns of Shah Isma'il,
and Shah Tahmfisp, in the same recension
as Add. 17,927 (see p. 187 o), corresponding
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
809
to foil. 5 ft— 149 b of the same MS. A false
beginninjj and end, foil. 1, 2, 93—97, have
been added by a later hand, that of Muham-
mad Husain B. Karam 'Ali Isfahan! (see
p. 137 a).
II. Foil. 99—164. A collection of state
letters that passed between Shah Ismail,
fol. 97, Shah Tahmasp, fol. 108, Shah Is-
mail II. and Shah Sultftn Muhammad,
fol. 186, and the contemporary sovereigns
of Mavarfi un-nahr, Egypt, Turkey, and
India. It appears, from the original pagi-
nation, to have lost the first thirty leaves.*
A false beginning, folL 97, 98, has been
supplied by the same hand as above.
Letters of *Abd ul-Mumia Khan to Shah
'Abbas I., and of the latter to Sultan Sulai-
man, are found in the margins of foil. 50 — 62.
III. Foil. 190—318. Maksad II. of 'Abm-
Arai (see p. 186 a), wanting the biographioal
notices at the end ; dated Rajab, A. II. 1038.
Add. 7666.
FolL 372; 9 in. by 6; 17 lines, 3| in.
long; written in Nestalik and Naskhi, appa-
rently in the 16th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—317. The latter half of the
Persian translation of Ibn Khallikan (see
p. 334 a), beginning with Saif ud-Daulah
Ghazi B. *Imad ud-Din Zingi, and corres-
ponding to Add. 16,714, foil. 216—409, and
to M'Guckin de Slane's translation, vol. ii.
p. 410— vol. iv. p. 602.
II. Foil. 318-348. An abridgment of
the KitAb ul-Mujam (see p. 811, Add. 7712).
III. Foil. 349—372. A compendium of
geography, beginning with the heading
It consists of four chapters, treating of
seas, fol. 3^19 b, rivers, fol. 351 6, mountains,
fol. 353 a, countries and towns, fol. 356 b,
VOL. II.
each of which contains detached notices
arranged in alphabetical order. It evidently
formed part of a more extensive work, inclu-
ding history and biography ; for the author
refers incidentally to his account of Alex-
ander, fol. 366 a, of the Khalif al-Mansur,
fol. 359 a, and of the philosophers and poets
of Ghaznin, fol. 368 b.
The author speaks of Azarba'ijan with a
certain predilection, as though it were his
native land, and his reference, under Kazvin,
fol. 369 b, to the pleasantries of 'Ubaid
Zakanl and other friends .vju* j^V^*--!* (_^^
J^j^ uV"^ J ij^}j ^^ ^^ inhabitants, seem to
imply that he was a contemporary of that
poet, and wrote before the invasion of Timur,
of whicli no mention is made. 'Ubaid Zakani
died A.H. 772 ; see Taki Kiishi, Gude Cata-
logue, p. 18.
The geographical notices are extremely
inaccurate, and deal mostly in mythical
legends and childish fables.
Add. 7667.
Foil. 368; 8| in. by 5. [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—78 ; 21 lines, 2^ in. long ;
written in Nestalik; dated A.H. 1022 (A.D.
1613).
The Tuhfat ul-*Irakain (see p. 560 b),
with the preface.
The latter wants the first three pages. A
false beginning has been prefixed by a later
hand.
The subscription states that this copy was
written by Kani'i for " the most elegant of
poets," Auliya Beg, (-jU*. \j^\ ^\ 3^*-
II. Foil. 79—368 ; 17 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in neat Nestalik, probably in the
16th century.
The Taykirah of Daulatsh.'ih (see p. 364 a).
This copy contains at the end, fol. 363 a,
3 0
810
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
an additional notice of a seventh contem-
porary poet, Amir Husain Jala'ir. It wants
the latter part, about five leaves, of the
history of Sultan Husain. A spurious con-
clusion has been supplied by a later hand.
Add. 7685.
Foil. 167 ; 8i in. by 5|; 18 and 16 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Shikastah-amiz, early
in the 19th century. [CI. J. Rich,]
I. Foil. 1—130. Lata if ul-Lughat ; see
p. 590 b.
II. Foil. 131—159. Three Arabic tracts,
described in the Arabic Catalogue, p. 459.
III. FoU. 160—165; 16 lines, 3^ in. long,
in a page.
Account of a debate which had taken
place in Isfahan, in Rabi' I., A.H. 1221,
between the author and Padre Joseph, and
in which the former attempted to refute the
doctrine of atonement.
The author refers in the preamble to a
treatise which he had written after a pre-
vious controversy with the same Padre, and
in which he established the divine mission
of Mohammad by proofs drawn from the
Pentateuch and the Gospel, Cj^ oUj\ «3L>j
Add. 7689.
Foil. 209 ; 8 in. by 5| ; written in Naskhi
and Shikastah-amiz, early in the 19th cen-
tury. [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1 — 35. Insha, or forms of letters,
in Turkish.
II. Foil. 39—111; dated Zulka'dah, A.H.
1218 (A.D. 1804).
Forms of letters to be written by, or
addressed to, persons of various classes, as
'Ulamii, Sayyids, Daftardars, Amirs, Mus-
taufis, Kazis, merchants, Sultans, princes,
Vazirs, etc.
Beg. ^^\ J^J^ y.U-» y 5jo W . . . ^ j-Ui
The preface contains some remarks on the
value of the art of epistolary composition, ^
and general directions to letter- writers.
III. Foil. 111—149. A similar collection,
with the heading lli^i ^ '-r'^^ e/*-
It contains a letter of *Urfi (see p. 667 a)
to Hakim Abul-Fath, and one of Mirza Mu-
hammad Ashraf to Ibrahim Khan.
IV. Foil. 150—191. The Lava'ih by Jami
(see p. 44 a); dated Baghdad, A.H. 1223
(A.D. 1808.
V. Foil. 192—209. Forms of letters in
Turkish.
Add. 7690.
Foil. 264 ; 9 in. by 6 ; 13 lines, 3| in
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, in the 18th century.
[CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—138. Je-j J>^ V- olli*,
prose compositions of Mirza Tahir Vahid (see
p. 189 b).
Beg. j^jj^ jjUaU Jc tJii" v.?*^ «4-?y^
This collection, which has been printed
in Calcutta, 1826, and in Lucknow, 1844,
consists of letters addressed in the name of
Shah *Abbas II. to contemporary princes,
amirs and dignitaries, and of prefaces com-
posed by Tahir for various works, among
others, for his own history of Shah 'Abbas.
The royal letters are addressed to the Sultan
of Turkey, Shahjahan, Dara Shikuh, Murad-
bakhsh, Aurangzib, the king of Bijapur, Ku-
tubshah, 'Abd ul-'Aziz Khan ruler of Balkh,
Abul-Ghazi Khan ruler of Urganj, and the
emperor of Russia.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
811
n. Foil. 139—241. Letters of Mirza Bi-
dil (see p. 706 b), with a short preface by the
author.
Beg. i^S't'O i^Jj j,^^ Uj j .^.t^ *-r^!/* y^
This is the collection entitled ^}^x^ c^W,,
and published as part of the author's Kxilli-
yat, Lucknow, A.H. 1287, pp. 69—215.
Most of the letters are addressed to the
author's patron, Shukr Ullah Khan, and to
the two sons of that Amir, 'Akil Khan and
Shukir Khan.
Sayyid Shukr IJllah Khan died, as haa
been stated p. 370 o, A.H. 1108. His sons
■re mentioned in the Taskirat ul-Umanl, foil.
69 a and 59 ft. The first, Mir Karam UUah,
receired the title of 'Akil Khan in the latter
part of the reign of Aurangzlb.
III. FoU. 242— 2&i. Jl.'^^ 5*V. Persian
proverba, arranged in alphabetical order, by
Hadi B. Muhammad Mahdi ul-^usaini, ^^\
^_^--J' tfO'* ^s^ J^
Beg. i>\ii\ ^^ ^/ (^^ JjU U
The work is based, as stated in the preamble,
upon an earlier collection designated as «_,ii**
JM«^', to which the author added, at the re-
quest of the friend who had shown it to him,
such proverbs as ho could recollect.
Add. 7696.
Foil. 97 ; 8 in. by 4J ; 17 and 14 lines,
about 3 in. long ; written in Nestalik and
Naskhi ; dated Muharram, A.H. 1065 (A.D.
1054). [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1 — 24. A treatise on almanacs,
by Na^ir nd-Din Tusi. See p. 452 ft.
II. FolL 24 — 32. A treatise on horoscopes,
beginning with the heading )»^ j ^^ ji
It is divided into many short sections
beaded J-a*, but not numbered.
III. Foil. 33—45. Madkhal i Manzum;
see p. 801 a.
IV. Foil. 49— 97. The astronomical treatise
of 'All Kushi. See p. 458 a.
Copyist : i^\J\ J^j .^.^ JU» s^ U*^^ ,^\
Add. 7707.
Foil. 295; 10 in. by 6|; 17 lines, 4| in.
long; written in small Nestalik; dated Ju-
mada I., A.H. 27 (probably for 1027 = A.D.
1618). [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—239. Nuzhat ul-Kulub. See
p. 418 a.
The third Makalah, or geographical portion
of the work, is defective and out of order. It
wants the greater part of Kisms ii. — iv.
II. FoU. 240—295. Favatih ul-Maibudi.
See p. 19 ft.
Add. 7712.
FoU. 390; Hi in. by 7| ; 23 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Naskhi ; Safar, Ramazan,
A.H. 1113 (A.D. 1701—1702).
[CI. J. Rich.]
I. FoU. 1—237. Dchtiyarat i Badii. See
p. 469 a.
II. FoU. 238—319. JjI J ^^ ^^^
j^' <-ii^, a history of the early kings of
Persia, from KayQmar^ to Aniishirvan.
Author : Fa?l Ullah ul-IIusaini, «U1 J.aJ
Beg. f,:^\ *-j ^. L. j^^ ^\
The author, who caUs himself as above
in the preface, fol. 240 ft, must have been
a Sayyid, and was, according to the Ja-
hiin-ara, fol. 138, a native of Kazvin.
He must therefore be distinguished from
his namesake, 'Izz ud-Din Fazl UUah, father
of the historian Vassfif, with whom ho has
been wrongly identified by Amin Riizi,
Haft IVlim, fol. 37, and others. The latter,
3c2
812
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
who was no Sayyid, and was born in Shiraz,
died A.H. 698 (see p. 162 a), probably before
the composition of the present work.
The Mu jam is written in an extremely or-
nate and laboured style. A wordy preface, foil.
238—247, is chiefly taken up by a panegyric
upon the reigning prince, Atabak Nusrat ud-
Din Ahmad B. Yusuf Shah, of the dynasty
of Lur Buzurg, who succeeded his brother
Afrasyab, slain by the Moghuls at the close
of A.H. 695, and died, after a long and pros-
perous reign, in A.H. 730 or 733. See Gu-
zidah, fol. 156, Jahanara, Add. 7649, fol. 52,
and MIrkhwand, History of the Atabeks,
pp. 66—68.
Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 628, who calls the
author Fazl Ullah B. *Abd Ullah ul-Kazvini,
assigns to the work a date obviously too early,
viz. A.H. 654. Compare Morley's Catalogue,
p. 132, the Munich Catalogue, p. 78, and Sir
Wm. Ouseley's Catalogue, No. 315.
III. Foil. 320—390. Akhlak i MuhsinT.
See p. 443 b.
Add. 7720.
Poll. 123 ; 7i in. by 5^ ; from 7 to 10
lines, about 3 in. long; written in Naskhi
and Nestalik, apparently in the 17th cen-
tury. [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1 — 21. A treatise on logic, be-
ginning: ^Jt5:Li* iS=> ti\jii (Jl/«-^y Iji^*^' *ij\jJ
It is the work known as ^ ijj'f^^ a5U«;1\
jia:i\ by Mir Sayyid Sharif Jurjanl (see
p. 522 a), noticed by Haj. Khal., vol. iii.
pp. 416, 446, by Sprenger, Zeitschrift, vol. 32,
p. 9, and printed in the Majmuah i Mantik,
Lucknow, 1819, pp. 10 — 50. It is found
with a commentary in Add. 25,869. See
p. 440 a.
II. Poll. 22—62. The same treatise, with
a Latin translation written over the text,
wanting nine leaves at the beginning, and
imperfect at the end.
III. Foil. 63—106. U ju? |»V, a philoso-
phical treatise, with a Latin translation,
written by the same hand as the preceding.
Beg. ^IJiP j\iaJ>\j Ui^ jKj\ fti' ]j(_j«*^ u-'V*
On the first page is found the following
title :—
" Universum, sen, ut Persae vocant, pocu-
lum mundi, opera Georgi Strachani Mer-
nensis Scoti in Latinum idioma traducta {sic)
1634."
The work is dedicated to a Shahzadah not
named, described as the ruler of the land
(Fars). It is divided, as stated in the pre-
face, into an introduction (Fatihah), thirty
Maksads, and a Khatimah. The present
copy, however, ends with Maksad 27.
Au Arabic version has been edited with a
a Latin translation, under the title of
" Synopsis propositorum sapientiae Arabum
philosophorum," by Abraham Ecchellensis,
Paris, 1641. The author, who is called Kazi
Zadah Husain in a copy noticed in Melanges
Asiatiques, vol. v. p. 262, and Kazi Mir Husain
ul-Maibudi by Haj. Khal., vol. ii. p. 499, has
been already mentioned, p. 19 a.
In a copy of the Persian text noticed by
Uri, p. 283, the work is ascribed to a later
writer, Ghiya§ ud-Din Mansur, who died, ac-
cording to the Majalis ul-Muminin, A.H. 948.
The following notice, written by Mr. Rich
on the fly-leaf, relates especially to the last
two articles. " This volume is a very great
curiosity ; it contains two Persian tracts with
an interlinear translation, the work and
writing of Strachan, a Scotchman who lived
much among the Mowali Arabs when they
M'ere the princes of the desert. He was a
friend of Pietro della Valle, in whose travels
much mention is made of him. Baghdad,
1816." A sketch of Strachan's life will be
found in " Viaggi di P. della Valle," Rome,
1658, vol. iii. p. 493.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
813
rV. Foil. 107—123. A geographical ac-
count of the Persian empire, endorsed,
Beg. j\ t^\j ^^j* ^^*t-> j^'-i-» 3 <^- ^■^^
This work, which appears to have been
written for a Begzfidah called Ishiik, in the
reign of Shah 'Abbas J. (A.H. 99G— 1038),
consists of a meagre enumeration of the Per-
•ian provinces, and their principal towns,
with the distances between them. At the
end is a table of the longitudes and latitudes'
of the chief cities of Persia, foil. 121—123.
Add. 7721.
Foil. 277 ; S{ in. by 5^ ; written by dif-
ferent hands in various characters, for the
most part A.H. 1222 (A.D. 1807).
[CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1—8. The Lava'ih of Jumi. See
p. 41 a.
II. Foil. 11—16. Explanation of terms
used by official writers, in tabular form, with
the heading, .>jJ *J' Ji'iH iua^ u^ j^ ••**^
III. Foil. 17—32. Copies of some letters
that passed between Fath *Ali Shuh and Sulai-
man Pasha, Governor of Baghdud, on the sub-
ject of the raid of the Vahhabis upon Karbalft
inA.II.1217,andofletterswrittcninthcsame
year by the governor of Baghdad to the
British . Consul, Mr. Harford Jones (after-
wards Sir H. J. Brydges). They were tran-
scribed for Mr. II. Jones by some person in
the employ of Sulaimnn Puslm.
IV. FolL 32—49. Fragment of Vamik u
'Azra, 1;A«. J j«^j, a Ma^navi by Nami {i.e.
Mirza Muhammad Sudik; see p. 190 a). It
begins with the following line, which belongs
to the early part of the prologue : —
^\ *_iL_> j.x_E_j ^_pL.».^ »j^
Further on the poem is described as the
fourth of a Khamsah *I»-l-» >. j ^ e}=>- jy),
and the poet adds that he had chosen a theme
hitherto unsung in preference to the worn
out tale of Shirin u Khusrau \
vr -° * u^^J ^j'^ mI^ i_ -° '-*
It is well known, however, that the same
story has been treated by two poets of the
fifth century of the Ilijrah, 'Unsuri and Fa-
sihi, and by one of the tenth, Zarairi, who
lived at the court of Shah Tahmasp. See
Hammer, Redekilnste, pp. 42, 46, Wamik
und Asra, Vienna, 1833, and the Oude Cata-
logue, p. 27.
V. FoU. 62—67. Ghazals by Tufan (see
p. 808 a, iii.), Hatif, and Mushtuk.
Sayyid Ahmad of Isfahan, surnamed IJatif,
was a friend of Lutf 'Ali Khan, who speaks
of him about A.H. 1190 as still living. See
Atashkadah, fol. 197. Some of his Qhazals
have been translated by J. M. Jouannin,
Mines de POricnt, vol. ii. p. 307. See also
Bland, Century of Ghazals, x., and Defrdmery,
Journal Asiatiquc, 5* Sdrie, vol. vii. p. 130.
Mushtak, whoso proper name was Mir
Sayyid *Ali, was also a native of Isfahan and
a friend of Lutf 'Ali Khiin, who collected his
poems after his death. See Atashkadah, fol.
191, and Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 442.
VI. FoU. 08, 69. Fragment of Majnuu
and Lailu, a Ma^navi, by Mirzii Sadik Nami.
See art. iv.
VII. Foil. 70—75. Kasldah, by Tufan,
and some short pieces.
VIII. Foil. 70—123. Farhad u Shirin, by
Vahshi. See p. 003 b.
814
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
IX. Foil. 128—146. Tarkib-band in praise
of 'All, and some shorter poems.
X. FoU. 147—162. j>jl J ^J.\3 uliiJ^ jJi
^^■xc)<, an Arabic treatise on the poems called
Zajal and Mawaliya, by Taj ud-Din *Abd ul-
Vahhab ul-BanvanT.
XI. Foil. 163—192. ^\i^\ u-i\ a treatise
on the poetical description of female beauty,
with examples from classical poets ; wanting
a few lines at the beginning.
Author: Hasan B. Muhammad, entitled
ash-Sharaf, commonly called ar-Eami, ^j;— »-
The work is divided into nineteen chapters
treating severally of the various parts of the
face and body. The contents are stated in
the Jahrbiicher, vol. 83, Anzeige-blatt, p. 23,
and in the Vienna Catalogue, vol. i. p. 414.
See also Stewart's Catalogue, p. 71, and the
Munich Catalogue, p. 122.
From the author's reference, in the extant
portion of the preface, to a visit paid by him
to the tomb of Nasir ud-Din TusI at the time
of composition, it is evident that the work
was written in Azarba'ijan ; but there is some
uncertainty about its date. Haj. Khal. states,
vol. i. p. 488, that it was completed A.H.
826, and dedicated to Abul-Fath TJvais Ba-
hadur. At that date, however, Azarba'ijan,
having been wrested from Kara Yusuf by
Mirza Baisunghur in A.H. 823, formed part
of the empire of Shahrukh.
Shaikh TJvais, of the Ilkani dynasty, the
prince to whom the work seems to have
been dedicated, reigned from A.H. 757 — 776.
Two other circumstances make it probable
that this was the period at which the author
lived. He refers in the preface to Auhadi, who
died A.H. 738 (see p. 619 a), as a poet of his
time, and further on, fol. 190 a, he mentions
as his own master, Hasan B. Mahmiid Kashi,
a poet who, according to Taki Kashi, Oude
Catalogue, p. 18, died A.H. 7io.
It must be noticed, however, that a still
later date, viz. A.H. 878, is assigned by Haj .
Khal., vol. iii. p. 21, to another work of the
same writer, also dedicated to TJvais Shah,
namely a commentary onjs:^^ Jj'j>»-« Com-
pare Krafft's Catalogue, p. 21.
XII. Foil. 193—212. A treatise on rhyme,
without title or author's name.
Beg. ^,l>j «/ '.^^^»- J* i>*H i/^ J '^ <>■•<*
The author frequently quotes the Jj^j^
J.s^*^^ of Shams i Kais, and, among late poets,
Sa'ib, who died A.H. 1088.
XIII. Foil. 212—240. ^LlflJl 5-^, a
treatise on poetical figures.
Author : Nizam ud-Din Ahmad B. Mu-
hammad Salih us-Siddiki ul-Husaini, *lki
Beg. Uljiitj Uic- ^\ ^J'^\ ^ Jl^'
It was completed, as stated at the end, in
A.H. 1060, the twenty-fourth year of the
reign of Shiihjahan. The same date is fixed
by a versified chronogram in the preface.
The author mentions incidentally a Ma^navi
entitled ^^ AT, composed by his father in
A.H. 1056.
The work consists of four chapters (Fasl),
as follows : — 1. Various kinds of composition.
2. Word-ornaments. 3. Concetti, c^y** *JU<o.
4. Plagiarisms, or borrowed ideas. Appendix
on technical terms.
The present MS. is imperfect at the end.
A complete copy is found in Add. 12,560.
XIV. Foil. 242—245. An Arabic treatise
on philosophical terms, &^^^ )ai\.^\j Jj>e!jl
XV. Foil. 247—255. An extract relating
to some curious combinations of numbers,
with diagrams. The heading is, ji> ^ l->\j
XVI. Foil. 256—267. Moral sayings of
'All in Arabic, Ji>J\^.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
815
XVII. Foil. 268—277. Ghazals rhyming
in AJif, by Musbtak. See p. 813 6.
Add. 7722.
Foil. 202; 8i: in. by 5|; 17 lines, about 3
in. lon;»; written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated
Baghdad, Muharram, A.H. 1225 ( A.D. 1810).
[CI. J. RiCH.J
I. Foil. 1 — 39. A treatise on astronomy,
by Muhammad Husain B. Karam 'Ali Isfa-
hkni (see p. 137 a), in the author's hand-
writing.
Beg. j»y 1^ jy-j ,^^^ t^tVifr J^ x^
The work, written for Aku Ahmad Labi-
j&ni, includes a versified treatise on the
astrolabe, foil. 27—38.
II. Foil. 40—44. A treatise on the pre-
paration and preservation of medicaments, in
six Fasis and a Kh&timah, extracted from
the •yjSi^Jii^ of Haji Zain ud-Din 'A^tar (see
p. 469 a).
Beg. Up _, ^^ J jj,L. jU jU.1 jj Jj< J^
III. Foil. 44— «2. Two extracU from the
Tuhfat ul-Muminln (see p. 476 b).
rv. Foil. 64—196. Alchemical tracts in
Arabic. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 464.
V. Foil. 197—207. A treatise on instan-
taneous cures, translated from the Arabic
of Muhammad B. Zakariyya ur-Kazl, by Mu-
hammad Husain Ibn Karam 'All (see art. i.).
Beg. j^^J-J^ •>*-• S-*^ cr*^^ c-*--
The title of the Arabic work is «._«la)1^^,>
SpU^ ^j>, j *pU-J\^ ^. See Uri, p. 288,
zcii., art. 6.
Add. 7723.
Foil. 78; 7i in. by 4}; 19 lines, about
8 in. long; written in Shikastah-amiz and
Naskhi, apparently in the 17th century.
[01. J, Eicu.]
I. Foil. 1 — 14. A tract on the rational
explanation of the Mi'raj.
Beg. )jfJ-*^\ 3 i^j .xjjlj*. Jtj\I-> J o-L...
It is commonly ascribed to Abu *Ali B.
Sina. See the Dabistan, Troyer's translation,
vol. iii. pp. 176 — 200, where extensive extracts
are given, and Haj. Khal., tit. ^yj» J iJU,,
vol. iii. p. 443.
II. Foil. 15 — 48. A philosophical treatise
on crafts and professions, their relative im-
portance and mutual relations, endorsed
Beg. J- jjjLj iJUj ^^\J\ ^je. . . . ^JJ j.^^
In another copy, Add. 16,839, xxii., Amir
Abul-I^asim ul-FandarsakT, ^\Jii\ yj ^^\
^jL,j,iJiii\, is named as the author.
Mir Abul-Kasim, who came of a family of
Sayyids settled in Astrabad, took his Nisbah
from Fandarsak, a neighbouring town (see
Burhiin i Ka^i'). He is described as the most
eminent philosopher and Sufi of his time,
and stood high in the estimation of Shah
'Abbas I., whom he is said, however, to have
scandalized by his habit of mixing with the
lowest orders and attending cock-fights. He
spent many years in India, and was twice
introduced to Shahjahan by the Vazir Asaf
Khan (Abul-Hasan), namely in the first
and tenth years of the reign, A.H. 1037
and 1016. But he subsequently returned
to his native country, and died in Isfahan
during the reign of Shah Safi, A.H. 1038 —
1052. The present work, commonly designated
as L::.>ltUy«, is mentioned as the most popular
of his writings. See Tahir Nasrabadi, foL
119 a, Amin, Padishah Namah, fol. 425, Ri-
yaz ush-Shu'aw, fol. 31, and Atashkadab,
fol. 86.
According to the Dabistan, Mir Abul-Ka-
sim became, through his intercourse with
the disciples of Kaiviin, much imbued with
816
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Pars! ideas. See Troyer's translation, vol. i.
p. 140, vol. iii. pp. 205, 206.
The word a^^xje, " craft," is taken by the
author in an exceptionally wide sense, and is
made to include the highest forms of human
activity. His first chapter treats of prophets,
Imams, and philosophers.
III. Foil. 49—78. Eleven Sufi tracts, by
Muhammad Dihdar,j^jA^ j>~^.
Khwajah Muhammad Dihdar, son of Khwa-
jah Mahmud, belonged to a family of Arab
extraction settled in Havizah, a town of
Khuzistan, and subsequently in Shiraz.
He went to India under Akbar, and became
intimate with the Khankhanan 'Abd ur-Ra-
hlm, to whom several of his treatises are
dedicated. He died in Surat under Jahangir
(according to Dr. Sprenger, Oude Catalogue,
p. 393, A.H. 1016), leaving poetical composi-
tions in which he took the name of Fani,
and many prose works, among which glosses
to the Nafahat, Rashahat, and Gulshan i
Raz, and a commentary upon the preface of
Tibyan, are mentioned. See Riyaz ul-Au-
liya, fol. 169, and Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
330. Some of his tracts are noticed in the
Jahrbiicher, vol. 85, Anzeigeblatt, p. 54, and
the Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 455.
The subjects of the present treatises are
the following: — 1. Spiritual meaning of the
Zikr, fol. 42 b. 2. Comments on the verse;
^y^^ ^^^ *-i^ ^ Coran, Ivi. 74, fol. 54 b.
3. Free-will and predestination, fol. 56 a.
4. Defence of Muhyi ud-Din Ibn ul-'Arabi
against 'Ala ud-Daulah (see p. 413 a), and
Gisu Daraz (see p. 347 b), fol. 61 b. 5. Rela-
tion of the ideal man ^ t^)^^ to individuals,
fol. 64 a. 6. Muhammad and the universal
soul Ja^\ -jj, fol. 66 a. 7. Relation of indi-
vidual minds to the ten intellects, fol. 68 b.
8. Comparison of the insight of previous
prophets and of Muhammad, fol. 69 b.
9. Mutual relations of men, and the twelve
Imams, fol. 71 b. 10. Comments on 'All's
saying with regard to the existence of Adam
before creation, fol. 75 a. 11, The beginning
of light and the world of darkness. This last
tract is imperfect.
Add. 7737.
Foil. 253; 9 in. by 6|; 18 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Rabi' II.,
A.H. 1033 (A.D. 1624). [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1 — 72. *--.^ J^'j a treatise on
ethics, in prose and verse, by Hasan B. Ruz-
bahan, ^V^jj j^ i^r^
Beg. ^^l^'i\ J J-^^j dyJ^ b b i^s^\
The preface contains a eulogy upon the
Vazir Shams ud-Daulah Muhammad, from
whose name the title is derived. The author
states further on that he had been deter-
mined, after long delays, to issue the present
work by the appearance of the Akhliik i
MuhsinI (a work completed A.H. 900; see
p. 443 b).
It is divided into fourteen Babs and a Kha-
timah.
Dr. Sprenger, who notices the work in the
Zeitschrift der D. Morg. Gessellschaft, vol.
xiii. p. 540, calls the author Hasan B. Ruz-
bahan Shlrazi.
II. Foil. 73—137. Mantik ut-Tair. See
p. 576 a.
III. Foil. 137—242. Musibat Namah.
See p. 576 b.
IV. Foil. 242-253. Gulshan i Raz. See
p. 608 b.
Add. 7776.
Foil. 121; 12 in. by 7^; 23 lines, 5^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, in four gold-ruled
columns, with two 'Unvans, and 36 minia-
tures in Persian style; dated Ramazan,
A.H. 1004 (A.D. 1596). [CI. J. Rich.]
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
817
I. Foil. 1 — 64. Mihr u Mushtari. See
p. 626 a.
In this copy the date of composition, fol.
64 a, is not A.H. 778 as in the above copy,
but A.H. 748, J< j b ^ J U. •!», Oj-^j
Copyist: ^J^*i a»*? i^i^^^y
II. FoU. 65—121. Duval-Rani Khizr
Khan. See p. 612 a, xir.
Copyist: y,U«i j^ »_ijJaDi ^
Add. 7802.
Foil. 110; 8J in. by 5; 15 lines, about 3-
in. long ; written by various hands in Nes-
talik and Shikastah-iimlz, apparently in the
17th century. [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 1 — 63. Prologue of a Ma^navi in
the measure of the Makhzan ul- Asrar, with a
dedicatory epistle in prose to some patron of
letters not named.
/-» tf Wi •Kr* V" •/'
■\
i^jSJ
Beg.
The author, who designates himself only
by his poetical surname Afitab»-^U»T, men-
tions, as his models, the works of Nizaml,
Khusrau, Jumi, and lastly the Markaz i Ad-
var of Faizi (see p. 671 a). This line, jlai
C««.JUJ^ Mf^ \j*, shows that he was a native
of Khorasan, while from his appeals to the
Shah's indulgence, and some references to
Kirman such as tliis, ^j^ j^U/ ^ ^^ d^ ^,
it is evident that he had fallen into disgrace,
and had been some time confined, much
against his will, to that city.
Foil. 39 — 55 are occupied by some Kasi-
dahs and Ghazals, apparently by the same
poet. These also contain references to the
author's compulsory stay in Kirman, as in
the following line: J-jJ^ t/« >;^»«i-^o^/
o— •'*.>;^ *^ 3^ ji »a- *^ J»^ <^i^- One
of the Kasidahs fixes the period of the iH)et :
it is addressed to the Kurchi Bashi Murta^
VOL. II.
Kuli Khan, an Amir of the Shamlu tribe,
who, as we learn fi^)m Tahir Nasrabadi,
fol. 30, held the government of Kirman in
the reign of Shah 'Abbas II. (A.H. 1052—
1077). Another is in praise of Shah 'Abbas.
II. Foil. 64—110. Letters and other
prose pieces, without author's name.
Beg. J cs-^-J:^ »?^ c^J*-^ t?^/f^* u-^
The letters are mostly written in the name
of Hasan Khan, and of 'Abbas Kuli Khan, to
whom the author appears to have acted as
secretary.
Hasan Khan B. Husain Khan Shamlu,
governor of Khorasan (see p. 682 o), was a
great patron of poets, and the author of a
Divan, a preface to which is found in the
present collection. Ilis son, 'Abbas Kuli
Khan, who succeeded him in the government,
was still living when Tahir Nasrabadi wrote,
i. e. A.n. 1083 ; see fol. 29.
Add. 7819.
Foil. 189; 9i in. by 5^; 19 lines, 2 J in.
long, with 28 lines round the margins ; written
in small Ncstallk; dated Raniazan, A.H.
1050 (A.D. 1640). [CI. J. Rich.]
I. Foil. 2—164. oFj^V^ j/;*^ uV.'»j ^^
the Divan of Naziri of Nishapur.
This poet, whose proper name was Mu-
hammad yusain, went to India, after a stay
of some years in Kashan, and became a
favourite follower of that great lover of
poetry, the Khankhanan 'Abd ur-llahim
Khan. After a pilgrimage to Mecca, per-
formed in A.H. 1012, he adopted a religious
life, and settled in Alimadabiid, where he
died A.H. 1022 or 1023. See Sprenger,
Oude Catalogue, p. 515, Blochmann, AIn
Akbari, p. 679, Haft Iklim, fol. 318, Badaoni,
vol. iii. p. 355, Riyaz, fol. 467, and Ouseley's
Notices, p. 252.
3 D
818
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Contents : Kasldahs, Tarkibs, TarjI's and
Kit'ahs, arranged apparently in chronological
order, with rubrics due to the author, show-
ing for whom and on what occasion the seve-
ral pieces were composed. The poems are
addressed to the Khankhanan, to Akbar and
Jahangir, to *Abd Ullah Khan of Gujrat, to
Akbar's son, prince Murad, Naurang Khan,
A'zam Khan Kukah, and other Amirs. Some
are elegies on the death of the author's
children and of contemporary poets. The
section is imperfect in the beginning.
2. Ghazals in alphabetical order, fol. 70,
beginning :
i_^^^ i^ 'i^ ,_5_j2 ^J Oil U VS\
This section has two lacunes after foil.
123 and 141, and breaks off at the beginning
of letter J.
II. Foil. 155—188. The Ghazals of Vah-
shi (see p. 664 a), wanting the first part of
letter 1, and the latter part of letter y, with
tlie rest of the alphabet.
III. Foil. 155—188, and 2^30 (margins).
The DTvan of Shapur. See p. 674 b.
Contents : Kasidahs, imperfect at the be-
ginning, fol. 155. Ghazals in alphabetical
order, with a lacune extending from letter
^ to letter ^, foil. 175—188, 2—23. Two
Tarji'-bands, fol. 24.
IV. Foil. 30—127 (margins). -^ J^^A
'i^ ^JlJ (Jc-j the Divan of Shaikh * All Nakl,
of Kamrah.
Beg. 6.^jt^ ^ U-^ (.ilij^ j\ *5oliT
This poet and his brother Ulfati came of
the family of the Shaikhs of Kamrah, a
borough situate near Jarbadkan, in Irac.
*A1I Naki was the panegyrist of Shah *Ab-
bas I. (A.H. 995—1038), and of Hatim Beg,
who was that king's Vazir during the early
part of his reign. He is mentioned as still
alive in the Haft Ikllm, a work written A.H.
1002. He died, according to Tahir Nasra-
badi, fol. 176, in A.H. 1012, or, as stated in
the Eiyaz ush-Shu*ara, fol. 460, A.H. 1013.
Dr. Sprenger gives a later date, viz. A.H.
1030 or 1031. See the Oude Catalogue,
pp. 91, 614.
Contents : Kasidahs, fol. 30 a. Ghazals,
in alphabetical order, fol. 64 a. Rubii'is, fol.v
117—127.
V. FoU. 128—154. Select Ghazals from
the Divan of Fighani (see p. 651 a), in
alphabetical order ; wanting the latter part
of letter (• and the rest of the alphabet.
Add. 7827.
Foil. 89; 11^ in. by 7; 25 lines, 4 in.
long ; writtten in Nestalik ; dated Rabi' II.,
A.H. 997 (A.D. 1689). [CI. J. Rich.]
A volume of poetical extracts in Persian
and TurkI, including connected series of
Ghazals by the following poets : Kasim i
Anvar (p. 635 a), foil. 16—29. Jami (p. 643 a),
foil. 31—35. Nava'i (Mir 'All Shir, p. 366 a),
by whom are some Tarklb-bands and a col-
lection of Ghazals entitled J<^\ i_-o^ in
Turki, foil. 41—63. Humayiin (p. 735 b),
foil. 64—57. Asafi (p. 651 b), foU. 78—80.
Add. 7828.
Foil. 54 ; 7i in. by 4J ; about 17 lines, 4
in. long ; in the handwriting of Mr. Rich ;
dated Dec. 26th, 1803. [CI. J. Rich.]
A volume of miscellaneous extracts, con-
taining an Arabic notice on the fire-tem-
ples, headed ^^ts- fShahristani] ^J3MJlt>^2> ^^<,
fol. 1. The prologue and epilogue of Sad
Dar i Nazm (see p. 48 b), fol. 2. Extracts
from Khwand Amir on the early kings of
Persia, fol. 6, from the Baharistan and Yiisuf
u Zulaikhfi of Jami, fol. 7, from the Zij i
Muhammad-Shahi (see p. 460 6), fol. 10,
from the Futuh Ibn A'gam (see p. 151 a),
fol. 21, from the Makamat of al-Hariri, fol.
24, from Sa'di, Hafiz, Firdusi, etc.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
819
Add. 7938.
FolL 49 ; 7| in. by 5 ; written in Divan!
and Nestalik by different hands, apparently
in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[CI. J. Rich.]
Ghazals by Katibl, Hilali, Ahi, Asafi,
Ahll, Hafiz, Jiimi, Shahidl, Hairani, Saifl, and
Hairatl, foU. 23—33.
Kasidahs by KatibI, Ehwajui Kirmani, and
Ibn Qosam, foil. 35 — 16.
The rest of the volume contains forms of
letters and poetical extracts in Turkish.
Add. 8149.
Foil 83 ; 9 in. by 5J ; 15 lines, 6^ in. long;
written in cursive Nestalik ; dated *Azim-
gai^, province of Murshidtibud, in the month
of Asin of the Bengali year 1128, the fourth
of the reign (of Muhammad Shah = A.II.
1134-5, A.D. 1721).
I. Foil. 1—28. t;*-— J yr— ue^A'vs*^ '*-**'
history of the Amir ul-Muminin Hasan and
Husain from their birth to the death of the
former, poisoned by Yazid, and to the mar-
tyrdom of the latter in KarbaLi.
n. FoU. 29—82. »ift-. x^ vs-i^, his-
tory of Muhammad, son of the Hanafiyyah,
from the time when the tidings of his brother
^usain's death reach him to the time when
he releases the latter's son, Zain ul- Abidin,
from captivity, and finds the charred body of
the accursed Yazid at the bottom of a well.
The alx>ye stories are apparently detached
portions of a late composition exhibiting the
Shi*ah legend in its most exuberant growth.
Add. 8908.
FoU. 218; 9i in. by 6; 13 lines, 4 in. long ;
written in cursive Nestalik ; dated February,
A.D. 1819.
I. FoU. 1—39. The diary of the siege of
IJaidarabad. See p. 268 a.
II. Foil. 40—218. The third volume of
the Ikbiil-Namah (see p. 255 a), wanting the
concluding notices on the Vazirs and cele-
brated men of the reign.
Copyist : «C i.«» v_..»-Lo ^_^H« Jj
JJ
xm.
ji\i \::^.^J'jS>\y s»-\j\^ p^
Add. 8919.
FoU. 86 ; 9 J in. by 6^ ; 14 lines in a page ;
written in Nestalik, in the 18th century.
I. FoU. 1—13. Alphabetical list of Per-
sian verbs, with their Hindustani equi-
valents.
II. FoU. 14—22. Alphabetical Ust of
Hindustani verbs, with their Persian equi-
valents.
III. FoU. 23—86. LaUa Majnun, by Ha-
tifi. See p. 652 b.
Add. 8991.
FoU. 161 ; 9i in. by 5 ; 14 and 16 Unes,
2^ and 4 in. long; written in NestaUk, ap-
parently in the 17th century.
I. FoU. 2— 126. TheShahnamahofMirza
Kasim Gunahadi (see p. 660 a), wanting
four leaves after fol. 97, three single leaves
after foil. 113, 117, and 121, and about four
at the end.
n. FoU. 127 — 140. An alphabetical series
of Ghazals, by Tahir,j»U».
Beg. l>-_) ^ cry. \3 Jb ^j ^ ^
The series is imperfect at the beginning,
and has some other lac unes. The author
names in one passage, fol. 135, Saib Tabriz!,
who died A.H. 1088 (see p. 693 a), as his
8 D 2
820
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
model, and it appears from another line, fol.
128 a, that he lived in Isfahan.
m. Poll. 141—161. A fragment of the
Insha of Yusufi. See p. 529 a.
Add. 9697.
Foil. 95 ; 8| in. by 6^ ; 15 lines, 4 in. long;
written in Shikastah-amiz, about the close of
the 18th century.
I. Foil. 1 — 16. Forms of official documents
and civil contracts.
II. Foil. 17—54. ^J^:, x^\j^:i, the Mun-
shi's manual, containing models of letters
and official papers.
Author : Shaikh Anis ud-Din, son of KiizI
Na'im ud-Dln, of the town of Chanwah,
Bardwan, (^jJ^ ^^ ^Je<i Jj ^^.SS\ ^J.^\ ^
iy^ n-x^af (^lut
Bsg. »»^t:^ j^'^J^ C^j-oa. (^Uo J ;X«9- ^^y»■
The author was, in A.H. 1175, Munshi to
Gandarbh-Das, Naib Zamindar of Hijll, He
compiled the present work shortly after, and
inserted in it many of his own letters. The
present copy is imperfect.
III. Foil. 55 — 70. Copies of letters written
to various officials in Bengal, in the time
of Mir Ja*far and Clive, by a person in the
Company's employ.
IV. Foil. 71—95. Fragment of Bahar i
Danish. See p. 765 b.
Add. 10,463.
Foil. 28; 10 in. by 6^; from 12 to 19
lines; dated Ramazan, A.H. 1233 (A.D.
1818).
I. Foil. 1—17. Nan u Halva. See
p. 679 a.
II. Foil. 18—23. Six Kasidahs from the
Divan of Sa'di.
III. Foil. 24—27. A fragment of Haft
Paikar. See p. 567 a.
Add. 10,579.
Foil. 271; 7f in. by 4|; from 15 to 25
lines; written in Nestalik and Shikastah-
amiz, in India.
I. Foil. 1 — 18; dated Muharram, A.H.
1096 (A.D. 1684).
A commentary on some difficult verses
of the first part of Iskandar Namah (see
p. 568 a).
Author : Hamid B. Jamal Bukhari ul-IJa-
sani ul-Jaunfurl, ,J^' ^Cj^ J^ cH "^^
Beg. \Sj'jja>-j» c:^.^jj u-^ j c:-^V^ ^ ix**-
The work is dedicated to Farld ud-Din
Abul-Muzaffiir Shir Shah (A.H. 946—952).
It is mentioned in the St. Petersburg Cata-
logue, p. 439, under the title of jj^j>jJ\ ^JJU^.
II. Foil. 49—271 ; dated ShaTjan, A.H.
1149 (A.D. 1736).
A commentary on some poems of Khakani
by Muhammad Shadiyabadi. See p. 561 b.
This copy contains only 34 Kasidahs.
Add. 10,587.
Foil. 34 ; 8i in. by 4^ ; 13 lines, 2^ in.
long; written in Nestalik and Shikastah-
amiz; dated A.H. 1175 (A.D. 1761-2).
I. Foil. 1—9. Mi'raj ul-Khayal. See
p. 738 a and 803 a.
in. Foil. 10—34. Suz u Gudaz. See
p. 674 a.
Add. 11,633.
FoU. 242; 8f in. by 5; 19 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in cursive Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century.
I. Foil. 2—81. Jill* oUSlj " Memorable
events of Mushtaki," a collection of detached
narratives and anecdotes relating to the
sovereigns of the Lodi, Timuride, and Sur
dynasties.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
821
Author : MushtakI, commonly called Rizk
Ullah, ^\ jjj ^f 'jcL.
Beg. VE^v^*-^ ftJai- «/j; jJ>lS»jb J* 4_y\jj J J.,*.
Shaikh Rizk Ullah, of Dehli, the eldest
son of a well-known devotee, Shaikh Sa'd
Ullah (the grandfather of Shaikh 'Abd ul-
Hakk Dihlavi ; see p. 14 a), was bom A.H.
897, and became, as a child, the Murid of a
renowned saint, Shaikh Muhammad Maikan,
of Milavan (a town near Kinnauj), who died
A.n. 906. Rizk Ullah led the wandering
life of a Fakir, and associated with thousands
of holy Shaikhs. He was deeply versed in
the history of saints and kings, and died at
the age of ninety-two years, A.II. 989,
leaving several poetical compositions in
Hindi and Persian. In the former he took
the name of Rajan, while in the latter he
adopted the takhallus MushtakI. See
notices of his life by his nephew 'Abd ul-
Hakk, in Akhbfir ul-Akhyar, foil. 142, 216,
and in his memoirs, Or. 1696, fol. 84. Com-
pare Riyftf ul-AuliyS, fol. 121, Tarikh i
Klianjahani, fol. 4, and Dom, History of the
Afghans, p. 3.
An account of the work, with copious
extracts, is given in Elliot's History of India,
vol. ir. pp. 634 — 667. A translation is
preserved in manuscript. Add. 20,773, foil.
128—187.
The contents are arranged under the
following heads : Bahlul Lodi, fol. 3 a. Si-
knndar Lodl, fol. 8 a. Ibrahim Lodi, fol.
40 h. Ribar, fol. 42 a. Humayim, fol. 44 A.
Akbar, fol. 45 h. Shir Sbdh Sur, fol. 46 a.
Islam Shah, fol. 66 h. Ibrahim, fol. 60 h.
Character and rule of Islam Shah, foL 74 a.
Muhammad Shah, called 'Adli, fol. 76 ft.
Ghiya^ ud-Din Khiiji, of Mandu, fol. 79 ft.
The present copy breaks off in the last
section, foL 81 h\ it wants about twelve
folios.
n. Foil. 82—242. A portion of Zubdat
ut-Taviirikh (see p. 224 ft), corresponding to
foil. 151—376 of Add. 10,580.
The last page, containing a subscription
dated A.H. 1089, is by a later hand.
Add. 12,560.
Foil. 203 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins; dated Sha'bfm, A.H. 1223 (A.D.
1813).
I. Foil. 2—83. Majma' us-Sana'i'. See
p. 814 ft, xiii.
II. Foil. 84, 86. Reply of Mulla Muham-
mad Tahir Ghani (see p. 692 a) to a charge
of plagiarism founded on the discovery of a
verse of his in a copy of the Tarikh i Badiioni
(see p. 222 ft).
HI. Foil. 86—103. Firdausiyyah, by
Tughra. See p. 742 ft, ii.
rV. Foil. 104—121. Panj Ruk'ah and
Minii Bazar, by Zuhuri. See p. 742 o, v. iv.
V. Foil. 122—134. JLli' J^, a Ma§navi
on the art of wrestling, by Mir Najat.
Beg. i>y %\^i j/j-U jjjTjfc j.lfr V^j-*
Mir 'Abd ul-'Al Najat, son of Mir Muham-
mad Mumin, a I^usainl Sayyid of Isfahan, is
described as a skilled accountant and con-
summate wit. He began life as Mustaufi of
the Sadr Mirza I^abib Ullah, discharged the
same office in Astrnbad, and was employed
as secretary by Shah Sulaiman and Shah
Sultan Husain. He was about thirty years
of age in A.H. 1076 (see Kisas ul-Khakani,
fol. 168), and as he reached, according to
Hazin, Oude Catalogue, p. 137, the age of
eighty years, he must have died about
A.H. 1026. See Tahir Nasrabadi, fol. 254,
Atashkadah, fol. 86, and the Oude Catalogue,
p. 512.
The author of the Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
470, reflects severely on the low tone of
Najat's compositions, and says, that he shares
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MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
^vdth Zulali (p. 677 a), Jalal Asir (p. 681 b),
and Shaukat of Bukhara (who lived in Kho-
rasan and afterwards in Isfahan, and died
A.H. 1107 ; see Mir'at Jahannuma, fol.
362), the hlame of having debased poetry by
lowering it to the level of vulgar speech and
trivial j.okes.
The date of composition, A.H. 1112, is
expressed by the following chronogram in
the epilogue :
The poem has been elucidated in India by
two commentators, Arzii and Ratan Singh,
and has been printed in Lucknow, A.H. 1268.
Copies are noticed in Ouseley's Catalogue,
No. 258, and the Munich Catalogue, p. 4.
"VI. Foil. 134 — 140. iU> *">;*-», a satire
by Hakim Sharaf ud-Dln Shifal, imperfect
at the end.
Beg. fj\ji\ jii iCiS f^jxJi^ jj«e ifi\
Iskandar Beg, who calls the author Hakim
Timur Shifa'i, of Isfahan, speaks of him,
'Alam-arai, fol. 248,. as a distinguished phy-
sician, wit, and poet, a favourite companion
of Shah *Abba8 I., but universally dreaded
for his malignant epigrams and ruthless
satire. He adds that he died in Isfahan,
A.H. 1037. According to others his original
name was Sharaf ud-Din Hasan. See Tahir,
fol. 158, Mir'at i Jahannuma, fol. 362, Riyaz
ush-Shu"ara, fol. 237, Atashkadah, fol. 100,
the Oude Catalogue, p. 570, and Haft
Asman, p. 134.
Shifa'i's Divan is described in the Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 600.
VII. Foil. 141—168. Extracts from Ni-
zami's poems and Firdusi's Shahnaraah,
VIII. Foil. 169—177. Love-letters of
Duvalrani and Khizr Khan, from the poem
of Amir Khusrau. See p. 612 a, xiv.
IX. Foil. 177—185. Extract from Vis u
Ramln, a Magnavi by Fakhri Jurjani.
Beg. iyUj Js \j/j>^i i^]j yr
Fakhr ud-Din As'ad Jurjani composed this
poetical version of a romance, originally
written in Pehlevi, in Isfahan, about A.H.
440, at the request of *Amid ud-Din Abul-
Fatli Muzaffar, of Nishapur, who governed^
Isfahan for Sultan Tughrul, the founder of
the Saljuk empire. See Guzidah, fol. 242,
Habib us-Siyar, vol. ii., Juz 4, p. 85, Haj.
Khal. vol. vi. p. 468, and Haft Iklim, fol.
465, the Oude Catalogue, p. 338, and Haft
Asman, p. 17.
The poem has been published, from a
defective copy, in the Bibliotheca Indica,
1864. Extensive extracts are given in the
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 323, and Khulasat ul-
Afliar, fol. 209. An analysis of the contents
by E. H. Graf is to be found in the Zeit-
schrift der D. Morgenl. Gesellschaft, vol. 23,
pp. 375—433.
The present extract corresponds to pp.
248 — 252, 261 — 269 of the printed edition,
from which, however, it differs very con-
siderably.
X. Foil. 186 — 197. Love-letters of LaUa
and Majniin, from Nizami's poem. See
p. 566 b.
XL FoU. 200—203. Ghazals by Hilali.
See p. 656 a.
On the fly-leaf is written : " Purchased of
W. Campbell Richley, a soldier, who stated
it to have been part of the plunder foimd
within the fortress of Ghuznee, when cap-
tured by the English troops under Sir John
Keane, in 1839."
Add. 14,374.
FoU. 109 ; 9 in. by 7| ; 15 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, late in the 18th
century.
I. Foil. 2—11. Life of Bibi JuUana,
endorsed UUL*. ^J^Ji J\j»-^
Beg. J^ J J»- ji^ » \j(^(J<»-^ (J^}^ J (j^.^
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
623
The author, ts-ijy J^ (Gaston Bruit),
states that Monsieur Gentil, at whose request
he had written this account, had come to
India in A.H. 1165, twenty-two years before
the date of composition (which therefore
must be A.H. 1187), and, having entered
the service of Shuja' ud-Daulah, had been
settled for the last twelve years in FaizSbiid.
Colonel Jean-Baptiste Joseph Gentil, the
able assistant of Shuja* ud-Daulah in the
organization of his army, left India shortly
after that prince's death (A.H. 1188), and
died in his native town, Bagnols, in a state
of great poverty, in 1799. See Langl^
Biblintbt-que Universelle.
According to the present memoir, Bibi
Juliana had been captured as a child, with
three thousand Portuguese, in the early
part of Shilhjahan's reign, and given as a
slave to one of the ladies of the court.
Having been married to a European, who
soon after fell in battle, she was attached to
the household of Prince Mu'azzam (after-
wards Bahadur Shah) and his mother, whom
she served with singular devotion during
their long confinement. After the prince's
accession she rose to a position of great
trust and influence, and maintained it
during the early part of the reign of Mu-
hammad Sh&h, whose deliverance from the
galling yoke of the Sayyids she is said to
have obtained by means of a vow to S. John.
She died at Dehli, in great repute of
sanctity, some years after that event (accord-
ing to Tarikh i Muhammadi, fol. 277, in
Rabi* I., A.H. 1147), when a relative, Bibi
Fasqualc «}^^, succeeded to her office and
assumed her name.
A French transktion of the work by Prof.
E. II. Palmer will be found in the Nouvclles
Annalcs des Voyages, 18G5, tom. ii. pp. 161 —
ISl, and a notice on Juliana in Gentil's
M(f'moires sur I'lndoustan, pp. 367 — 380.
II. Foil. 12—80, Memoirs of Shaikh
Hazin. See p. 381 o.
Add. 16,701.
Foil. 126 ; 8 in. by 5; 15 lines, 3 in. long;
written in Nestalik ; dated Zulka'dah, the
sixth year of Farrukhsiyar (A.H. 1129, A.D.
1717). [Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 1—91. Zikr ul-x\Iuluk, by 'Abd
ul-Hakk Dihlavi. See p. 223 b.
Copyist : isi^i\j^ *Jl4^ 0-*
II. FolL 92—126. Account of Aurang-
zlb's victories over Jasvant Singh and Dara
Shikuh, from the 'Alamglr Namah (see
p. 266 b) ; corresponding to pp. 59 — 105 of
the Calcutta edition.
Add. 16,703.
FoU. Ill ; 9 in. by 6^ ; 15 and 17 lines,
about 3 in. long. [Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 1—71. ^j'yJ^ ^^, a general
history of Persia from Adam to A.H. 674.
Author : Kazi'l-kuzat Nfisir ud-Din Abu
Sa'id 'Abd UUah B. Kazi'l-kuzat Imam ud-
Din Abil-Kasim *Umar B. Fakhr ud-Din
Abil-Hasan 'Ali ul-Baizavi, j>c\i iUaaJI yje\J
Beg. \j ^j-sx* iZ^\i' ^./^ J v.i-->V u^ **-»*
The author, whoso well known commen-
tary upon the Coran (see the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 64), has made the name familar in
Europe, was the son of Imam ud-Din Abul-
^[asim *Umar, who, as stated in the present
work, fol. 62, held the office of chief judge
liijm \^ in the kingdom of Furs under the
Atabak Abu Bakr B. Sa'd. Nasir ud-Din,
who also discharged the functions of Kazi in
Shiraz, spent the latter part of his life in Ta-
briz, where he died, according to the Vufl
bil-Wafayat, fol. 99, A.H. 685. A later date,
however, A.H. 692, is assigned to his death
by al-Yafl^ (see Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii.,
Juz 1, p. 77), and Ijlamd Ullah Mustaufi
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MANUSCEIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
who mentions the Nij.am ut-Tavarikh as one
of his sources, states that the author died
after A.H. 710.
In a short preface written on the 21st of
Muharram, A.H, 674, Baizavl says that, hav-
ing composed in early life works on every
branch of the sacred sciences, he now pro-
posed to write a compendium of the history
of Iran from Adam to his own time.
The work is divided into four Kisms, as
follows : I. Prophets, saints, and kings, from
Adam to Noah, fol. 3 h. ii. Early kings of
Persia, in four dynasties, fol. 6 b. in. The
early Khalifs, the Umayyades, and Ahbasides,
fol. 32 a. IV. Dynasties contemporary with
the Abbasides, viz. Safaris, fol. 46. Samanis,
fol. 47 a. Ghaznavis and Ghiiris, fol. 48 a.
Dailamis, fol. 51 b. Saljukis, fol. 56 a.
Salghuris, fol. 59 a. Isma'ilis, fol. 64 b.
Khwarazmis, fol. QQ a, Moghuls, fol. 67 b.
The time of composition is fixed not only
by the date given in the preface, but also by
the author's statement that the Salghuri dy-
nasty had ruled 131 years from its origin, in
A.H. 643, to the "current year," which must
therefore have been A.H. 674.
The last section, however, has a conclusion
of later date than the preface, but apparently
also due to the author, in which Abaka Khan
is spoken of as dead, and the Sahib Divan as
being still at the height of his power. It
must therefore have been written between
A.H. 680 and 683. The same conclusion
is found in another copy, Or. 1683.
A further continuation, foil. 69 b — 71,
ending with the accession of Ghazan Khan,
A.n. 694, in whose reign it was written,
cannot be ascribed to Baizavi. This latter
appendix occurs also in another MS., Or.
1859, foil. 98—102. There is also an ad-
dition of later date than the conclusion in
the account of the Salghuris, for it is brought
down to the death of Abish Khatun, A.H. 686.
The contents of the Nizam ut-Tavarikh
have been fully stated by S. de Sacy, Notices
et Extraits, vol. iv. pp. 672 — 695, Hammer,
Jahrbiicher, vol. 81, Anzeigeblatt, p. 37, and
Sir H. Elliot, History of India, vol. ii. pp.
252—258. See also Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 354.
Copies are mentioned in Stewart's Catalogue,
p. 7, Uri, p. 215, Ouseley's MSS., No 686,
Leyden Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 1, Vienna Cata^
logue, vol. ii. p. 60, and Upsala Catalogue,
p. 162. A Turkish translation, in which the
history is brought down to A.H. 973, is pre-
served in Add. 6020. Another is noticed in
KJrafit's Catalogue, p. 91.
The present copy is apparently of the 16th
century, but the latter portion, foil. 66 — 71,
which is by a later hand, is dated A.H. 1072
(A.D. 1662).
II. Foil. 72—91. A versified abstract of
Indian history, from the time of the Mu-
hammadan conquest to A.H. 1133, by 'Abd
uUah Yakin, ^J^„ 4III 6~ys-
Beg. Ji>^ii3\ (j «iUaL> ^J^!)) 4III li-^
The whole poem is on the same rhyme.
It was written, as stated in the prologue, at
the request of Sabit Kadam Khan, an amir
of the court of Muhammad Shah.
In the concluding lines the author claims
descent from the Moghul Chakui Purlas
O-^ji (^/V» ^^^ grandson of Karachar, and
gives A.H. 1133 as the date of composition.
Shah Yakin is mentioned in Hamishah
Bahar as 'now' {i.e. A.H. 1136) living in
Dehli. See the Oude Catalogue, p. 130.
The present copy is dated in the 28th year
of Muhammad Shah (A.H. 1168, A.D. 1746).
III. Foll.92— 111. j/iJWV-^j ^V^^ »lr-.
a treatise on the attributes of God as ex-
pressed by His names.
Author : Bayazid [B.] Ibrahim, ^'^j>'^ '^j^)-i-
Beg. C^j.aa' jt l^Jol ^J, o-^^J U**^ <-k ■^*^
The work is divided into several sections
called woj*. The present copy appears to
be of the 16th century.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
825
Add. 16,779.
FoU. 583 ; lOi in. by 6^ ; 17 lines, 3^ in.
long, and 38 lines in the mai^ins ; written
in fair Nestalik, with TJnvan and gold-ruled
margins, apparently in the 16th century.
[Wm. Yulb.]
I. Foil. 3—683. DiTSn i Shams i Tabriz.
See p. 593 a.
Beg. \^\j 10^^ o-iKi \j ^J^Sa j^^ll* J\
V^
!/^^
y ^^r*
^f y
At the end of the alphabetical series of
Ghazals are found some Tarji'-bands, fol.
562 h, and a few Rubals, fol. 578 h.
The margins, which form a consecutive
text, contain : —
II. Foil. 3—161. The Divan of SanaT
(■ee p. 651 o), with a prose preface beginning :
jyb JC ^\j ^. ^ \j j-o^ y»i'jL- J ^J^\^
The author states that he had been induced
to collect his poem by the instances of his
friend, Hals Ahmad 13. Mas'ud.
The Divan begins on fol. 12 a, with a long
Kafidah, the first line of which is
}3^
->>
This poem is quoted by Daulatshah, fol.
50 o, and in the Haft Ddim, fol. 132.
III. Foil. 155—166. Some Ghazals by
Amir Sayyid 'All Hamadani, who uses both
'All and 'Ala'i as his takhallus. See p. 447 h.
Beg. JU- J JL j\ ^U cI-Lip y,\,\ii/ J<
IV. FoU. 166—181. Ghazals by Sayyid
Hn^^anHnad Nurbakhsh, who baa been
already mentioned, p. 650.
Beg. ,jV f *I1^ j^. j-1 ^ijjjj (jji t_^Uj
At the end are some Bubals, fol. 175 A,
and Ma^navls, fol. 176 h.
V. Foil. 187—319. The Divan of ^asim i
Anvar. See p. 635 6.
TOL. u.
Add. 16,800.
Foil. 63 ; 5} in. by 3 ; 11 lines, 1| in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with two
TJnvans and gold-ruled margins, apparently
in the 17th century. [Wm. Yulb.]
I. Foil. 1—56. The third Daftar of Sil-
silat U2-Zahab. See p. 644 h.
II. Foil. 66—63. «Ju^, " Jamlliyyah," a
tract, in Ma§navi rhyme, on the filiation of
the Nakshabandi order.
Beg. y^ Ciojo j U»- jk,»i ^
The author, whose name does not appear,
enumerates five successive heads of the order
from Ehwajah Ahrar, who died A.H. 895,
to his own time. From this it may be con-
jectured that he wrote in the latter half of
the 11th century of the Hijrah. The title
is contained in the following line at the end :
(•r*^ cr*^ *4^ |»j^ ij>y ^^ 3>- *j:-^^
Sir Gore Ouseley's name is written on the
first page of the MS.
Add. 16,806.
Foil. 89 ; 9 J in. by 5J ; written by various
hands, apparently in India, in the 17th and
18th centuries. [Wk. Ydle.]
I. FolL 1—18. ,j,'--f-J^ t-»U>, an Arabic-
Persian vocabulary. See p. 604 a.
II. Foil. 19—69. A portion of the Divan
of Uafiz, extending from letter o^ to ^.
III. Foil. 70—77. An extract headed
^L*> J VylftJ J <^^}xf j^ »j.....Arf<<', and begin-
ning with an anecdote relating to Anisi
Sh&mlu, a poet who lived at the court of
*Ali Euli Khan, governor of Herat, and died
in Burhanpur, A.H. 1014 (see Blochmann,
Ain i Akbari, p. 578). It consists chiefly
of Mukatta'at by Ibn Yamin (Amir Fakhr
ud-Din Mahmud of Faryumad, who died
A.H. 745 ; see Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 18),
3 X
826
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
and of miscellaneous anecdotes classed under
the headings of modesty, meekness, justice,
beneficence, patience, and love.
IT. Foil. 78—89. Tank 5 of Kism I. of
the Tuhfat ul-Muminln (see p. 476 b).
The volume bears the stamp of General
Claud Martin (see p. 2 a).
Add. 16,819.
Foil. 217; 9i in. by 6\', from 21 to 24
lines, 4f in. long ; written in Shikastah-amiz,
about A.H. 1152 (A.D. 1739). [Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 1 — 4. Extracts from Akhlak i
Mansuri t^jj-oi* J^l, by Mir Ghiya§ ud-Din
Mansur.
The author was the son of the celebrated
philosopher Mir Sadr ud-Din Muhammad of
Shiraz. He held for some time the office of
Sadr under Shah Tahmasp, but resigned it
in consequence of his orthodoxy having been
impugned by the Mujtahid Shaikh 'Ali B.
'Abd ul-*Al, and retired to Shiraz, where he
died A.H. 948, leaving numerous philo-
sophical and scientific works enumerated in
the Majalis ul-Muminin, fol. 380.
The contents have been stated in the
Jahrbucher, vol. 81, Anzeige Blatt, p. 29,
and in the Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii.
p. 292.
II. Foil. 5—54. Majhs 4—11 of Abvab
ul-Jinan, j^UU L-.'^y^ an ethical work based
on the Goran and the moral precepts of the
Imams, by Mirza Muhammad Eafi* Va'iz
Kazvini, who died about A.H. 1105 ; see
p. 698 a.
The work, which is divided into a Mukad-
dimah and sixteen Majlis, has been litho-
graphed in Teheran A.H. 1274, and in
Lucknow 1868. The edited portion, how-
ever, is described by the author at the end
as forming the first only of eight Babs, which
the entire work, according to its title, was
intended to comprise. In the former of the
above editions the preface contains a eiilogy
upon the reigning sovereign Shah 'Abbas H.
(A.H. 1052—1077). The present fragment
corresponds to pp. 52 — 189 of the Teheran
edition.
A copy is described, without author's
name, in the Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii».
p. 293.
III. Foil. 55— 73. Nikat i Mu-za Bidil;
see p. 745 b.
IV. Foil. 81—86. Lava'ih by Jami ; see
p. 44 a.
V. Foil. 89—95. «-U \jj^, the book of
the Mirza, or perfect gentleman, containing
rules of good manners.
Beg. lli\ J.i' \j mO \Jj^ Iiji- ^Uj J/j-» ,_^"
The work, which is anonymous, was appa-
rently written in India.
VI. FoU. 97—149. A collection of letters
and other compositions in ornate prose,
without title or preface.
The author's name, Muhammad Khalil
JJii- s^, occurs incidentally on foil. 136 a,
147 a ; and it appears from another passage,
fol. 116 b, that his takhallus was (_->»-Lo, and
his surname (lakab) jkr. Several letters ad-
dressed by him to Zib un-Nisa Begam, the
eldest daughter of Aurangzib, seem to show
that he was attached to that princess's
service. There is also one written to her
brother, Shahzadah Muhammad A'zam, fol.
142 a, and another to Aurangzib's head
secretary, Mulla Makhdum Fazil Khan, fol.
147 «. That amir received the title of Khan
in A.H. 1095, and died in 1099. See Maagir
ul-TJmara, fol. 406. The letter addressed to
him must have been written between those
two dates.
VII. Fol. 150. Copy of a letter written
by Shahjahan to Shah 'Abbiis I. at the time
of his reconciliation with Jahangir and his
return to MandQ (A.H. 1032) .
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
827
Vni. FoU. 153—155. *.U j\SIp\, a short
exposition in Masnavi rhyme of the Muham-
madan creed, probably by Jami (see Biblio-
theca Sprenger., No. 591 — 3).
Beg. J^j c-«i J ^oi- A*^ J*>
IX. Foil. 176 — 180. Medical advice, in
verse, by Yusufi. See p. 475 b.
Beg. Ijd iA»,Cj.>j^ Jrt)'^ sA^** *^<^^
The last couplet contains the date of
composition, A.U. 913, expressed by the
words ^Ui.^ Ai^ji.
The rest of the volume is occupied by
short poetical pieces, Persian and Hindu-
stani, and miscellaneous notices relating to
medicine, the interpretation of dreams, and
astrology.
Add. 16,821.
Foil. 131 ; 7 in. by 4} ; 15 Unes, 2| in.
long ; written in small Shikastah-amiz, pro-
bably in India, in the 17th century.
[Wm. Yxjlb.]
I. Foil. 2—99. O'-Ji^ hJL\ (see p. 594 A),
with copious marginal notes.
n. FoU. 100—131. ii*WVyi ^A a com-
mentary by Jam! on Sufi Rubals.
Beg. j£te. ^\i. j» iii ^>U»-
The author, who gives his name at the
end, states in the preface that in his Rub&*is
on the nature of God and on His various
manifestations he had been prevented, by
the necessities of rhyme and metre, from
giving his thoughts their due development,
and had therefore deemed it desirable to add
some explanations in prose. See the Oude
Catalogue, p. 447, and the St. Petersburg
Catalogue, p. 373.
Add. 16,824.
Foil. 266; 9i in. by 6; 15 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Zulhijjah,
A.H. 1215 (A.D. 1801). [Wm. Ycle.J
I. Foil. 1-92. jjIEj.^1 ii.^ J ^J^::i\ J^
An exposition of the Sunni creed.
Author : 'Abd ul-Hakk B. Saif ud-Din ut-
Turk ud-Dihlavi ul-Bukhari, k_a--» ^^ jil s^
gfj\jtf^^ t,y*J\ ^JjJ\ ^^ji) (see p. 14 o).
Beg. jiPaJl »\ya U\j* ^ji\ iU j^
A copy is mentioned in the Munich Cata-
logue, p. 128.
A Hindustani translation, entitled Sabll
ul-Jinan, has been published in India.
n. Foil. 93 — 108. A treatise on the use
of the quadrant, ^^.*^ ^j JUl^^ji) tJU^
Author : Nur (B.) Siraj, ^jm j^
Beg.
«JI (/^ i Ifcs^ »-s-iV (4 **■•*"
It is divided into an introduction, nineteen
Babs, and a Khatimah.
ni. Foil. 109—165. The history of Shir
Shah, by 'Abbas Khan (see p. 242 6), with a
preamble, which differs from the copy above
described.
Beg. iijm \j tjj> jJW i_-»^j 4j-»»" j_pV j»
A doxology of four lines is followed by
this heading :
IV. Foil. 166 — 239. A cosmographical
work already described. See p. 417 o, ii.
V. Foil. 2^40 — 246. Chronological sketch
of the Sultans of Dehli from the Muslim
conquest to Shah 'Alam.
VI. Foil. 247 — 254. An account of the
course of the river Gomati, by Fath Chand,
son of Udit Eai, a Kayath of Balgram.
Beg.
S.^\ Am-\ JJtXJ i-^f "^ •W
This work was written, as stated in the
3 E 2
828
MANUSCRIPTS OP MIXED CONTENTS.
preamble, in A.H. 1180, at the request of a
Christian priest, only designated as Padre
Sahib.
VII. Foil. 255—266. ^^.J^'^ ^, a treatise
on the technical terms of Hindu pantheism
and their equivalents in Sufi phraseology.
Author: Dara Shikuh, #j5Cs. \j\ii
Beg. <>,^'JJ fj>^ j^ "^^ (.^
In a preface found in another copy, Add.
18,404, ii., the author says that he had
embraced the doctrine of the Sufis, and that,
having ascertained in his intercourse with
Hindu Pakirs that their divergence from the
former was merely verbal, he had written
the present work with the object of recon-
ciling the two systems. He completed it,
as stated at the end, in A.H. 1065, when he
was forty-two years old. See the Munich
Catalogue, p. 140.
Add. 16,825.
Poll. 47; 8J in. by 5J ; 7 and 9 lines,
about 3 in. long ; written in Nestalik, appa-
rently in the 17th century. [Wm. Yule.]
I. Poll. 1 — 9. Porty sayings of Muham-
mad, with the Persian paraphrase of Jami.
See p. 17 a.
II. Poll. 10—39. Risalah i Khwajah 'Abd
Ullah Ansari (see p. 35 o) ; dated Zulhijjah,
A.H. 1048 (A.D. 1639).
III. Poll. 40 — 47. A religious tract, the
author of which designates himself, as in the
preceding, by the name of *Abd Ullah.
Beg. »*- ^^\ ^J^\ J^ J^^ ^j^\ ;i*)-M-J
It is endorsed j^^.x^ ti* J>-*» **!l*^. See
p. 447 b.
Add. 16,832.
Poll. 442 ; 11 in. by 6^; 19 lines, 3| in.
long ; written in Naskhi, Nestalik, and Shi-
kastah-amiz, from A.H. 1165 to 1174 (A.D.
1751—1761). [Wm. Yule.]
Sufi and Shi'ah tracts, in Arabic and Per-
sian, collected and transcribed by Sayyid 'AH
NakI Khan B. Sayyid Abu Talib ul-Husaini
ul-Mashhadi, who dates successively from
Radauli, Lucknow, Paizabad, Ilahabad, Ah-
madnagar, Pathpur, Shahjahanabad, and
Lucknow.
On fol. 7 is an autograph note of the poet
Hazin (see p. 372 b), stating that he had
perused this valuable collection on the
fifteenth of Rajab, A.H. 1172, and had given
it the name of s..}j^\ ^\^\.
PoU. 2 — 4 contain some verses of another
poet, Matin (who died A.H. 1175 ; see the
Oude Catalogue, p. 487), the last of which
is a chronogram on the birth of a son of the
collector, dated Ilahabad, A.H. 1172.
A table of contents has been prefixed by
'All Naki Khan on fol. 7 b.
I. Poll. 8—22. ^U L^j -iij^ J ^\ J*,
a treatise, in eight Babs, on God and His
attributes, man's free will, and future life, by
Mahmud Shabistarl (see p. 608 5, and Haj.
Khal., vol. iii. p. 79).
Beg. y\JiL\ t/\ J J^.vej»J^y^'^ c?^
II. Poll. 22—24. ^Vk-j jj^b C^V-jj, let-
ters on Sufi subjects, ascribed to Bayazid
Bastami (Abu Yazld Taifur, who died A.H.
261 ; see Ibn KhaUikiln's translation, vol. i.
p. 662, Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 62, and Majalis
ul-Muminin, fol. 287).
III. Poll. 24 — 34. Commentary of Jalal
ud Din Davani (see p. 442 b) on a Ghazal of
Hafiz, beginning:
IV. Poll. 34 — 62. Commentary of Jami
on the mystic poem of Ibn Pariz. See
p. 808, Add. 7649, ii.
V.Poll. 62 — 73. Jami's Lava'ih. See p. 44a.
VI. Poll. 73 — 77. »/* c^, ten observa-
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
82d
tions on man considered as a manifesta-
tion of God, by Ni*mat Ullah Vali (see
p. 634 b).
Beg. iJyf-j ^yi«i JU^ yUp^ JiP ^j^^ «i3 ^^^
VII. FoU. 77—81. Jj^'i\ ^, A Sufi tract
in thirteen sections called 'Asrar,' by the
same author.
Beg. tJ>*^ y^ i>V*. j\ J '^'Vj'
VIII. FoU. 81—86. ^\=i^\ S^i ^jL, a
commentary upon the Fatihah, by the same.
Beg. «;4;«3^jVV W*^j' ^yj'jy 1/"*^^ ^ ^^
IX. Foil. 86—105. ^y4.>4l«r* J? ^J^>, a tract^
addressed to the doctors of the Law, rebuking
them for their hatred of Darvishes, by Sadr
nd-Din Muhammad ush-Shirazl.
Beg. c— >. ), ^^Ji^j3j> ^^ ^ uri^ u-V*
Mullil Sadr ud-Din Muhammad B. Ibra-
him Shiruzi, commonly called Mulla ^a-
dra, a pupil of Mir Bakir Damad, is re-
garded in Persia as the most eminent phi-
losopher of his time. He died in Basrah, on
his way to Mecca, in A.H. 1050. See Zinat
ut-Tavarikh, fol. 554, and Gobineau, Reli-
gions de I'Asie, p. 84. He is often con-
founded with Mir Sadr ud-Din Muhammad B.
Mir Ghiya^ ud-Din Mansur Shirazi, an earlier
philosopher and theologian. The latter, bom
in Shiraz A.H. 828, was slain, as stated in
the MaJiUis ul-MQminin, by the Bayandari
Turkomans. A.H. 903.
X. FoU. 105—133. LjhJ^^ c-*V>j<j», an
Arabic tract by the same writer; see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 401.
XI. FoU. 133—137. *^^ »J, the ten rules
of contemplative life, by Amir Sayyid *Ali
Hamadani (see p. 447 b).
Beg. j,\0*' »^\j>Jiijjji ^_/ViJU\i fc^UJj A^
It is evidently translated, but without
acknowledgment, from the Arabic work of
Najm ud-Din Rubra, which is found further
on, fbU. 342 — 344 (see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 401, viii.).
XII. FoU. 137—145 Ji^ jl^, a Sufi
tract, by Baba Afzal ud-Din Kashi.
Beg. L-.U-.^^ wf— J v-»Uj^^ i^j JJ jl»J'
Afzal ud-Din Muhammad, of Kashan,
a renowned Sufi and poet, is mentioned in
the Atashkadah, fol. 107, as a contemporary
of Nasir ud-Din Tusi, who composed verses
in his praise, and who was, according to the
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 13, his sister's son.
He died, as stated by Taki Kjishi, Oude
Catalogue, p. 17, A.H. 707. The foUowing
works are ascribed to him in the Haft Iklim,
fol. 384: JU3I ^j\s^, *-U ^U^ .j, *.'j ^\ij\^,
*«U \j!»^, and «*U \jL)\, the first three of
which are noticed by Haj. Khal., vol. v.
p. 469, vol. iii. p. 615, vol. ii. p. 582. The
story of his having been carried away to
Ghaznin by Sultan Mahmud Ghazi, which is
related in the same work, and would make
him three centuries earUer, must refer to
another person. The Rub&'is of Afzal Kashi
are mentioned in Ouseley's Catalogue,
No. 90.
The present tract is avowedly derived from
the Kimiyai Saadat of Ghazilli, a work
written about A.H. 500. See p. 37 a.
XIII. FoU. 140—162. ^]jL':i\ ^lcj\, a
treatise on spiritual life, by Muhammad B.
Muhammad B. Hasan utrTdsi (Nasir ud-Din;
see p. 525 b).
Beg. ^j^^aS'j^ t^\ )_.<_>.,) \J^^'^^»^ J\i^^y^xllxJ^^JJ^
The author wrote it, as stated in the pre-
face, some time after his AklilAk i Nfisiri
(see p. 441 b), by desire of the Sshib Divan,
Muhammad B. Baha ud-Din Muhammad ul-
Juvaini.
See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 44, No. 80, and
Fleischer, Dresden Catalogue, No. 348.
XIV. FoU. 163—296. *iy^ ci^Ui', one
hundred sayings of Imams and Sufis, in
Arabic, with comments in Persian prose and
verse.
830
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Author: Muli?immad B. Murtaza, called
Beg. «XjJj\ J j^'^\ tMjA J Jj'^l «i) ^
Muhsin, of Kashan, whose original name
was Muhammad B. Murtaza, and poetical
surname Faiz ,jeM, was a disciple of Mulla
Sadra (see above, art. ix.), who gave him
his daughter in marriage. He was called
from Kashan to Isfahan, in A.H. 1067, by
Shah 'Abbas II., who took great deUght in
his society. He followed his celebrated
master in the attempt of reconcQing Sufism
with orthodoxy, and wrote no less than
seventy-six works and tracts on theological
subjects, besides a Divan of ten thousand
lines. He died in Kashan after A.H. 1090.
See Zinat ut-Tavarikh, fol. 554, Kisas ul-
Khakani, fol. 156, Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
846, Atashkadah, fol. 110, and Gobineau,
Religions de I'Asie, p. 91.
The date of composition, A.H. 1057, is
expressed by the title.
XV. roU. 296—303. ji5^^ jJjj, a tract
on the presence of God in man.
Author : Sayyid Jafar ur-Ruhi un-Ni*mat-
ullahi, j_5-4)Jl lIavoJ^ \J's}'^J*^ '*^
Beg. j^% Jj^^ yb j.^\ ^^ ^'i\i^\'^ &1]^
The date of compositioQ, A.H. 1152, is
conveyed in a chronogram at the end. The
collector, 'All NakI Khan, says that he had
met the author both before and after that
date.
At the end is a commentary by the same
writer upon three Sufi verses of Shaikh 'Abd
ul-Kaddus Ganguhl (an Indian saint, native
of Gangu, who died A.H. 945 ; see Akhbar
ul-Akhyar, fol. 177).
XVI. Foil. 303—319. A tract on resur-
rection and future life, by Nasir ud-Din
Tusi (see art. xiii.).
Beg. U^.j* i^ jjo UijlS cp "^ Uj,
This work, which is designated in the pre-
face as »/JJ, is headed ^\ j JsA. It is
divided into twenty chapters (Fasl).
XVII. Foil. 322—330. Refutation of
a work entitled ^iaii\ «__aii', commonly known
as jjCc u^je; in which the author, *Abd^
ul-'Aziz, advocated the paramount claims of
Abu Bakr and 'Umar to the Khiliifat.
Author : Ghulam Muhyu-d-Din B. Ghu-
1am Ashraf, poetically surnamed Bif'at, -^
Beg. jJj .Jrfo L*^ . . . (;;iJU31 (_^ ftlS j-^^
In the table the work is called &^ *i,
XVIII. FoU. 330—344. Three Arabic
tracts; see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 401,
articles vi. — viii.
XIX. FoU. 344—360. JUO\ ^j\s^, a
Sufi work in eight sections called tji>.lli'.
Author : Baba Afzal Kashi.
Beg. (•'yj*j^«^ Jj^^> (ji^i'v^Ul
The author states that this is a translation
of the work written in Arabic by himself
under the same title. See above, art. xii.
XX. Foil. 360—368. Ks^j:J^j\y\ moral,
and religious precepts, by the Imam Mu-
hammad Ghazali (see p. 37 a).
Beg. (C^ j\yb L-jjlfl)! ^Uv« jy ^^iJl *!) s^^
XXI. Foil. 368—378. JxLi^\ _, ja* «5U»,, a
tract on necessity and free will, in ten
chapters, by Nasir ud-Din Tusi.
Beg. u-»L«>^\ (_ja— • J «-->Vj^^ (— '. *D s%i^^
XXII. FoU. 378—381. An Arabic tract
on the same subject.
XXIII. FoU. 381—391. A metaphysi-
cal tract on consciousness and cognition,
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
831
headed **li a^*j, in three chapters, hy
Baba Afzal Kashi (see above, art. xii.).
Beg. >\^Um 3 i4i 3 i^' *^^ ^ ^^^
XXIV. Foil. 391—415. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 401, art. ix.
XXV. Foil. 415—442. «-L> j^VijU, a
metaphysical tract on self-knowledge and on
the beginning and end of being, in four
chapters, by Baba Afzal Kashi (see above,
art. zii.).
Beg. mU f^\ »ij\A> . . . (:;aJU1 \^j 4>1 a«U
The margins, which form a consecutive
series, contain : —
XXVI. Foil. 9—38. Gulshan i Eaa;
see p. GOB b.
XXVII. FoU. 38—83. Zad ul-Musaarin;
see p. 608 a.
XXVIII. Foil 83—96. Nan u Halva,
by Baha ud-Din ul-'Amili ; see p. 679 a.
XXIX. Foil. 96—100. jC j^, "MUk
and Sugar," a Sufi poem by the same, with a
short prose preface.
Beg.
\a
u
V--'
"-/• ^
It is mentioned among Baha ud-Dln's
works in the Atashkadah.
XXX. FoU. 102 a— 229. Arabic poems
and tracts ; see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 402,
artt. X. — xxvi.
XXXI. Foil. 230—241. A commentary
upon the Lamaat of Fakhr ud-Dm *Iraki
(see p. 604 h).
Beg. oWjlj^yy, "^Wj^-itit/.c-ri'^^ju-V
The commentary is called in the subscrip-
tion c^WJ^ yi. In another copy, Add.
16,839, fol. 56, the author's name is given.
It is Sa'in ud-Dm 'All Tarikah (see p. 42 o),
and the date of composition, stated at the end,
is A.H. 815. See Haj. Khal., vol. v. p. 336.
XXXn. Foil. 242—296. Arabic tracts;
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 403, artt. xxvii.
— xxxiii.
Add. 16,837.
Foil. 510; 12i in. by 7; 21 lines, 4 in.
long; written in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins ; apparently in the
17th century. [Wm. Yulk.]
A large collection of Sufi tracts, several of
which bear the name of the celebrated saint
and prolific Sufi writer. Shah Nihnat Ullah
, Vali (see p. 634 i), whoso life is also inserted,
foil. 339 — 354. It may be presumed that
those which are anonymous are due to the
same author.
I. Foil. 1 — 24. A tract without title or
author's name, endorsed ^^\ a»^, and con-
sisting of Sufi comments, in prose and verse,
on detached verses of the Coran. It begins
with the first verse of the Surat ul-Fath,
or chap, xlviii., U*— • \ii* iJJJ U^ bl, which is
followed by an exposition of three kinds of
-yi, or revelations.
II. Foil. 25 — 59. A commentary on the
lAma at of Fakhr ud-Din 'Iraki (see p. 594 b).
Beg. JV^' iTjUi^- *::--x»- »».j ^^ ^Js\ tH j>^'
Passages of the text marked with the let-
ter « {i.e. ^^^) alternate with comments
distinguished by the letter ^^ {i.e. M "L^).
III. Foil. 61 — 100. A commentary on a
portion of the Fusus ul-Hikam of Muhyi ud-
Dln Ibn ul-'Arabl (see Ilaj. Khal., vol. iv.
p. 424).
Beg. y,bjj »fe» »^.)i' dUL-. liUL. J\ ^J>J-i
IV. Foil. 101 — 118. Explanation of some
difficiilt verses in the same work.
Beg. -_,y *1J^ ^Si\ j^\\).... »jU3<^ «U s^^
832
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Foil
V. Foil. 119 — 128. Another commentary
upon the same work, endorsed ft.**^ ^^yr
Beg. jj.Xj^ ^yi s^ <^)j^ '^ ijs.%*- . . . «i5 i^**
VI. Foil. 129—168. A Persian para-
phrase of the Istilahat us-Suflyyah of Karaal
ud-Dln *Abd ur-Razzak Kfishl, endorsed -^
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 400 a.
Beg. ij^yry'^ ^-*?•^J Oj-a* o-^ i^ l>»^-»
From the concluding lines it appears that
the work had been written down from the
dictation of Ni'mat Ullah.
VII. FoU. 169—175. A Sufi tract, with
the heading >yrj jJi^jiJ cuKi »5Lj,
Beg. jaal *) U ^y>.j\\ ji^ J*l J15 . . . JJ ^^
VIII. Foil. 176—180. A tract on various
kinds of knowledge, endorsed ijuVi^.
Beg- U3bJ *4i;i-. J^-*-' «U1 J^ • . . «i5 '^^
IX. Foil. 181—189. A metrical para-
phrase of the Sufi aphorisms, i^iij^j, of Imam
'Abd Ullah Yafil, by his disciple Ni*mat Ul-
lah Vali, with the heading *W ej^Sj^j <^^W»-y
Beg. >/'Ub «> (j;-_> ctoUft jyji.\ • • • »^ '^
X. Foil. 190—191. The treatise of the
soul, (J»fli »3^;
Beg. VV l)^*^ a-aJ^ e,l JU3 »13\ J\S . . . «)3 ^^
XI. Foil. 122—196. Masnavis of Shah
Ni'mat Ullah. The first has the heading
mV> ytJPj and begins :
XII,
dorsed
198- 206.
Short tracts en-
4-^ J, t/iiy* cyli>« *-J^j, O"^^ j>i cljIw »3L»,
XIII. Foil. 207—211. A treatise on the
conventional terms of the Sufis, by Shaikh
•Iraki (see p. 594 b), ^\f' ^ t^yo oV^^*^
Beg. ^^^1 li)^^ " ^j'-'^fry* tj^^ j ji-^
XIV. Foil. 212—246. Tracts endorsed:
XV. Fol. 247. Filiation of the Fakir's
cloak of Ahmad Shah, »ll> .i-^^ >ij>- *_juJ.
Ahmad Shah BahmanI, who reigned A.H.
825 — 838, had sent a deputation to Ni'mat
Ullah Vali with the request to be admitted
as one of his disciples. See Firishtah,
vol. i. p. 433.
XVI. Foil. 248—256. A tract entitled
Beg.
jOjyO Jft j^l-i^\ jli- t^JJ^ rfJJ ^
XVII. FoU. 257—264. Answers of Shaikh
Muhyi ud-Din Ibn ul-'Arabi to the questions
of *Al! Hakim Tirmizi, Jt u\ J^SyJ^ <-^V?'
ij'i^A^ r^' translated from the Arabic.
XVIII. Foil. 270—276. ^_^\ aU^, an
exposition of the Sufi doctrine, by Ni*mat
UUah.
Beg. Jj. pUj ^::^ »'^i^\ ...^ ^
XIX. Foil. 281—291. Commentary upon
the Istilahat of Kamal ud-Din. See above,
art. vi.
Beg. ^J^^j yUj j^iS/ OU^Ua-c^J ^^Lmi
XX. Foil. 318—323. A tract entitled
Beg. *s?.'>»V i^^'^ «5^«^ J^ c?-^' ^ J^
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833
XXT. FolL 332-335. Answers to the
questions of Sultan Sikandar, i^\^ j^ «3L^
Mlrza Iskandar, son of 'Umar Shaikh, held
the government of Fars and Kirman under
Shahrukh from A.II. 812 to 816.
XXn. Foil. 339—354. Life of Shah
Ni'mat Ullah Vali, Jj ^\ >^ ill v-yi* c^JU
Author: 'Abd ul-'Aziz B. Shir Mulk B.
Muhammad Va'izi, ^^, till* jJU ^, }>.^\ j-p
Beg. <-^'>^ J* o*^ 3 ^' Lri^*** J o*V*
It is dedicated to 'Ala ud-Din Ahmad Shah
B. Alimad Shah Vali Bahmani (see art. xv.),
who reigned from A.H. 838 to 862.
XXIII. FoU. 463—473. A tract entitled
•• RcTelations," cj'aL^ •)'-»;
Beg. 0< c*-J j» tr* J *^' u;* ^^*ft#» ^
XXIV. Foil. 475—486. A tract on the
degrees of spiritual ecstasy, *ij^}\ »— -5^
Beg. ^.^ ^j Jjij< ^^ . . . ^ A^U
XXV. Foil. 487—610. The conventional
terms of the Sufis H»r» <^'*^^Al^^ hy Kamal
ud-Din *Abd ur-Eazza^ Kashi, in Airabic.
See above, art. vi.
The remaining portions of the volume
contain upwards of sixty Sufi tracts, which
ai« mostly, if not all, by Ni*mat Ullah; they
are of too small extent and of too little im-
portance to be separately enumerated.
On fol. 256 is a note stating that the MS.
had been thus far collated in Ramazan,
A.II. 1090 (A.D. 1679).
Add. 16,839.
Foil. 860; lOi in. by 6^; 28 Unes, 4^ in.
long; written in small Naskhi, apparently
about the close of the 17th century.
[Wm. Yulk.]
TOL. II.
I. Foil. 2 — 16. A treatise on the mystic
meaning of the letters composing the name
of ib j^
Author: Muhammad Kasim B. 'Abd ul-
^Ladir TunI, ^^ ^j'i3) jop ^j> ^'3 s^
Beg. c^Vi (_>»»»ij -.j^ jiai iJbj^^ (^^ (^
It is stated at the end to have been written
by the author in his native city Tiin, when
he was past fifty years of age.
IL FoU. 16—31. j\ jj-^ oya^U- v^
^l^^ iJy Jft ^^_^] ^^\^ »»lji. J^'i" j5^ v_ijj\3
j^ U ^ i^'j* ^j\^ JUi. b |>j SjkU. |,^--»
Five contests, or allegorical debates, by Siv'in
ud-Din *Ali Tarikah (see p. 42 a), viz. between
reason and love, opinion and reason, opinion
and fancy, hearing and sight, lover and
beloved.
Beg. |JUt liji .Uiu i^j ^f^\ ill ^
ni. Foil. 32—62. Eight mystic tracts
by the same writer, viz. 1. On the dot,
tiaaj «}L*^. 2. On the meanings of letters,
«_>;» tiLt, . 3. On the origin and end of being,
j'jM J »\yf» «2L^. 4. On capacity, £^Ij <JL>;.
6. On three schools of Sufism, «Il3 j\^\ <JL^ .
6. On the end, Jd\ »)L^. 7. On the splitting
of the moon, ^ jJL «JL-,. 8. Commentary
upon the Lama' at (see p. 831 6, art. xxxi.).
IV. Foil. 62—66. J^^. a tract in
praiae of Muhammad and 'All, and a Kasidah
in praise of Imam Riza, both by Mirzft Kusim
Tuni (see art. i.).
V. FoU. 66—69. uij-j ^^^^, " Health
and Disease," a Sufi tract by Fuzull.
VI. Foil. 70—71. The fourth Fasl of
Eanz ul-'Ulum, treating of Simiya, in Arabic.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 463 b.
VII. FoU. 72—78. obyr^ -Lil .JU-,, a
3 w
834
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
metaphysical tract on the categories of
beings, by Naslr ud-Din Tusi (see p. 525 b).
Beg. Cj^ j>iJK . . \JJ^ jjUaU Vi'^yK JU
VIII. Foil. 78—84. jkJi\ J ijry. *JUj, a
short treatise on logic by the same writer.
Beg.' ij^\ii b'.i'^ (J^ ty j^J^ ^i-?" (jH^'*^
TX. Foil. 84—90. ^^\ J*, by Shaikh
Mahmud Chabistari. See p. 828 a, Add.
16832, i.
X. Foil. 90—96. cyUcb, ^, a com-
mentary by Jami on his Sufi liuba'is. See
p. 827 a.
Beg. ^^ <^^ jfc <Ji) \s.^
XI. Foil. 96—112. cijUfr bj ^^, a com-
mentary by Jalal ud-Din Muhammad DavanI
(see p. 442 6), on his Sufi Euba'is.
Beg. 5^1 J^^ JJ5> »5^ \^^
XII. Foil. 112— 119. Arabic tracts. See
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 454 a, iii., iv.
XIII. Foil. 119—121. Sufi Ruba'Is by
Salman, Mir Husaini, Jami, and Muhammad
Dihdar (see p. 816 a).
XIV. Foil. 121—132. Arabic tracts ; see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 454, artt. v. — vii.
XV. Foil. 132—145. A treatise on
crafts by Mir Abul-Kasim Fandarsaki. See
p. 815 b.
It is stated in the heading to have been
transcribed from a copy corrected by the
author.
XVI. Foil. 145 — 151. Miscellaneous ex-
tracts, including one from the introduction
of Jami's Nafahat ul-Uns, and an Arabic
tract. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 454, ix.
XVII. Foil. 151—157. A tract on the
Mi'raj, ascribed to Abu 'Ali Ibn Sina. See
p. 815 b.
XVIII. Foil. 157—166. Three Arabic
tracts by Ibn Sina, etc. See the Arabic
Catalogue, p. 454, art. x. — xiii.
XIX. Foil. 166—170. \JJ^ ^, a short
account of ancient sages and philosophers.
Beg. ci;uJj\ j_yj Jj^ iJ'\j|_j>AC. ^Jt^.\l«» J (_>rtU«»
XX. Foil. 170—194. Forty Hadi§ (see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 455, xiv.), and mis-
cellaneous extracts.
XXI. FoU. 194—201. Ausaf ul-Ashraf
by Nasir ud-Din Tiisi. See p. 880 a, xiii.
XXII. FoU. 205— 215. Translation of the
sayings of Hermes the Great, " who is the
prophet Idris," in thirteen chapters.
XXIII. Foil. 215—226. (j-ai i.yl:< the
Book of the Soul, in three Makalahs, pur-
porting to be translated from Aristotle.
Beg. ^/joj^jS ^Jtjl.> si" jjUy. ^Xi\^ si^^^^xa.
XXIV. Foil. 226—234. Madarij ul-Ka-
mal. See p. 831 a, xix.
Beg. ^JJJl^ liJjljii- . . . j;;iJW\ L-*^ eii .i.^'
XXV. Foil. 234—238. ^'i\ Ju»a*, a
treatise on Sufism, in eight chapters (Fasl).
Author: 'Aziz B. Muhammad un-Nasafi,
Beg. (_ft*.e^ JJj^ U«*?" 4W Ul . . . a!) J^'
According to Haj. Khal., vol. vi. p. 90, the
work, originally written in Arabic, was
translated by Kamiil ud-Din Husain Khwa-
razmi, who died A.H. 845. The present copy
does not contain any mention of the trans-
lator.
XXVI. FoU. 238—249. Another tract on
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS,
835
the same subject, in six Babs, without title
or author's name.
Beg. CJ;»« jO ^yai J»^ j^ j> Jj< t-»\j
^V«3 ^J\J^ c^Vi
XXVII. FoU. 249—297. MisceUaneous
extracts, with short Sufi and cabalistic trea-
tises.
XXVni. FoU. 297—344. o'jj--, a trea-
tise on the mystic meanings of the detached
letters in the Coran.
Author: Muhammad Bakir Damad, j-»*^
Beg. ^ U^jIiS |J yUjP jjjUp
Mir Muhammad Bakir, a native of Astra-
bad, received the surname of Damad from his
father Mir Shams ud-Din Damad, so called
as 'son-in-law' of the famous Mujtahid
Shaikh 'Ali B. 'Abd ul-'Al. Having studied
in Mashhad, he rose to great eminence in
all branches of philosophy and theology, and
stood high in favour and influence at the
court of Shah 'Abbas I. Ho died at an
advanced age in Najaf, A.H. 1040, a date
fixed by a contemporary chronogram : u-jr^
ijUVa *ij» \j fji,i ^. He left numerous works,
such as j.ti7...V< i»V» us-A^ J»^ ^j^ •y^, »,J-»
^j^jLJ^, Cj'Jb'ij^, OU-J, the present work,
and others, besides some poetical compositions
in which ho assumed the name of Ishr&k.
See 'Alam-ahii, fol. 38, Biyaz ush-Shu'ara,
fol. 38, Mir'at ul-'Alam, fol. 121, Zinat ut-
Tavarikh, fol. 553, aud Ilaft Asman, fol. 154.
The work is divided into twelve preli-
minary chapters called >jjf , and a large
number of sections termed o'ijk*-
XXIX. FoU. 344—360. Arabic tracts.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 456, xix.
and XX.
Add. 16,840.
FoU. 508; 10 in. by 7; 19 lines, 4i in.
long; written in NestaUk, apparently in the
16th century. [Wic. Yule.]
A collection of Sufi treatises, mostly by
Sayyid *Ali Hamadani. See p. 447 b.
I. Foil. 2—153. Zakhlrat ul-Muluk (see
p. 447 4), wanting a few pages at the begin-
ning.
II. FoU. 154 — 156. A tract on contem-
plation, with the heading l>^y «3U,. It con-
sists chiefly of extracts firom the writings of
Sayyid 'AU Hamadani.
III. FoU. 157—161. A notice on Sayyid
Muhammad Talakani and his spiritual pedi-
gree, by his disciple 'Ali Muhibbi, ^
The subject of the notice was a disciple of
Muhammad Nurbakhsh, who died A.H. 869.
See p. 650 a.
IV. FoU. 161—169. Letters of Mir Say-
yid 'All Hamadani on spiritual subjects, with
the heading c>by:d iJUt^.
Beg. jyO (jijftJ^jij T^^ jj,Uajjy« \3
V. FoU. 169—171. Spiritual pedigree of
Sharaf ud-Dln Mahmud MazdakanI, the
Shaikh of Sayyid 'Ali Hamadani.
VI. FoU. 172—178. A tract on the Zikr,
with the heading ^Jk ^^\ ^^ *a^ .i^j\ jU-»\
VII. FoU. 179—187. On the bodUy and
moral features of man, o^^ oiyw jj
Beg. <^j.a»' j^US j_jj ^UJ J JJ-U-* J 4»^».
VIII. FoU. 188—199. Ghazals by Sayyid
'All Hamadani.
IX. FoU. 200—207. Rules to be observed
by disciples and devotees, i>ji** <— '^^^ ^^ j<i
ifS-^te Cya» tj^^ J
3 F 2
836
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
X. FoU. 207—210. Answer of Sayyid
'All Hamadan! to some questions relating to
the name of Hamadan.
XI. EoU. 210—276. Eighteen short tracts
by the same author, some of which have
headings as follows : &>;-o^ ksJjjiSU, fol. 218.
#J:.j/b 'iSUj, fol. 223. t^^ to, fol. 225. *;K*
J'^\ fol. 228. JjSsJ ,JilS, fol. 230. l->j11«
jlji^l, fol. 235. *oplLlp\ *5Uj, fol. 243. *lUj
*xij.jj^, fol. 248 fj^p aJ^j, fol. 254. i-^Ui"
*i*U, fol. 262. ^y jkl. ^ji>, fol. 268. iJU,
., fol. 270.
XI. Foil. 276—279. L^\>')i\ Si^, rules of
Sufi Hfe, in seven Babs, by Najm ud-Din
Kubra.
This celebrated saint, a native of Khivah,
died, according to the Nafahat ul-Uns,
p. 480, A.H. 618.
XII. Foil. 279—299. Seven tracts by
Sayyid *Ali Hamadani, five of which have the
following headings : i^^j e^r-aa- sjAs- 4>L-»1,
fol. 291. iOj^\ wl^ »)U>j, fol. 292. jJUj
n}s\^, fol. 292. *«U cubU *)U,, fol. 296.
Li;UU* ftJL-,, fol. 298.
XIII. Foil. 299—325. Three collections
of Hadi§, in Arabic. See the Arabic Cata-
logue, p. 406, artt. i. — iii.
XIV. Foil. 326—347. A treatise on the
real nature of penitence, Sjy ^y^^ jO, in four
Babs.
Beg. sSsa \j^j^^ \ZJji>s- (J»^ ^ Lf^ J '^♦=-
XV. Fol. 347 — 385. Two Arabic treatises.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 406, artt. iv.
and V.
XVI. Foil. 385—389. A tract headed
Beg. ^jfj-l J^. J ^)M> J ^/»\ i^j
XVII. Foil. 389-395. A tract on intel-
lect, JSfr, and its attributes, and on various
degrees of capacity for the apprehension of
truth, in three Babs.
Beg* «Sa \j ^Xv J^\i J\ ^lu* U (j\jo J j-^
' j\yl »«^
XVIII. Foil. 395—399. ^^'^\ j^, a
tract on the duties of the Murid or disciple,
according to the teaching of Sayyid 'AH, by
Burhan B. *Abd us-Samad.
Beg. jUj>:i)\ Jj\jS^ J^^^ Jjj JjjJ? »^c?-^^
XIX. FoU.399— 405. Three tracts, headed
sjo/o &!l->j, t^j 5J, and JiJ-s-^^ f,ji*, the same
as above, art. xi.
XX. Fol. 405. (_)o^-aflJ\ Ja-, a Persian
commentary by Sayyid *Ali on the Fusiis ul-
Hikam (see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 406,
art. vi. ; and Haj. Kbal., vol. iv. p. 426),
slightly imperfect at the end.
Add. 16,851.
Foil. 151 ; lOi in. by 6 ; 19 lines, 4i in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Lahore,
Sha'ban, A.H. 1114, and Sanbhal, Ramazan,
A.H. 1115 (A.D, 1703-4). [Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 2—92. J\j^\ ^\:i*, an alpha-
betical glossary to the letters of Abul-Fazl.
See p. 396 a.
Author : Shaikh Muhammad 'All Fariiki,
Beg. A^LJ^j »jU3lj J* J^i> «!J jl^^
The work, which is dedicated to Jahangir,
was completed, as stated in the preface, in
A.H. 1035.
II. FoU. 95—126. ^%''^\ ^Uo., an alphabe-
tical glossary of Arabic words and phrases
in the Akhlak i Nasiri (see p. 441 b).
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837
Author : *Abd iir-Rahman B. 'Abd ul-Ka-
rlm 'Abbas! Burhanpuri, Ji^S oj* ^ \ir^}'^ "^
Beg. cL^W^lxo^ J y£j\ii J*-j> C....\.:.:^ Jj^ |»-J
An appendix called ^ji ^, foil. 121 —
126, contains a translation of the Arabic
passages in the order of the text. The
date of composition, A.H. 1085, is found
in another copy, Or. 1913.
m. FoU. 127—141. A versified Arabic-
Persian vocabulary, without title or author's
name.
Beg. y<^JiJj|yfcyw/l
The author groups together, quite irre-
spective of their meaning, such words as liave
the same final letter, or present similar
combinations of dotted or undotted letters.
IV. Foil. 143—161. grjUJ^ j^ JU,, a
treatise on archery, in Ma^navi rhyme.
Beg. ^ )}\J wW j^cij\ ^
According to a short preamble the tract
had been originally written in prose by a man
called Shahbuz jV^^i for the Shahzudah, son
of the iovereign of Irac, jy J<j i\y ^\j wy\Ji
Add. 16,855.
FoU. 22 ; 9i in. by ^\ ; written in Nes-
talik, in the latter part of the 18th century.
[Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 1 — 15. An account of the Indian
coins, their weiglits and legends, from the
earliest times to Shah *Alam, in tabular form,
with some drawings.
Beg. J^j »V .U-. ijj,byyl u^J^
It is dedicated to the Vazir Shuja*ud-Dau-
lah, and was written, as stated on fol. 13 b,
A.H. 1186.
II. Foil. 16—22. A short sketch of Nadir
Shah's history down to his return from India
to Persia (A.H. 1052).
Beg. t;ii»- j\^\ ^J>\ ^^\j »ll jo'i J)^\ J'i
Add. 16,859.
FoU. 166; 8 in. by 5^; 15 lines, 4 in.
long; written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated Ju-
mada II., in the 34th year of 'Alamgir
(A.H. 1102, A.D. 1690). [Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 1—127. Letters of Khanjahan
Sayyid Muzafikr Khan.
Beg. cw-Jjj* i^j ^sj'^ r^jH e-^^^J-o;*
The first letters, foil. 1 — 25, are addressed
to the emperor (Shahjahan), and relate
chiefly to engagements with the Bondelah
chief Prithiriij, about A.H. 1049 ; the others
are written to various amirs and private
persons.
Sayyid Muzaffar Khan, of Barhah, after-
wards Khanjahan, held the post of Governor
of Gwalior from the accession of Shahjahan to
his own death, which happened in A.IL 1055.
See Maafir ul-Umara, fol. 184.
II. Foil. 128—137. A notice on Rajah
Jagat Singh, son of Rajah Basu, and Zamin-
dar of Mau and Pathan, Panjab, relating
chiefly to the expedition sent against him,
under command of Khanjahan Sayyid Mu-
zaflar Khiin, in the 15th year of Shahjahan's
reign (A.II. 1051-2).
Beg. »iil^ «jlju.> Oi^ {Uij^ J J^^^ j' J^
The author, who had been attached to the
expedition of Khanjahan as official news-
writer (see fol. 130 6), states at the end that
Jagat Singh was then in the districts of
Kandahar and Bust engaged in keeping
down the rebels.
Jagat Singh died shortly after, A.H. 1055.
See Maufir ul-Umani, fol. 257 b.
838
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
III. ToU. 137—146. ftJl- ^\^^ «uJ.\j
abjjy., an account of Jhojhfir Singli Bonde-
lah, Riijah of Unchah, by Shaikh Jalal E[i-
siiri.
Beg. oljiS j^jjftS iuK 6^\yji ^ ^j »Wj^
This notice begins with a sketch of Jhojhiir's
predecessors, and in particular of his father
Barsingh Deo, the murderer of Abulfazl, and
of the early career of Jhojhar. It dwells
chiefly on the expedition sent against him by
Shahjahan under command of Sayyid Khan-
jahiin, which ended in his overthrow and
death, A.H. 1044.
See the account of that campaign in the
Padishah Namah, ii., p. 94, and the life of
Jhojhar Singh in Maasir ul-IImara, fol. 251,
and Tazkirat ul-IImara, fol. 136. Compare
Thornton, East India Gazetteer, under ' 'Oor-
cha and Bundelcund.'
IV. PoU. 146—166. wli jU)l/, a history
of Gwaliyor from its origin to A.H. 1056, by
the same author.
Beg. ^JZ.< juJj »5 oi^ jjj\43i>- ^Uo ,>-♦»-
The author states at the end, fol. 160 a,
that he had spent his life as secretary in the
service of Sayyid Muzaffar Khan, entitled
Khanjahan, who had been in command of
Gwaliyor from the beginning of Shahjahan's
reign to the time of writing, viz. the 16th
year of Shahjahan, corresponding to A.H.
1050. (The date is wrong; for the 16th year
of Shahjahan began in Jumada II., A.H. 1052).
In the preface, foil. 146 h — 148 a, the au-
thor, after mentioning the most remarkable
buildings erected at various times in Gwa-
liyor, and the holy men who dwelt there,
states that he had taken the present account
from a Hindi work, in which an old Brahman
called Siyam had written down the local tra-
ditions.
At the end is found a subsequent addition,
foil. 160 — 166, in which the author records
the death of Khanjahan in A.H. 1055, and
the appointment of his successors Sayyid
Salar and Sayyid 'AHm. This is followed by
an account of the assassination of Salabat
Khan by Amar Singh, a Rathor Rajput, in
A.H. 1054.
It has been already noticed, p. 304 «, that
a later history of Gwaliyor, by Hiraman, has
been almost entirely transcribed from the
present work.
Add. 16,863.
Poll. 430; 6| in. by 4^; 18 Hues, 2| in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, dated Hugli,
Rabi' I., A.H. 1123 (A.D. 1711).
[Wm. Yule.]
I. Poll. 1—83. ^j^j>. (;;^jV?-> " The four
parterres of Barahman (Chandarbhan)," or
memoirs of the author's life and time, with
specimens of his poetical compositions. See
p. 397 h.
Beg. ^bli> J ^\jx^ j> J,ll« J_,\ ,^^
The work was written shortly after A.H.
1057 ; the restitution of Balkh to Nazr Mu-
hammad, which took place at that date, is
mentioned, fol. 64 b, as a recent transaction.
It is divided into four Chamans. The first
contains descriptions of various festivals at
Court, with pieces of poetry recited by the
author on those occasions. The second, foL
17 b, describes the splendours of the Court,
the daily occupations of Shahjahan, his new
capital Shahjahanabad, and the principal
cities and Subahs of the empire. The third,
fol. 55 a, contains the author's life and some
of his letters. The fourth, fol. 71 6, deals
with moral and religious thoughts.
Another copy, Or. 1892, contains an addi-
tional introduction.
II. Poll. 84—103. J-iall ^\ ^i 014,
familiar letters of Abul-Pazl to friends, col-
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
839
lected and edited, with a short preface, by
his nephew, Nur Muhammad (see p. 792 o).
Beg. jjj^^ i^j>j.a9' US J tX«»- \1J\ j\ jjo
They have been printed in Calcutta, A.H.
1238. See also the Copenhagen Catalogue,
p. 26.
m. Foil. 103—119. Complimentary let-
ters, mostly addressed to men of rank in
Bengal.
TV. FoU. 122— i29. Anvar i Suhaili.
See p. 756 a.
Copyist : ^j^^ ^j^^, »^'J-l*
Add. 16,871.
Foil. 344; 9| in. by 6; 15 Une<s 3} in.
long; written in Nestalik ; dated Rabi' I.,
A.H. 1216 (A.D. 1801). [Wm. Yolb.]
A treatise on mechanical contrivanoes for
purposes of utility or amusement.
Author : Shaikh Abu l-lzz B. IsmaM Raz-
zaz Khuzl, o[ij» '))i Js*^^ d^- J^^ 9^ ^
Beg. e,l;i-\i. 'U* J c,UjiLJU V^y rl/u^
The author says in his preface that, after
testing by experiments the devices of ancient
and modem writers, with many of his own in-
vention, he had exhibited his results to Abul-
Fath Mahmud B. Muhammad Kizil Ars-
lan, jbi pACj ^^':^J\ JjJ j-^ ^^ a*^ ^V'
(^izil Arslan B. Ilduguz, Atabak of Azar-
baijan, reigned from A.H. 582 to 587), and
had availed himself of the experience and
advice of that master of the art in composing
the present work, which he wrote under the
auspices of the reigning Imam, Nasir AbuU
*Abbas Ahmad, Amir ul-Muminin (A.H.
575—622).
The work is divided into six sections «y,
comprising altogether fifty figures JiJi. They
treat of the following subjects: — 1. Hour-
glasses, ^J^ (Arabic Ji:j; see Haj. Khal.,
vol. i., p. 69), dials, and other instruments
for the measurement of time, fol. 2 b. 2. Ma-
gical cups 'jbjjy , and other devices connected
with wine-drinking, fol. 123 b. 3. Magical
ewers and basins, (.^\1» j ^ji\ fol. 184 b.
4. Fountains, fol. 233 a. 5. Pumps and
other contrivances for raising water, fol.
202 b. 6. Secret locks, etc., fol. 278 a.
Many spaces intended for diagrams have
been left blank.
II. Foil. 295—344. O^ ^^\y^, an Indian
cookery book, consisting of detached recipes,
without preface or author's name.
Beg. (^ J ti%- J». j». j-j UK . . iJ3 .>-»*'
Copyist : ciU-j ^JXf\ .x^
Add. 16,876.
Foil. 24; 7i in. by 4i; 12 Unes, Z\ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in the latter part
of the 18th century. [Wm. Yule.]
"The stages of victory," by Muhammad
Ja'far Shamlu, ^u'-l ^m>. j-^
Beg. o—^/-* \ ^^i- ^ J J^- ij*V* } '*'*^
It was written by desire of the Safavi
prince, Abul-Fath Sultan Muhammad Shah
Bahadur Khan (see p. 133 b). The author,
who calls himself a born servant of the
Safavi house, states in the preface that he
had served in his youth Shahrukh Shah, a
descendant on his mother's side of the same
family (see p. 194 b), and had been attached
towards the end of his career to Muhammad
Beg Khan Hamadani in India, but that for
twenty-five years in middle life he had
followed Ahmad Sultan Durrani in his
successive incursions into Hindustan, and
had been engaged in that prince's victorious
encounter with Visvas Rai and Bhao on the
840
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
field of Panipat, A.H. 1174. He adds that
his record of that battle is based upon his
own observation and upon information re-
ceived from trustworthy reporters.
It must be noticed, however, that his
account is upwards of thirty years posterior
to the event ; for the prince at whose
suggestion it was written did not reach India
until A.H. 1205. Muhammad Beg Khan
Hamadani, afterwards Iftikhar ud-Daulah
Firuz Jang, was one of the principal officers
of Najaf Khan, who died A.H. 1196, and
survived his chief several years. Both he
and Sindhiah, who died A.H. 1208, are
spoken of by the author as dead.
The work consists of two distinct parts,
viz. : —
I. Foil. 1 — 10. Description of the route
from Kandahar to Dehli, with notices on
the principal stages.
II. FolL 11 — 24. Account of the battle
of Panipat.
A translation by Major Fuller is preserved
in manuscript. Add. 30,784, foil. 81—100.
The greater part of it will be found, with an
account of the work by Prof. Dowson, in
Elliot's History, vol. viii. pp. 144 — 157.
Add. 17,955.
Foil. 218 ; 8^ in. by 4^ ; 14 and 16 lines,
4^ in. long ; written in Shikastah-amiz ;
dated A.H. 1169 (A.D. 1755).
I. Foil. 17—55. Jli> jtCi^, a manual of
medicine and astrology.
Author : Fakhr ul-Islam (?) B. Kutb ud-
Din un-Nassabah ul-HusainI ul-'Ubaidi ul-
Arghandi ul-KhurasanI, [j.!!L«^l] *Uj!s)< jJ£
^jCi^J^\ ^iy^\ fj'i-^ wLJJ\ ^yJ'.JJ\ 4_>laji ^J>
Beg. i>fA (jbU»iJlj »\ijlj «i^(_j«Ui'^(_>.jU«i jt3.«»>
The work is dedicated to a sovereign
designated as Shah Hasan, described as con-
queror of the realms of Caesar and Khakan,
^jjlj'i. J jA^ oiii* £'j (probably Shaikh Hasan
Ilkani, who reigned A.H. 737 — 757).
It is divided into a Mukaddimah, two Mak-
sads, and a Khatimah, as follows : — Mukad-
dimah treating of the pulse, hygiene, hu-
mours of the body, etc., in twelve FaslsJ-
fol. 25 a. Maksad i. Treatment of diseases,
in ten Babs, fol. 28 a. Maksad ii. treating
of the spheres, planets, calendar, etc., in
fourteen Fasls, fol. 44 a. Khatimah. Me-
dical prescriptions, fol. 51 h.
A full table of contents is prefixed,
foil. 6—11.
II. Foil. 55 — 66. List of medicaments
mentioned in the Ikhtiyarat i Badi'i (see
p. 469 a).
III. Foil. 71 — 78. A short dictionary
of names of drugs, in Arabic, Persian, and
Hindi.
IV. Foil. 79 — 174. »i,^H\ (>U„ a treatise
on medicaments, by Yusufl. See p. 475 h.
Beg. -"^jiJ •''b Ji5 j)o- ^^iJ\ <jJ3 0^
We learn from a Kit'ah at the beginning
that it was written for Humayun in A.H. 946.
It is divided into two Babs, treating of simple
and compound medicaments, in alphabetical
order.
V. Foil. 174—218. A collection of me-
dical extracts and prescriptions. It includes
a treatise on the healing properties ji^ of
natural substances, foil. 196 — 211, described
at the end as abridged from the Tibb Da-
va'iyah of Hakim Isma il, physician of Timur,
j_^'^jj^ J-«-^^ r**^ *^.l5i l-^ '^'^^
Add. 17,958.
Foil. 63 ; 8i in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 31 in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Zulka'dah,
A.H. 123 (probably for 1123, A.D. 1711).
I. Foil. 2—39. wJt^ «^^ '^^ a treatise
on alchemy ^-.i"^ J^^i, translated from an
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
841
Arabic work ascribed to Abu 'Ali Mansur
B. Nizar al- Hakim Billah (more correctly
al-Hakim Bi Amr-illah) J^ ^^, jr*** li* 9^
•iji yj i^ii
<^i^
.^<o
U\
J'- »'^jyj
It is stated in a short preamble that al-
^akim, who sat on the throne from A.H. 386
to 410 (the real date of his disappearance is
A.H. 411; see Ibn Khallikan, de Slane's
translation, vol. iii. p. 449), had written the
original work for his son Abu '1-Husaiu.
The translator, who docs not give his name,
says that he had been ordered to prepare a
version of that treatise, which he calls iiJL«^
II. Foil. 39 — 63. An alchemical tract
headed^) w>b, in which each section begins,
as in the preceding, with the words '' O my
son," ^j» j^, ^J\
III. Foil. 54—62. Another tract on the
art of gildin? and on various alloys, with the
heading l--^j ^yi> j^^ ^\i
Add. 17,967.
Foil. 78 ; 9 in. by 6^ ; written by different
hands, about the beginning of the 19th
century.
I. Foil. 1 — 10. Alchemical recipes.
II. Foil. 11—21. Table of the contents
of Kisms I.— m. of ■^}i^^ wi*^ (see p. 122 6),
drawn up by Munshi GhulAm Mul?ammad,
A.H. 1222.
III. Foil. 21—78. Extracts relating chiefly
to alchemy, with English notes by Doctor
FoTiget.
Add. 18,404.
Foil. 259; 10 in. by 6^; from 17 to 21
VOL. n.
lines, about 4 in. long ; written in Nestalik ;
dated Rabi' I., the 5th year of 'Alamgir II.
(A.H. 1172, A.D. 1758). [Wm. Yule.]
I. FoU. 1—230. Translation of the Upa-
nishads by Dara-Shikuh. See p. 54.
In this copy the translator's preface is
followed by a glossary of Sanskrit terms, and
a table of the Upanishads.
II. Foil. 231—248.
See p. 828 o, vii.
Majma' ul-Bahrain.
in. Foil. 248—259. An abstract of con-
versations between Baba La'ldas and Dara
Shikuh on the life and doctrine of Hindu
Fakirs, iliobj ^^JiJ bb J\^ j i^\^ t->\^'
»J^ ^i »J^. J^ »^|;
Beg. Jjj^ <
,j^ «.*kM *-»li^.5j|jj ^^»io^ Jjl
A copy is mentioned by Prof, Palmer in
his Catalogue of King's College Library,
No. 14.
Add. 18,417.
FoU. 23; 7i in. by 4^; 14 lines, 3 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in the 18th cen-
tury. (Wm. Yule.]
Manfizil ul-Futuh. See p. 839 h.
Add. 18,422.
Foil. 43 ; 7} in. by 6 ; from 14 to 20 lines,
4 in. long ; written in Shikastah, in the 18th
century. [Wm. Yule.]
I. Foil. 1—28. Dastur ul-'Amal Agahi
(see p. 402 a\ wanting the first page and
the latter part of the work.
II. Foil. 30 — 43. Account of the author's
journey from Cawnpore to Benares, and back
through Jaunpur and Partubgarh to Luck-
now, from the 23rd of April 1798 to the 8th
of October in the same year, with descrip-
3 G
842
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
tions and historical accounts of the localities
traversed.
On fol. 29 A, Major Yule has written :
" Journal of my friend Muhumraud Buqqa
('ij j.^) from Juanpore to Lucnow, 1798."
Add. 18,870.
FoU. 411; 9iin. by 6|.
I. Foil. 2—143; 15 lines, 3f in. long;
written in Nestalik ; dated Haidarabad, Ju-
mada I., A.H. 1252 (A.D. 1836).
AcoUection of medical prescriptions classed
under the diseases, beginning with the head-
ing f.\j»a!i\ (_j-y^ U»V^
This is a late compilation written in In-
dia. Ghazi ud-Din Khan, Vazlr ul-Mamalik
(A.H. 1174) is mentioned on fol. 64 a. A
table is prefixed, foil. 2 — 4.
II. Foil. 144 — 289 ; written by the same
hand.
Indian materia medica, or dictionary of
simple medicaments.
Author : Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan,
son of Hazik ul-Mulk Hakim Muhammad
Akmal Khan, JJW ^j ^J^ ^.j^ '^^ fi^
J^ J.^1 s^ ^ cliiil
Beg. J^^ ^ j> ^ ^J3:^jii ^j>.
The author says in the preface that, having
found the ^J>^ \}'i> and i>^\ jy^i far from
complete, he had undertaken to supplement
them from Hindu works, as well as from
experience gained by himself and his fore-
fathers before him. He adds that he had
performed that task while besieged by the
unbelievers and deprived of books.
In the introduction the author says that,
with regard to the names of drugs, he con-
forms with the usage of Shahjahanabad
(Dehli). Another copy, Or. 1696, contains a
dedication to Shah 'Alam (A.H. 1173—1221),
and another work of the same writer ^^
(^U^\ expresses by its title the date of its
composition, A.H. 1177.
The Tallf i Sharif has been lithographed
in Dehli with the Alfaz ul-Adviyah, A.H.
1265. See the Journal of tlie Asiatic Society
of Bengal, vol. 20, p. 620, and Biblioth...
Sprenger., No. 1901. A second edition,
lithographed in Dehli, A.H. 1280, contains,
besides, the Tuhfah i 'Alamshahi or Khavas
ul-Javahir by the same author, also dedi-
cated to Shah 'Alam, and some other medical
tracts by the author's grandson, Ghulam
Muhammad B. Hakim Muhammad Sadik
*Ali Khan B. Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan.
An English translation, entitled " the Taleef
Shereef, or Indian materia medica," has been
published by Dr. George Playfair, Calcutta,
1833.
III. Foil. 290—411; 21 lines, 3| in. long;
dated Shavval, A.H. 1101 (A.D. 1690).
A work on the medicinal properties of
animals, extracted from Damirl's Arabic work
called J^iii^^ »^i» (see the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 215).^
Author : Muhammad TakI Tabrlzl, son of
Khwajah Muhammad, ci^ s^ *?-^^ t;?^
^^ lP
Beg. SjSwo ei" \^.i3j\ji. JjcO ^j\ji J Jy^- i>v>-
The work of Damlrl having been men-
tioned in an assembly of learned men in the
house of the author's patron, Navvab Mirza
Muhammad Ibrahim, son of Sadr ud-DIn
Muhammad, during the reign of Shah 'Ab-
bas 11. (A.H. 1052— 1077), the author was
desired to write the present abridgment, in
which he followed the alphabetical order of
the original. See Stewart's Catalogue, p. 96.
Add. 18,873.
Foil. 239 ; 12i in. by 7i ; 25 lines, 4J in.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
843
long ; written in small Nestalik ; dated
Kazvin, Eajab, A.H. 999 (A.D. 1591).
I. Foil. 1—88. The first portion of the
sixth volume of the Rauzat us-Safa, corre-
sponding to pp. 1 — 84 of the Bombay edition.
II. Foil. 89—239. The latter half of the
first volume of Habib us-Siyar, beginning
with p. 24 of Juz 2, Bombay edition.
Add. 18,879.
Foil. 214 ; 9 in. by 7 ; 13 and 11 lines^
written in Nestalik, on English paper water-
marked 1809.
I. FoU. 1 — 162. Letters and other prose
compositions of Mirza T^bir Vahid.
Beg. CJL>. Ji»U. ^»*^ ,/ '.-U . . . ^ .j^
^ tzlty ^VL.ij.u» i'^SLj j\m^ t_;J>^j<)
The contents agree substantially with
those of Add. 7G90, i. See p. 810 b.
II. FoU. 153—214. The first half of
Daftar II. of Insh& i Abul-Fazl. Sec p.
396 a.
Add. 18,882.
Foil. 85; 9 in. by 6; 17 lines, 8 J in. long;
written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated Shawal,
A.H. 1081 (A.D. 1671).
I. FoU. 1 — 14. A coUection of letters
and short prose compositions by Nur ud-Din
Muhammad (see p. 792 a), imperfect in the
end.
Beg- J^JiJ fei^ j^ *B^ .^ •^
The dates of the letters range from A.H.
1025 to 1037. Some are written from Jahan-
girnagar, Bengal, others from Lahore. The
collection includes a dedication of the *ft*W
^U (see p. 792 a) to the author's patron,
Khani^izad Khan Firuzjang (see p. 509 a).
. II. FolL 16—86. The memoirs of Timur.
(see p. 177 b), containing :— The Institutes,
wanting about three pages at the beginning
(White's edition, pp. 162—408). The De-
signs and Enterprises (White's edition,
pp. 2—152).
Add. 19,344.
Foil. 24; miscellaneous Oriental papers,
collected by George Viscount Valentia, of
which the foUowing are Persian : —
I. Foil. 1 — 6. Letters written to Lord
Valentia, by the foUowing native princes :
I . Udit Narayan Singh, Rajah of Benares,
apologizing for not calling upon Lord Va-
lentia in Benares (March 1803; see Lord
Valentia's Voyages and Travels, vol. i. p. 104).
2. Vazir ul-MamfiUk Saadat 'All Khan,
sending his alTectionate remembrance and
his portrait ; dated 28 Sha'ban, A.H. 1218
(December 1803). See ib., pp. 135—175.
3. Shahamat 'Ali Khan, called in the en-
dorsement Mirza Jungly, referring to the
late Navvab's regard, and assuring Lord
Valentia of the Begam's and his own friend-
ship.
II. Transcript of a Ki^'ah engraved on the
bridge of Jaunpur, and containing the date
of ita construction, A.H. 975. See ib., p. 124.
For the rest of the contents see the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 632.
Add. 19,497.
FoU. 191 ; 10 in. by 6; 15 lines, 3^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Shawal,
A.H. 1244 (A.D. 1829).
I. FoU. 1—109. Memoirs of Shaikh Mu-
hammad 'AH yazln. See p. 381 o.
II. FoU. 110 — 191. Notices on contem-
porary poets, by tlie same. See p. 372 b.
Add. 19,619.
FoU. 310; 8i in. by ^ ; 15 L'nes, 2^ in.
3 0 2
844
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
long; -written in Nestalik, with gold-ruled
margins ; dated Jumada II., A.H. 1103
(A.D. 1692). [Samuel Lee.]
I. Foil. 3—128. ^Up t/UJ ^J^ ^V, a
treatise on wine, its beneficial properties, and
legitimate use.
AutLor : Kazi B. Kashif ud-Din Muham-
mad, j-^ j>_^\ u_ai>\^ (^ ^\i'
Beg. t)T^jV^ »«-'^ jVvJ^ *^^:^V* u^J^"^
Mirza Kazi, whose father Kashif was physi-
cian to Shah 'Abbtls I., was horn in Isfahan,
and became Shaikh ul-Islam in that city.
He died in Ardabil A.H. 1075. See Kisas
ul-Khakani, fol. 159.
This work was written, as stated in the
preface, by order of Shah 'Abbas I. It
is divided into a Mukaddimah, thirty Babs,
and a Khatimah, and was completed in
E-ajab, A.H. 1037, a few months after the
Shah's death.
II. Foil. 129—156. J^ L^if- »)l-.j, a
tract on the medicinal properties of the
Chub i Chinl, or China root, coffee, and tea,
by the same author.
Beg. Jile l_->Uk9\ J^\o- S-sr^ i:)}^ . , . iH A^
This work was also written in the reign of
'Abbas I.
The Chub i Chini, also called ^=- ^j,
is here said to have been introduced oy
Europeans and to have spread in Irak at the
beginning of the reign of Shah Isma'il.
An earlier but insufficient account of it,
by " the late " 'Imad ud-Din Mahmud (see
p. 474 a), is mentioned in the preface.
The work is divided into the following
three Babs : — 1. China root, in fourteen
Tasls, fol. 130 a. 2. Coffee, fol. 154 a.
3. Tea, fol. 155 b.
III. Foil. 157—162. ^^^\ '»3U;, a treatise
on the beneficial and injurious properties of
opium, by Mahmud B. Mas'ud ut-Tabib
("Imad ud-Din ; see p. 474 a).
Beg. j.!iUlj »^\j <J\*il J J iy^^ *iJ sj.^
The treatise is divided into a Mukaddimah,
an Asl, and a Khatimah. See Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii. p. 368.
IV. FoU. 243—247. Two Arabic tracts;
see the Arabic Catalogue, p. 458.
V. Foil. 247—262. jj^ l^^ *JUj, a
treatise on China root, by 'Imad ud-Din
MahmM.
Beg. gj^ ^^\J^ "^ ,JiBr ^ ^^ i/jJUi ».i-i»^
See above, art. ii., Haj. Khal. vol
ui.
p. 386, Stewart's Catalogue, p, 112, the
Copenhagen Catalogue, p. 44, and Fleischer's
Leipzig Catalogue, p. 513.
VI. Foil. 263—265. Another treatise on
the same subject.
Author : Nur Ullah, commonly called 'Ala,
Beg. jjS*j «JL»j f^\ j^ iV.j— ^ i,j^ '^^. ^^
The author, who wrote in A.H. 944, says
that he had spent twenty years in India, and
had obtained his information on China root
from a European physician. See Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii. p. 386.
VII. Foil. 265—270. A tract on the Pa-
zahr or bezoar-stone, by 'Imad ud-Din Mah-
mM (see p. 474 a).
VIII. Foil. 270—285. Extracts from the
Nauras i Shahi on the bezoar and precious
stones; miscellaneous notices on aphro-
disiacs, weights and measures, and on China
root.
IX. Foil. 285—308. A treatise on Ata-
shak, or venereal disease, by 'Imad ud-Din
Mahmud.
Beg. jii CJwllJb c:,wJj^;jw a-i" ^joj* ^^y>■ j*> j
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845
That disorder, formerly unknown, bad
lately been treated of by Mir Baba ud-Dau-
lab Nurbakbshi. Tbe author improved the
leisure he enjoyed during a stay at Masbbad
to write a fuller account of it.
Add. 19,621.
Foil. 150; 8 in. by 5 ; 13 lines, 2g in. long,
with 22 lines in the margins; written in
fair Nestalik ; dated Jumada II., A.H. 1139
(A.D. 1726). [Samufx Lee.]
I. Foil. 3—121. The Divan of Kasim
Divanah. See p. 707 b.
II. Foil. 1, 2, and margins of foil. 3—150.
Blahmud and AyAz, by Zulali, with the pre-
face. See p. 677 a.
Add. 19,623.
Foil. 162; 8^ in. by 5f ; 10 and 16 lines,
3^ in. long; written apparently early in the
18th century.
I. Foil. 1—32. The Sbi'ah creed by Ibn
Babavaib. See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 385.
II. Foil. 33—72. ^^5J^ l^J, a popular
exposition of Shi*ah tenets, by Muhsin B.
Murtaza (see p. 830 a).
Beg. i^\,^ uVf ^j^-^ •**;-'. iS^ J <i^ A^
It is also called^ t^J> on account of its
division into eight chapters called "gates."
These chapters treat of God's existence,
unity, ' holiness, of propbetship, Imumat,
resurrection, the terrors of death, heaven
and hell.
• ni. Foil. 73 — 162. J-Ai- sif^ '•-^;3, a
discourse of the Imiim Ja'far SAdik on the
proofs which the scheme of creation affords
of the existence, unity, and attributes of the
Creator; translated from tbe Arabic by Mu-
hammad Taki B. Muhammad Bakir, ^_^5J s^
Beg. tjyLAi iJ^j-y J\ U^j* ^Jji\ »11 s^^
This discourse was banded down, as the
translator states in bis preface, by Mufazzal
B. 'Umar, a disciple of Imiim Ja*far. In his
introduction Mufazzal relates bow be bad been
distressed one day in Medina by tbe bold
negations of an atheist called Ibn Abil-'Aujii,
and bow his master Imam Ja'far, seeing his
perplexity, had promised him comfort and
assurance. This preamble is followed by the
discourse addressed by Ja'far to Mufazzal,
who acts as his interlocutor. It is divided into
four sittings jjJu^, held on successive days.
Add. 19,661.
Foil. 109 ; 8 in. by 4^ ; 12 lines, 2^ in.
long; ^vritten in fair Nestalik, with 'Unvan
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
10th century.
I. Foil. 1—50. Khulasat ul-Khamsah.
See p. 675 a.
Copyist : sjji^ *-i-»^
n. Foil. 51-109. Majma' ul-Abkar, by
•Urfl. See p. 667 *.
Add. 19,809.
Foil. 89; SS\ in. by 5^ ; 21 lines, 3 in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik ; dated
Aurangabad, Safar, A.H. 1090 (A.D. 1679).
I. Foil. 6—30. Gulshan i Raz. See
p. 608 h.
II. Foil. 31—53. jy»}\ >i/, a Sufi poem,
by Amir Husainl (see p. 608 a).
Beg c:<u*^j ^ylj» \j *«J»jV
c*-.^j ^V \j)\>- Jflj
See Sprengcr, Oude Catalogue, p. 431, Haj.
Kbal., vol. V. p. 254, KrafTt, p. 66, Ouseley's
846
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Catalogue, No. 677, and the Gotba Cata-
logue, p. 12.
m. Foil. 54—87. Zad ul-Musafirin, by
Amir Husaini. See p. 608 a.
Add. 21,589.
Foil. 527 ; 13| in. by 9J; ; 25 lines, 6 in.
long ; written in small Nestalik, with *Un-
van and gold-ruled margins ; dated Rajab,
A.H. 1246 (A.D. 1830). [James Bird.]
I. Foil. 1—338. .\fi\ «^, a work on
general history from the earliest times to
A.H. 1180, comprising a special history of
Sind.
Author : Mir *Ali Shir Kani Tattavlj^^^
Beg. jjjK* jj^jTyy^lST &i j^jSSli- s.^ ^*>
The author, the fourth son of Sayyid 'Iz-
zat-Ullah, who died A.H. 1161, traced his
origin to Kazi Sbukr-Ullah, a distinguished
Sayyid of Shiraz, who had settled in Tattah
A.H. 927 (see fol. 316 b). 'AHshir, who was
born A.H. 1140, began writing poetry at the
early age of twelve, under the takhallus of
Mazhari, which he afterwards changed to that
of Kani'. He composed a poem of about 3000
distichs on the story of Kamriip and Kamlata
in A.H. 1169, another Masnavi, Kaza u Kadar
in A.H. 1157, a poem entitled j»- cljj^S j\ &.^
in A.H. 1165, a Divan in A.H. 1171, and
several prose works, one of which is called
«--iUfr ^Jo (see fol. 498).
The author states in the preface that he had
begun the present work in his 40th year, and
that the date of composition, A.H, 1180, is
conveyed by the title ^\^\ \j:,jLi£. Two versi-
lied chronograms at the end give A.H. 1181
as the date of its completion. But it must
have received later additions ; for more
recent dates are mentioned, as A.H. 1183,
foil. 195 a, 198 a ; and in one passage (fol.
288) the narrative is brought down to A.H.
1188.
An account of the work, with some ex-
tracts, is given in Elliot's History of India,
vol. i. pp. 327 — 351. Some chapters trans-
lated by T. Postans will be found in the
Journal of the As. Soc. of Bengal, vol. vii.,"^
pp. 96—104, and 297—310.
It is divided into three volumes (Mujallad),
the contents of which are as follows : —
Volume I., divided into a Mukaddimah
and three Daftars ; viz. Mukaddimah. Crea-
tion and Genii, fol. 2 a. — Daftar i. Prophets,
fol. 3 a. Ancient kings of Persia, Arabia,
etc., fol. 38 a. Sages, saints, and poets,
anterior to the Islam, fol. 62 b. — Daftar ii.
Genealo^v of Muhammad, fol. 73 b. His
life, fol. 76 a. The first four Khalifs, fol.
87 b. The Imams, fol. 100 b. Descendants
of tlie Imams, fol. 112 b. — Daftar ii., in three
Tabakahs : 1. Umayyades, fol. 116 b. Amirs
of the Umayyades, fol. 120 b. Men who
rose against the Umayyades, fol. 124 b.
2. Abbasides, fol. 132 a. Abbasides of
Egypt, fol. 146 b. Amirs and Vazirs of the
Abbasides, fol. 147 a. Men who rose against
the Abbasides, fol. 156 b. The Karmatites,
fol. 158 b. 3. Dynasties contemporary with
the Abbasides.
This last Tabakah is subdivided into nine
sections (Asas), as follows : 1. Tahiris,
Saffaris, Samanis, Ghazuavis, Ghuris, Al i Bii-
vaih, Saljukls, Khwarazmshahis, Atabaks, Is-
mailis of Egypt, Ayyiibis, Isma'ilis of Ku-
histan, Al i "Abd ul-Mumiu, Karakhita'is of
Kirman, fol. 160 b. — 2. Caesars, Saljuks of
Rum, Danishmandis Sallkls, Manguchakis,
Karaman, Zulkadr, fol. 169 a. — 3. Sharifs of
Mecca and Medina, fol. 169 b. — 4. Chinglz
Khan and his descendants in Ulugli Yurt,
Dasht Kipchak, Iran, andTiiran; theShaiba-
nis, and the Khans of Kashghar, fol. 169 b. —
5. Local dynasties of Iran after the Moghuls,
namely, the Chauprmis, Ilkanis, Al i Muzaffar,
Kurts. and Sarbadars, fol. 179 6.-6. The
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847
Kara Kuyunlus, fol. 183 a.— 7. The Ak Ku-
yunlus, fol. 183 6.-8. The Safavis, ib.—9. Ti-
na ur and his successors in Iran and Turan,
foil. 183—186.
Volume II. contains an Introduction (Mu-
kaddimah) on the inhabited quartt-r of the
globe, and seven sections (Makiilali), treating
of the seven climates. The principal coun-
tries and cities belonging to each climate are
enumerated, with accounts of their rulers
and bioi^aphical notices of their celebrated
men. The contents are: — Mukaddimaii, fol.
186 6. First climate, fol. 187 a. Second
climate, fol. 190 a. Kings of the Deccan,
ib. Kings of Bengal, fol. 199 A. Third
climate, fol. 201 b. Kings of Hindustan,
from Mahmud Ghaznavi to 'Alamgir II., fol.
281. Princes and Amirs of the Dchli em-
pin*, foil. 210 b, 211 b. (The last portion of
this section, the whole of the fourth,
and the first part of the fiAh, are mis-
sing. The latter part of the filth, foil.
242 — 247, treats of Samarkand, Kash, Nasaf,
Nakhshab, Karshi, Bukhara, etc.). Sixth
climate, fol. 247 b. Sultans of Kashghar, fol.
240 a. Seventh climate, fol. 252 a. Kha-
timah ; distances between the principal cities,
fol. 253 a.
Volume III., treating of the history of
Bind. The author mentions as his sources,
in the first place, an ancient record of the
Arab conquest, which 'Ali B. i.Iamid B. Abi
Bakr ul-Kufi, of Uchh, translated from the
Arabic, A.H. 613 (see p. 290 b), then the
histories of Mir Ma'sum Bhakari (p. 291 a),
and Mir Muhammad Tahir Nisyuni (p. 292 by,
the Arghun Namah, Tarkhan Namah, and
Beglar Ndmah (see Elliot, vol. i. pp. 289
and 300).
Contents : Mukaddimah. Description of
Bind, fol. 254 b. Tabakah i Rayan, or Hindu
llujahs, fol. 255 b. I'&hakah i Barflhimah,
rule of the Brahmans, fol. 250 a. Con-
quest by Muhammad B. KAsim, fol. 267 b.
Governors under the Umayyadcs, fol. 260 a.
Governors under the Abbasides, fol. 261 a.
Governors under the Sultans of Gbaznah,
Ghfir, and Dehli, fol. 261 b. Tabakah i
Sumarah, fol. 263 b. Jams of the Sammah
tribe, fol. 267 a. Tabakah i Arghun, fol.
269 a. Tabakah i Tarkhan, to the death of
Ghazi Beg, A.H. 1021, with an account of
the conquest of Sind by Akbar, ft)l. 272 a.
Amirs of the Arghun and Tarkhan dynasties,
fol. 279 a. Amirs of the Timfirides, and
governors of Tattah, from A.H. 1002 to
1149, fol. 281 a Rule of the Kalurah 'Abba-
siyyah family from its origin to A.H. 1188,
fol. 284 a. Enumeration of the cities and
towns of Sind, with notices of the Sayyids,
Shaikhs, and other eminent men of each,
beginning with Multan and closing with Tat-
tah, fol. 288 b.
II. Foil. 339—447. oi> JO\^ J^,
lives of celebrated Shaikhs, and heads of
religious orders, from the time of Muhammad
to the close of the twelfth century of the
Hijrah, by the same author.
Beg. \jj\ i.i^^.>* ^^^s:i w J'-j jf- y "i*- C*i«
This work was composed, it is stated, in
A.H. 1202 (a date expressed by the title),
when the author had nearly completed his
63 rd year. He had written in the same year
two other works on kindred subjects, en-
titled jJ— ci^lJ*' V*^ ^"*^ *"H>^ J-.!5U j'-jJ*
It contains an introduction treating of the
Vilayat, or saintship, fol. 340 a, and twelve
sections termed Mi'yar, on the following
subjects : —
1. Holy men of the first century, namely,
the first four Khalifabs, the uncles and
cousins of the Prophet, his principal Com-
panions, the first three Imams and their
children, lol. 341 b. 2. Holy men of the
second century, including especially the
founders of the fourteen Khanavads, or re-
ligious families, fol. 350 a.
The remaining Mi'yars, treating, in the
848
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same order, of the saints of each succeeding
century, begin as follows : —
3, fol. 357 a.— 4, fol. 367 a.— 5, fol. 375 a.
6, fol. 379 J.— 7, fol. 391 b.—8, fol. 401 b.
9, fol. 410 i.— 10, fol. 421 a.— 11, fol. 428 b.
12, fol. 436 a. — ^They all contain numerous
notices, arranged in. chronological order.
III. Toll. 448 -527. ^\f^^ ej^jla*, notices
on the poets of Sind, alphabetically arranged
according to their names or poetical sur-
names, with copious specimens of their
compositions, by the same author, Mir
'Alishir Kfmi'.
Beg. ^,UJ^^ XjJiLijJl iiyiJb i^jai- ^J* J-*^
The author states that, having found that
the two Tazkirahs most frequently quoted
in his day, namely >yi5\ cjU^ by Mu-
hammad Afzal Sarkhush (see p. 369 a), and
'wio jj by Mir Ghulam 'Ali Azad (see
p. 374 a. No. 14), were very deficient with
regard to the Sind poets, and that there
existed no special work on that subject, he
had undertaken the present composition in
A.H. 1169, while engaged upon his poem of
Kamrup and Kamlata, and had completed it
in A.H. 1174, a date expressed by its title.
The author devotes an extensive notice to
himself, foil. 498 — 509, in which he gives
copious extracts from his poems and prose
works.
It appears from the subscriptions, foil.
185 b, 338 b, 447 b, that this volume was
written by Mihr 'All Husaini for an amir of
Sind named Mir Murad 'AH Khan Talpar.
Add. 21,625.
Foil. 34 ; 12 in. by 9. Miscellaneous
Oriental papers collected by CI. J. Eich (see
the Arabic Catalogue, p. 530).
The following are Persian : —
Fol. 4. A detached leaf of the Iskandar
Namah of Nizami, containing the rubric (--y>-
Foil. 5 — 11. Original minutes of the
examination of two troopers, Hashim Khan
and Nur Khan, arrested by order of Capt.
James W. Skinner on a charge of bribery, at
Sikrah, Bikanir, and tried in June and July
1813.
Add. 22,695.
Foil. 159 ; 10 in. by 7.
I. Foil. 2—39; 25 lines, 4^ in. long;
written in minute Nestalik, apparently in
the 15th century.
A history of the Saljukis, from their origin
to their extinction in A.H. 590.
Author : Muhammad B. Muhammad B.
Muhammad B. 'Abd ullah B. un-Nizam ul-
Husaini, j) aJJI jj* iJ> j-^ ^^, s^^ j^ .i^*^
The author, who occasionally diverted his •
mind from the pursuit of divinity and law
by perusing the records of history, fell in,
as stated in the preface, with a book in
which the writer, only designated as an
accomplished Imam, jUi> J-<ii 9.J\ j^ ^J^.., had
recorded the rise and progress of the Saljukis
down to the end of the reign of Sultan Mah-
mud B. Muhammad B. Malakshah (A.H.
511 — 525), an epoch which he looked upon
as the beginning of their decline. Con-
sidering, however, that several mighty
sovereigns of the same line had sat upon
the throne during a subsequent period of
nearly eighty years, the author had been
induced to compose a complete history of
the dynasty. The preface concludes with a
panegyric on a just and powerful Vazir,
whoso name is not explicitly stated, but
is said to adorn the work. From this it may
be supposed that its title Trakiyyah is de-
rived from the Vazir's surname " 'Iraki."
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849
The work is writtea in oraate prose, freely
interspersed with Arabic and Persian verses,
much in the style of the well-known contem-
porary writer, Vassif. The time of composition
is fixed by an incidental mention of Uljaitu
as the reigning sovereign (A.H. 703 — 716),
and a description of his splendid residence,
namely Snltaniyyah, which was founded
A.ll. 705 (see D'Ohsson, vol. iv. p. 485).
The earlier history referred to in the pre-
face is probably the Saljuk N&mah of Zahir
ud-Dln Nishiipuri mentioned as one of the
sources of the Guzidah. See Haj. Khal.,
Tol. iii. p. 606.
II. Foil. 40—159; 15 lines, 3^ in. long;
written in Nestalik, apparently in the 16th
century.
A history of the Kara-Khita'is of Kirmfm
from their rise to their downfall'.
Beg. ,,^1*5 ^1 v_ri^ 3 ^ 3 u-'-i-* 3 -^-^
The author's name, Nu^ir ud-Dln, is not
found in the preface ; but it occurs in the
following line, the first of a poem composed
in his praise by the Sadr Mayd ud-Din, and
quoted on fol. 119 :
^Ji fOSi jfk^ %:j\^jm- *ft.«^
His father, KhwAjah Muntajab ud-Dln
'Umdat ul-Mulk Yazdi, had left his native
place Yazd, A.H. 650, as stated fol. 80, to
attach himself to Kutb ud-Din Muhammad,
Sultan of Kirm-ln, and had become the
trusted adviser of that sovereign. Nasir ud-
Dln, who was broui^ht up by his uncle,
Shihfib ud-Din Abul- Hasan 'Ali Yazdi (see
fol. 94), was appointed by Padishrih Khatun,
A.H. 693, although still young, to the head-
secretaryship of the chancelry, UJ'^ JjL»,^j,<yj
(see fol. 129).
The author states in the preface that a
partial account of the ^ard-Khitci'is had been
VOL. II.
written under the title of Tarikh i Shahi by
Khwajah Shihab ud-Din Abu Said; but the
events which followed the death of Padishah
Khatun (A.H. 694) had not yet been re-
corded. At the request of some friends,
who regarded him as one of the most elegant
writers of the age, he took up the subject,
and brought down the history to the ex-
tinction of the dynasty. The work was
written at the beginning of A.H. 716, and
dedicated to an illustrious Amir sent at that
time by the Ilkhuni Court to Kirman, Tsan
^utlugh Nuyan Jof> ^ ^^_\ B. Amir Zingi,
a noble Uighur, who traced his origin to
Altan Khan.
Contents : Preface, including a review of
the principal dynasties of Iran, fol. 40 b.
Sketch of the early history of Kirman, fol.
54 a. (For a more detailed account of that
period the reader is referred to tlie work of
.\fzal ud-Din Kfitib Mustaufi.) Nusrat ud-
Din Kutlugh Sul^ln Burak Hajib, the
founder of the dynasty, who died A.H. 632,
after a reign of fifteen years, fol. 67 a. Kutb
ud-Din Abul-Fath Muhammad B. Jamtimur,
nephew and successor of the preceding, fol.
72 b. Rukn ud-Dln B. Buhik, who succeeds
A. H. 633, fol. 75 a. Second reign of Kutb ud-
Din, A.H. 650 — 655. Regency of 'Fsmat ud-
Din Kutlugh Turkan, the widow of the pre-
ceding, fol. 86 b. MuzafTar ud-Din Hajjaj
Sultan, son of Ku^b ud-Din, fol. 88 a. Jalal
ud-Din Suyurghatmish, son of the preceding,
who succeeds his father A.H. 681. fol. 104 a
The daughter of the above, Padish.ih Khatun,
A.H. 691—694, fol. 124 a. MuzaSar ud-Din
Muhammad Sh&h, son of Hajjaj Sultan, who
succeeds A.H. OOi, fol. 136 b.
The detailed narrative comes to a close
with the account of the chequered and
intermittent rule of the last-named sovereign,
who died at the age of twenty-nine years
(AH. 703). It is followed by a brief record
of the appointments of Kutb ud-Din Shah
Khatun (read Shah Jahau) by Ghazan (A.H.
3 a
850
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703), fol. 155 J, and of Nasir ud-Din Mu-
hammad B. Burhan by Uljaitu (A.H. 707),
who was still on the throne at the time of
composition, fol. 157 b.
Haj. Khal., who calls the author Nasir ud-
Din Munshi Kirmani, speaks of an appendix
coming down to the reign of Abu Sa*id.
See vol. iii. p. 618. Accounts of the Kara-
Khita'Is wiU be found in Tarikh i Vassaf,
vol. iii., where their history is brought down
to A.H. 694, in the Guzidah, and, with full
details, in the geographical work of Hiifiz
Abru, foU. 147 — 155. See also Rauzat us-
Safa, vol. iv. p. 128, and Habib us-Siyar,
vol. iii., Juz 2, p. 10.
Add. 22,789.
Foil. 340 ; 9| in. by 5f ; 14 lines, 3f in.
long ; written in Nestalik ; dated Shaban,
A.H 1250 (A.D. 1835).
I. Foil. 1 — 292. c/_5^r-^ lir-^, a copious
collection of select pieces in verse and in
prose, compiled by Baku for Mirza Khusrau
Beg. According to a versified chronogram
at the end, fol. 292 a, the work was completed
in A.H. 1246 :
The first or poetical portion, although
including verses of some early poets, deals
chiefly with those who flourished in Persia
about the close of the twelfth and in the
first half of the thirteenth century of the
Hijrah, as Sulaiman Sabahi (see Atashkadah,
fol. ISO), Sayyid Muhammad Hatif (see
p. 813 h), Lutf 'Ali Beg Azur (see p. 375 a\
Fath *Ali Khan Kashi, surnamed Saba (see
p. 722 a), 'Abd ul-Vahhab Nashat (see %b.),
etc. It contains the following divisions : —
Kasidahs, fol. 5 a. Ghazals, without alpha-
betical arrangement, fol. 57 h. Detached
verses in alphabetical order, fol. 85 h. Ru-
brics alphabetically arranged, fol. 114 h.
Mukhammasat, fol. 125 a. Kifahs, fol. 131 h.
Masnavis, fol. 141 h.
The last section includes two longer poems
of the kind called by«, by Mihri 'Arab, and
Mu-za Abd ullah, surnamed 'Ishk.
The prose portion, which is taken from
some elegant writers who lived in India
under Shahjahan and Aurangzib, contains : —
Journal of the siege of Haidarabad by Ni'mat
Khan 'All (see p. 268 a\ fol. 160 h. "Beauty
and Love," by the same (see p. 703 6),
fol. 210 h. A satire on doctors, by the
same (see p. 744 5), fol. 223 a. ,jLs. j ^^...o-
" Beauty and Love," by Tughra. Bahariyyah
ajjV^j, and Murtafi'at oUflj;*, by the same
(see p. 742), fol. 231 a. ^^^\ ^, by Mirza
Muhammad Shafi' Munshi, fol. 241 h.
This last piece is a statement addressed to the
lawyers of Iran, respecting the estate of the
late Shahzadah (Muhammad Akbar, the
eldest son of Aurangzib), who died in Persia
in A.H. 1118, and to whose service the
writer appears to have been attached.
11. Foil. 293—338. ^J^:-^;31 >j "the
secret language of sweet-scented flowers," a
description, in Masnavi rhyme, of the royal
garden of Sa'adat-abad, at Isfahan (see
Ouseley's Travels, vol. iii. p. 19).
Author : RamzT, (_?;«,
Be£
J-J^
The author, whose proper name was
Mirza Hadi, son of Mirza Habib, was a
native of Kashan. He is mentioned in the
Kisas ul-Khakani, a work written A.H. 1076,
fol. 170, as a poet and skilled painter, who
was then past thirty years of age.
After a eulogy on the reigning sovereign,
Shah *Abbas II., the poet relates how he had
been summoned to the Shah's presence in
the royal garden, and desired to write a poem
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861
in praise of it. The work concludes, how-
ever, with an address to Shah Sultan IJu-
sain, who ascended the throne in A.H. 1105.
The present copy contains twenty-nine
coloured drawings representing the various
flowers described in the poetn.
The last two leaves contain a satire by
Mlrzt'i Sharif on one of the Mustaufis of
Shiih Tahraasp. A table of contents has been
prefixed to the volume, foil. 1 — 3.
Add. 23,496.
Foil. 252; 10 in. by 7^; 21 lines, 6 in.
long ; written in bold Naskhi ; dated Shlniz,
Muharram, A.n. 847 (A.D. 1443).
[BoBERT Taylor.]
I. Foil. 2—246 a. The first volume of
the Persian Tabari (see p. 68), containing
little more than a quarter of the work.
This copy has no preface, but only a short
doxology in Persian, l)cginning :
»j;ii/Tj y,y\f j^% ^\iM^ ij^y^) j>./^ J u^'-i-
The text is in some parts considerably
abridged: the introduction, which precedes
the account of the creation of Adam (Zoten-
berg's version, pp. 9 — 72) is condensed to
seven leaves, foil. 4 — 10. The history is
broaght down to the death of Yazdajird ul-
A9lm (Zotenberg's version, vol. ii. p. 104).
It is stated in the subscription that the
MS. was transcribed by Bahu ud-Din B.
Hasan B. Baha ud-Dm, an attendant of the
shrine of Ilaji Baha ud-Din TJ^mfin, near
Shiraz, and that it belonged to the Sadr Ra'Is
Nizini ud-Din, son of the Sadr Hiiji Fakhr
ud-Din Ahmad.
The first half of a table of contents, occu-
pying four pages at the beginning, has been
supplied by a later hand.
II. Foil. 240— 252 *. J^ ^.^vj »*U c^x-jj
|Ju-j «J* 4lJi, "the testament of the Pro-
phet," consisting of moral precepts addressed
by Muhammad to 'Ali, and handed down by
the latter.
Beg. «jk^' «J* ^_^ Uli*jl^ ji*^j' ^^^^ "^.^Jj
l^ ^y^j ^j3j '^^ *^ *4rj ^^ (vO ^^J
"Written by the same scribe as art. i., and
dated A.H. 848.
Add. 23,558.
Foil. 361 ; Hi in. by 7^ ; 23 lines, 4| in.
long ; written in Shikastah-amiz ; dated
Safar, A.H. 1100 (A.D. 1088).
[Robert Taylor.]
I. Foil. 2—243. Ikhtiyarat i Badi'l. See
p. 409 a.
In the subscription of the first Makrdat,
the work is designated as Miftah ul-Khazil'in,
commonly called Ikhtiyarat i Badi'l. But
the former title belongs to another treatise
by the same author. See ib.
II. Foil. 243— 27a Ui»^' o»\y-, a treatise
on the mcclicinal properties of natural sub-
stances, without author 8 name.
Beg. jl«"j ^ Ul^^ o*^^ \ '-r'^ d^y ^ ^^
It is said in the preamble that the number
of Babs had been reduced from sixteen to
eight. In the text, however, nine chapters
are found, treating of the following subjects :
Properties of various parts of the human
body jj,LJ^ ^^, fol. 244 a, of quadrupeds,
ful. 245 b, birds, fol. 254 6, reptiles and
insects, fol. 259 b, fruits and flowers, fol.
202 a, seeds, fol. 270 b, herbs, fol. 271 b ;
leaves, fol. 272 a, gums, t6., and stones,
fol. 273 o.
III. Foil. 276 J— 294. A treatise in ten
chapters (Fasl) on hemorrhoids and three
kindred diseases, j'ii j jir''^y> /j j jif^^i^i ji^^ii
Author : Muhammad B. Jamal, called 'Ala
ut-Tabib, <— ^i»3^ '"Ui ^jj\ Jl»* ^j> ^^
3 H 2
852
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Beg. (--o.U?' jjUJ^^ ij *A-3fl^ eJol i^ji\ iH tij^
IV. Foil. 296—305. An extract relating
to the medicinal properties of various kinds
of food, without title or author's name.
Beg. C>^h ^J\^ (^j^\J ^Jiai Jj\ ^^yl5
The rubrics have not been inserted.
V. Foil. 306—361. Jlai ^^ u^A^^J, a
treatise on compound medicaments. See
p. 473 /».
Add. 23,568.
Foil. 102 ; 7 in. by 5 ; from 18 to 23 lines,
3^ in. long ; written in small Nestalik ;
dated A.H. 889—894 (A.D. 1484—1489).
[Robert Taylor.]
I. Foil. 2 — 31. *>^ {jLJf^ jii j^a::^^ _ji>, a
commentary upon the treatise of Nasir ud-
Din TQsi on the almanac, with the text. See
p. 452 b.
Beg. ,^'^^j iO^T ^J^\j wlvC Jt ^y^\ aJJI
From a passage, fol. 7 a, in which the
date of NaurQz is fixed for A.H. 727, it
becomes probable that the commentary was
written in that year.
II. Foil. 32—53. |^^\ ^}yo\ a treatise
on prognostics to be drawn from eclipses,
storms, and other phenomena, according to
the time of their appearance in the solar
year.
Author : Abu'1-Fazl Hubaish B. Ibrahim
ut-TiflisI, ,_j-aiAd\ (^1^^ iji (J'*-**- J-fliA3\ ^\
Beg. ^fr J ft_!^U- J». ]^.\'^j— * L>-V* J J^
The work is intended, according to the
preface, to elucidate two books called L-^Ui^
«,»*^, one of which is ascribed to Daniel, and
the other to Ja'far Sadik. The author says
that he had written it after completing an-
other work, entitled i-,^.:^" ^^,ylJ> (see Haj.
Ebal., vol. iv., p. 494, and the Munich Cata-
logue, p. 110), and that he had drawn its
matter from Greek and Arabic writers. It
is divided into twenty-five Fasls.
The author, who wrote several other works
on medicine and astrology, is stated by Haj.^
Khal., vol. V. p. 25, to have dedicated one of
them to Kilij Arslan RumI, while he com-
posed another, i^J\ai\ wUi', for Abul-Hari§
Malakshah (see the Gotha Catalogue, p. 64).
The former of these princes was apparently
Kilij Arslan B. Mas'ud, who died A.H. 588,
after a nominal reign of nineteen years,
during the latter part of which he had been
confined in Kuniyah by his son Kutb ud-Din
Malakshah. See Kamil, vol. xii. pp. 31 and
57. Wiistenfeld, Arabische Aertzte, p. 30,
mentions the author without fixing his period.
The present work is mentioned by Haj.
Khal., vol. vi. p. Ill, under the title of k.^
J\. Jb ; but the author's name is altered to
Jalis. For similar works see the Bodleian
Catalogue, vol. ii. p. 332, note i.
III. Foil. 55 — 77. >.yr *i^J*> a manual
of astrology.
Author : Nasir ud-Din Haidar B. Muham-
mad ush-Shirazi.
Beg. jl uuVii tj:^ut\ ijJm aS \ji\^ (_ju'a-»jjxi>
The author states that he had written
it A.H. 687, after finishing another work
called jL-J^ s^j ^j. It is divided into thirty
Biibs, partly disposed in tabular form.
IV. Foil. 77 6—85. An extract from a
work entitled ^^^s*^' 'i^jj, with the heading
t->U-«^\j JW\ ^ JjL-o \s^\Lo. It explains
in twenty questions and answers the origin
and reasons of the terms and divisions
adopted by astronomers. See further on,
Add. 27,261, xii., and Haj. Khal., vol. iii.
p. 512.
MANUSCRIPTS OF AHXED CONTENTS.
853
V. Foil. 86—101. An account of the
institution of Nauruz by the early kings of
Persia and of various usages and observances
connected with that festival.
Beg.
,t> JJi«i3
\^ wJaSJ «> d...^\:S ^J^
hi9 •■=->**
Add. 23,580.
Foil. 378; 10 in. by 7; 23 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with *Unvrin, gilt
headings, and gold-ruled margins ; dated
Ramazan, A.H. 891 (A.D. 1486).
[ROBEBT TaTLOB.]
L FolL 2—155. *-_iUi"^^ Jv^' v-i^j
•jjO^) ?V^i >.-A-l^, a collection of Ha-
di^, or sayings of Muhammad, with Sufi com-
ments, translated from tho Arabic of Shihub
ud-Dln *Umar B. Muhammad us-Suhravardi,
This celebrated Sufi was born, A.H. 539,
in Suhravard, near Zanjan, in Irak, and died
in Batjhdad, A.ll. 032. See his life in Ibn
Khallikun, de Slane's translation, vol. ii.
p. 382, the Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 544, and Ma.
jalis ul-Mumhiin, fol. 316. Tho Arabic
work is mentioned, under the title of cJi^
JLoJ^ in the last two of the sources above
quoted. Compare Uaj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 465,
who notices a Persian translation by Mu*in
ud-Din Yazdi (sec p. 168 a).
The translation is divided into fifteen Babs
and two Kh&timahs. The present copy
wants the preface and a portion of tho first
Bab. The translator's name does not appear.
n. FoU. 156—378. ^/i'' j^, a Sufi
allegory, in which man is represented as a
kingdom, the Kbalifah or sovereign of which
is the spirit.
Author: Shams ud-Din Ibrahim, Muhtasib
of Abarkuh, >^b w.,;^^ r^^f^ u^A^^ \j \^^
Beg. l5 J j-»». J (_^'jI5^ ^ (jwUm. j ^<i
It is stated in the preface that the long
contemplated work had been delayed by a^
journey which the author was compelled to
take in A.H. 711, and by the loss of his books
at sea. He subsequently proceeded to Tus-
tar in the train of one of the late rulers of
the land, and thence to the shrine of the
Imilm Zain ul-'Abidin (in Medina), where
he settled in the monastery of Shaikh Sadr
ud-Dln. There he wrote the present work
in A.H. 714, in obedience to a behest con-
veyed to him in a dream by 'Ali.
It is divided into seven Kisms, each of
which comprises five Babs. A full table of
contents is given at the end of the preface.
The author inserts occasionally verses of his
composition in which he takes the poetical
surname of Muhtasib.
Add. 23,569.
Foil. 135; 7} in. by 3^; 18 lines, 1| in.
long ; written in Naskhi, with three TJnvans
and gold-ruled margins; dated A.H. 1055 —
1067 (A.D. 16'45— 1647).
[RoBEBT Taylor.]
I. Foil. 1 — 16. The astronomical treatise
of 'All Kushi. See p. 458 a.
II. Foil. 46 6—56. Tashrih ul-Aflak, by
Baha ud-Din 'Amili, in Arabic. See the
Arabic Catalogue, p. 622 h.
III. Foil. 56 6— 77. A treatise on the al-
manac by Nafir ud-Dln Tusl. See above,
p. 452 h.
IV. Foil. 78—103. A treatise on the
astrolabe by the same. See p. 453 a.
V. Foil. 103 6—185. Khulasat ul-yisab.
See the Arabic Catalogue, p. 622 h.
Add. 24,041.
FoU. 430; 8J in, by 6; from 11 to 15
864
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
lines ; written in Nestalik, early in the 19tli
century. [H. H. Wilson.]
I. Foil. 1 — 96. jy^ '■i^-ir^j an account
of the mythology, castes, and sects of the
Hindus.
Beg. (»^^ i5^*aa« j\ iS ^J\ ^.Ib
The author, whose name does not appear,
states in the preface that he had written
some years previously a shorter treatise on
the same subject. The work is divided into
seven chapters termed Jalvah, and subdivided
into Purughs.
Contents: 1. Creation, Brahma, fol. 5 b.
2. The four and twenty Avatars, fol. 8 a.
3. The four castes, fol. 23 a. 4. Their rami-
fications, fol. 26 a. 5. Hindu doctrines,- fol.
37 a. 6. Hindu fakirs, fol. 46 a. 7. Hindu
sects, fol. 63 b.
This last chapter, which is said to follow
the same arrangement as the author's pre-
vious treatise, is divided into nine sections.
The first contains an introduction. The
six next following treat of the Vaishnavas,
Shaivas, Shaktas, Nanaksliahis, Jainas, and
Vedantis. The eighth contains a census of
Benares compiled by the author A.D. 1800,
fol. 81 b. The ninth enumerates the Hindu
sciences and the standard works on each, fol.
86 J.
Tliis is in all probability the work referred
to by H. H. Wilson in his " Sketch of the
religious sects of the Hindus,'' p. 6, and
asw-ibed by him to Sital Sinh, Munshi of the
Rajah of Benares. A similar work of the
same author, Silsilah i Jogiyan, is noticed in
the Mackenzie Collection, vol. ii. p. 143.
II. Foil. 97—180. The tale of 'Ain ul-
Basar and Munir ul-Mulk, in Hindustani.
III. Foil. 181—198. Chronological ac-
count of the kings of Dehli from Firuz Shah,
A.H. 633, to Aurangzlb, with the legends of
their coins; written in January, A.D. 1809,
for Mr. Foster.
IV. Foil. 199—355. A Magnavi on Tau-
hid in Hindustani, eight lines in a page.
V. Foil. 356—410. An abstract of Indian
history, without preface or author's name.
Beg. \j (_>>5 (^3 »^ {:y*jj^ cJsl^ ^W> Jj^ vV
It contains a short account of the cosmo-
gony and divisions of the world according to
the Hindus, of the Subahs of India and their
revenue, of the early kings of India and of
the kings of Dehli from the Muslim conquest
to Shah 'Alam, A.H. 1204.
VI. Foil. 411—417. A list of the early
kings of Persia, and of the sovereigns of
Bengal.
VII. Foil. 419—429. Tabulated list of
the sovereigns of Hindustan from Judhishtir
to Shah 'Alam.
Add. 25,016.
Foil. 134 ; 6 in. by 4 ; 11 lines, 2 in. long;
lithographed in small Nestalik ; dated Rama-
zfin, A.H. 1248 (A.D. 1832).
I. Foil. 1—108. The Journal of the siege
of Haidarabad, by Ni'mat Khan 'Ali. See
p. 268 a.
II. Foil. 109—132. Husn u 'Ishk, by the
same. See p. 703 b.
The last two folios contain a eulogy on the
author by the editor, Mirza Hamzah Mazan-
darani.
Add. 25,493.
Foil. 138; 7in. by4; 15 lines, 2i in. long;
written in fair Nestalik in twq gold-ruled
columns, with *Unvan, probably in the 17th
century.
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
855
I. Foil, 2—58. Eauzat ul-Anvar, by
Kbwaju Kirmanl. See p. 621 a.
On fol. 12 there is a considerable gap,
without any apparent break. It extends
from the latter part of the prologue to the
fourth Makalah, and corresponds to foil.
156—161 of Add. 7758. The last page is
also wanting.
II. Foil. 59—132. Mazhar ul-A§ar, by
Hashimi. See p. 802 b.
Add. 25,791.
Foil. Ill ; 7} in. by 4i ; 14 lines (3 in.
long) in a page; written in a small and
plain Nestalik, and dated (fol. 36 b) Mu<
Marram, A.H. 1208 (A.D. 1793).
[Wjl. CORETON.]
I. Foil. 2 — 36. An abridged recension of
the Institutes of Timur (Jos. White's edition,
pp. 156 — 408), with the continuation.
II. FoU. 38—77. Two extracts from the
T\lrikh i Nadiri (see p. 192), relating to Nadir
Shah's invasion in India and to his death,
and corresponding to foil. 166 — 188 and
227— 237 of Add. 6576.
in. Foil. 78—111. J,V!;. an account
of the kings of Dehli from Judhishtir to
Shabjahun, giving the name and length of
reign of each.
Beg.
.U,^\Uij^^Uj Jjjy^
The author, who designates himself by
the poetical surname Vali, is called in the
subscription Banvuli Das, Munshi of Dara
Shikuh, \j\i jjj'iL- ^J^ J^ udii^^ o-'jJ'y^
t^Jl,. In other copies he is called Bhavani
Das (_>-b ^j^3^.. A Ma^navl ascribed by Dr.
Sprenger to Vali Eam, called Banvali Das,
Oude Catalogue, p. 589, is probably also due
to him.
Add. 25,792.
Foil. 202; 9^ in. by 5i ; 12 lines, 3^ in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik; dated
Fathabad, Safar, A.H. 1066 (A.D. 1656).
[Wm. Cureton.]
I. Foil. 1—107. Zikr ul-Muluk, by 'Abd
ul-Hakk Dihlavi. See p. 223 b.
II. FoU. 109—130. An extract relating
to 'All, from the Manakib Murtazavi of
Mir Salih (see p. 154 a). Rules for blood-
letting. An account of the Hindu Jugs, or
ages of the world. An anecdote of Abu
*Ali Ibn Sina. Account of Shaddad, the
King of Yaman. Historical anecdotes re-
lating to 'Imad ud-Daulah, 'Azud ud-Daulah,
Mamun, Shah Shuja', Rashid and the Bar-
makides. An account of the embassy sent
by Mirza Shah Rukh to China, A.H. 822,
from Maa§ir ul-Buldan, and other extracts.
III. Foil. 131—199. The Institutes of
fimur, fol. 131 a. The Designs and Enter-
prises, fol. 170 a. Continuation of the
Institutes (Add. 26,191, foil. 326—347),
slightly imperfect in the end, fol. 188 b.
Add. 25,823.
Foil. 105; 12 in. by 8; from 13 to 15
lines, 3^ in. long; written in Nestalik, for a
Mr. Rigby, dated Surat, Jumilda II., A.H.
1231 (AD. 1815). [Wm, Cureto.v,]
I. FoU. 1—73. The Divan of Hilali. See
p. 656 a.
II. FoU. 74—105. A collection of Hindu-
stani poems, including elegies on the death
of Ijiasan and Uusain, with a few Persian
verses.
Add. 25,835.
FoU. 246; 9 in. by 5J; from 15 to 17
856
MANUSCRIPTS OE MIXED CONTENTS.
lines, about 4 in. long; written in Nestalik;
apparently in India, about the close of the
18th century. [Wm. Cubeton.]
I. Foil, 4— 60. t^r-»-^ u-ii^ the tale of
'Akil, the carpenter's son, Prince Kais, and
Princess Giti-Afruz.
Author : Ahsan Ullah, <iU\ ^^;-s>-^
The author states at the end that he had
written this tale in Shahjahanabad during
the reign of Aurangzlb. The date is enig-
matically conveyed by the following Hue :
" With a fair and sweet mate let loose the
heart," which, interpreted as a chronogram,
probably means : " from the total formed by
the Avords i^yi^j (ir-*-^ u^^> *• ^- 1152, let go
the heart, or the value of the middle letter,
of c:,^^, viz. 60." This would give A.H.I 092.
II. Poll. 61—149. ^^ > cjVv*^ *^'
the story of Shir Mardan 'Ali Murtaza.
Beg. C^lib ^^^X•UJ jU^l J.ij\j U^ . . . aiJ j-^'
It comprises a series of fabulous narratives
relating to the favourite hero of a Shi'ah
legend, as follows : — 'All's expedition against
Zumrah the fire-worshipper, king of the
Barbars, fol. 61. The story of Hanaflyyah
Banu, a daughter of the Kaisar of RQm,
captured by 'Ali, and of the son she bore
hira, Shahzridah Muhammad i Hanafiyyah,
fol. 71. 'All's encounter with a dragon
in the Maghrib, fol. 89. 'All's expedition
against the infidels, in revenge of Amir
Hamzah's death, fol. 98, etc.
III. Foil. 150—246. The tales of a parrot
(see p. 753 a), wanting a page at the begin-
ning, and breaking off in the twenty-second
tale.
Add. 25,843.
Foil. 215 ; 14 in. by 8^ ; 29 lines, 5| in,
long; written in Nestalik; dated Akbarabiid
(Agra), A.H, 1082 (A.D, 1671).
[Wm. Cubeton.]
I. FoU. 2—72. Akhlak i Nasiri, the'
ethics of Nasir ud-Din Tusi (see p. 441 b),
with the earlier preface mentioned p. 442 a.
The later preface has been added in the
margin.
II. Foil, 73—180, The Bubals of MuUa
Sahabi (see p, 672 a), about five thousand
in number, alphabetically arranged.
Beg, \jj'\ ^_jiT J LiJ»j J u-)^ jj'* 1^1
III. Foil, 181—215, Theological tracts
by Mansur (Ghiya§ ud-Din ; see p. 826 a),
Akii Husain Khansriri, and Muhammad Bakir
Damad (see p. 835 a), in Arabic.
Add. 25,856.
Foil, 308 ; %\ in, by 5f ; from 11 to 15
lines a page ; written by several hands, in
Faizabad, Oude, about A,H. 1230 (A.D.
1815), [Wm, Cubeton.]
I. Foil. 1 — 53. **^ j^, a Hindustani
Masnavi, composed in refutation of xlalji i_i--»,
a Sunni poem, A.H. 1231.
II. FoU. 54—109. i^^ Ly,, a Shiah
manual on the laws relating to ablution,
prayer, and fasting, in nine Babs.
Author : Muhammad ^usain Tihrani, j-^
Beg. t^ ii}-> y^iii- ji liJ* j^ t^ljo J j^ ilj.
The author, a Shi'ah convert, wrote it in
Mashhad by order of the great Mujtahid
Sayyid 'All ut-Tahataba'i, as a popular
MANUSCEIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
857
abridgment of that learned man's Arabic
treatise, designated aa ^U^ii- ^^.
III. Foil. 110—184. J^ j^ j^j'i^ **s*^
j^^j
jWU a work treating of Shi ah
traditions relating to *Ali, and of some nice
points of Shi'ah law.
Author: Ahmad B. Muhammad Eiza B.
Muhammad Bakir ul-MazandarSnl, ^. .Vt»>^
Beg. jy^\ ^Ij j3^\ ^_^V S^^ ^^' ^ ^
The work, which consists of an intro-
duction and eight chapters (Fasl), is dedi-
cated, to Navvab Muhammad Darab 'Ali
Khan Bahadur (steward of the Begam of
Oude from A.H. 1196 to A.H. 1230; see
p. 310 o).
IV. FoU. 186—193. ^ ^Ji>l^3J*• *JU;
yb s^. Comments on a saying of Imam
Riza relating to free will and predestination,
by MuUa Muhammad Bakir (sec p. 20 a).
Beg. ^ A^ jjs^ ^ oiu U . . . kU j«^'
V. Foil. 194—308. c--»UJ\ ^ j>, a work
treating of the merits and prerogatives of
'All.
Author : 'Ali B. Ibrahim, sumamed Dar-
vish B urban, J^y. {J-i3j'^ *— •Si\' 1^^ u;*- ^
Beg. e J-» C^jiO^j* Ijl-* «^ 1^^ 3 »_>-V^v4(_>-^
It is stated to have been abridged from
an extensive Arabic work of the same author
entitled c-iUJ< ^ (see Bibliotheca Spren-
ger., No. 167). It is divided into an intro-
duction and twelve Babs.
Add. 25,860.
Foil. 173; 8 J in. by 6^; 16 lines, 4^ in.
long ; written in a cursive character ; dated
Mednlpur, Orissa, A.H. 1224 (A.D. 1809).
[Wm. Cu&bton.J
TOL. U.
I. FoU. 1—41. j^^ L_-^, a treatise on
the rules of syntax applied to Persian, and
illustrated by poetical quotations.
Author : Amir Haidar Husaini Balsrami,
^'
Beg. yt ^\^, ]^ ^ J J,. J* Ll\ Jc\i
This work was written, as stated in the
preface, in A.H. 1214.
II. Foil. 42—89. uJ;-i3^ v'i*-, a treatise
on the formation of Arabic words used in
Persian, by the same author.
Beg. Caim^ jk>^ <iiljc^ >«jlJ^ O^j W«fl> u^bj^y.
m. FoU. 90—111. ^j\> ^^y, a Persian
grammar.
Author : Raushan *Ali Ansari Jaunpuri,
Beg. \^y*j cxo j J^'^.y^ CJj^a»' s^- iW
Raushan 'Ali, known as the author of
several treatises on arithmetic and grammar,
and of an imitation of Hariri's Makfimat, died
as professor in the College of Fort William,
Calcutta, about A.D. 1810. See Tarikh i
Farrukhubad, Or. 1718, fol. 177, and above,
p. 311 b.
The work, which is founded on the Far-
hang i Rashldi (see p. 600 4), is divided into
a Mukaddimah, eleven Babs, and a Elhati-
mah. It has been printed in Calcutta,
A.H. 1232 and 1249, and Uthographed in
Lucknow.
rV. FoU. 112—170. The prose works of
Zuhuri (see p. 741 6, artt. i. — v.), wanting the
latter part of the Ruka at.
Add. 25,866.
FoU. Ill ; lOj in. by 7 ; 18 Unes, 4^ in.
long; written in Nestalik, with four 'Un-
dated Jumada I., A.H. 1229 (A.D.
vans ;
1814).
3 I
[Wm. Cuheton.]
858
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Four prose works by Mirza Katil, viz. :
Letters from Persia, fol. 1. Shajarat ul-
Amani, fol. 19. Nahr ul-Fasahat, fol. 31.
Char Sharbat, fol. 62. See p. 794 b, artt. i— iv.
Add. 25,871*.
Foil. • 177 ; 8i in. by 5| ; written by
several hands, apparently in India, in the
18th and 19th centuries. [Wm. Ccreton.]
I. Foil. 2 — 36. A treatise on astronomy
by 'All Kushi. See p. 458 a.
II. Foil. 39 — 54. A short treatise on
Arabic conjugation, called in the subscrip-
tion ^f- ^^\jia». See p. 523 b, Add. 5566.
III. Foil. 55—107 ; dated Shavval, A.H.
1231 (A.D. 1816) Jjo 'aJUj, a treatise on
Arabic flexion, translated from the English
of (John) Baillie, Professor of Arabic in the
College of Fort William.
Beg. *JUj, j^.\ 'J^ ^^ • • • ii)r^^^ <— 'j ^ '5-^
(Jjp\ Jj^j »-Jll L-j\i^
SJ\
i.-i.'O jii i^.^}
IV. Foil. 109—157; dated Rabril., 24th
year of Shah 'Alam (A.H. 1196, A.D. 1782).
Journal of the siege of Haidarabad, by Ni'mat
Khan 'Ali. See p. 268 a.
V. Foil. 158—169. A portion of a collec-
tion of anecdotes in Arabic.
YI. Foil. 171—177. The Pand-namah of
Sa'dl, imperfect at beginning and end.
Add. 26,173.
Foil. 68; 8i in. by 3|; 17 lines, 3 in. long,
in a page; written in Naskhi and cursive
Indian Nestalik, apparently in the 18th cen-
tury. [Wm. Eeskine.]
A scrap-book containing prayers, and short
poems in praise of Muhammad, in Arabic,
Persian and Hindustani.
Add. 26,237.
Foil. 215 ; 9 in. by 5 ; 13 lines, 3 in. long ;
written in Nestalik, in India ; dated A.H
1192 and 1200 (A.D. 1778 and 1786.)
[Wm. Erskine.]
I. Foil. 2—77. Dastur ul-'Amal Agahi.^
See p. 402 a.
II. Foil. 78—128. <L^ /JU >>*J'^j, an
account of Dehli, by Navvab Dargah Kuli
Khan Bahadur Salar Jang Mutaman ud-
Daulah.
Beg. L->\y tlAjlij^ . . . j^W* »^4> t-j^y si ^Jij
It was written, as stated in a short pre-
amble, during the author's stay in the capital,
whither he had followed Nizam ul-Mulk
Asafjah. This probably happened in A.H.
1150, when the latter Amir was called by
Muhammad Shah to Dehli, and stayed there
two months (see Ma'a§ir ul-Umara, fol. 567).
Shaikh Hazin, who came to India A.H. 1147,
is mentioned by the author as one of the
poets of Dehli; but there is no reference to
the invasion of Nadir Shah which took place
in A.H. 1151.
Dargah Kuli Khan, son of Khanadan Kuli
Khiin, traced his origin to the Burbur, a
Turkish tribe fixed near Mashhad, but his
forefathers had settled in India under Shah-
jahan. Born in Sangmir, Deccan, A.H. 1122,
he rose in the service of Nizam ul-Mulk Asaf
Jab, who kept him in constant attendance
upon himself. He received from Salabat
Jang the title of Mutaman ud-Daulah, and
the Subahdari of Aurangabad, and died A.H.
1180. See Hadikat ul-'Alam, vol. ii. p. 283.
The author notices not only the sacred
edifices and places of public resort, the fes-
tivals, and the tombs of the saints, but also
the celebrated Shaikhs, poets, singers, and
dancers, who lived at that time in Dehli,
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
859
m. Foil. 129—176. ^jyu-j, a treatise
on Persian prosody.
Author : Sayyid Muhammad B. Muham-
mad Bilkir Musavi, poetically sumamed Va-
lih, »3'y i^j^* ^^yyy^j s^ ^^ Ju^ jju-
Beg. jj-^ c'^ J^j 3 J^i j^ *^ J-j^ "-^j?
This elementary treatise, which the author
wrote at the instance of some friends in
A.H. 1140, is divided into a Mukaddimah,
three Babs, and a Khfitimah, The metres
are illustrated by numerous examples, among
which are many verses of the author's com-
position.
IV. Foil. 177—215. ^j-}^'\ >«*-^, a trea-
tise on pyrotechny.
Beg. J-U- j>^jji»^ y^ji- J* ^ (_yy'a-. J A^*.
It is a compilation from the most approved
works on the subject, divided into twenty
chapters. Its approximate date may be in-
ferred from a reference to a firework pre-
pared for the Shab i Barat of A.n. 1183.
Add. 26,243.
FoU. 09 : 8 J in. by 6; from 15 to 17 lines,
about 4 in. long ; written in a cursive Indian
character, apparently in the 18th century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
I. Foil. 2—11. The first part of the
Journal of the siege of Ilaidarab&d, by Ni*mat
Khun 'All. See p. 2G8 o.
II. Foil. 12—68. ^jjtJLi^ ojjy, a com-
mentary on some difficult verses in the first
part x)f the Iskandar Namah of Nizami, by
Muhyi ud-Din B. Nizam ud-Din ; imperfect
at the end.
Beg. j\mL\ y,}}-« t:^\j^^/^j\j\iyn^y»\Afi o-L-»
The author, who was a disciple of Sayyid
Ashraf Jahangir (see p. 412 a), compiled it
A.H. 956, from the mar^nal notes of a writer
designated as Shaikli Muhaddi^,. and from
other sources, by desire of his patron, Nasir
ud-Din Miyan 'All Shir.
See Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 522.
Add. 26,267.
Foil. 41 ; d\ in. by 7 ; 15 lines, ^ in. long;
written in Nestalik, apparently in India, on
paper water-marked 1806. [Wm. Erskine.]
I. Foil. 2—37. Counsels of Nizam ul-
Mulk (see p. 446 a), wanting the last quarter
of the work (Or. 256, foil. 71—93).
II. Foil. 37 6—41. Notice on the life of
Maulanfi Muhammad KazI, O^.^ Jlj».\ j^Lj
^jOJ j.,»^ U^^
This Shaikh, originally called Muhammad
B. Burhfin ud-Din, was a native of Samar-
kand, and became a disciple and Khalifah of
the well-known chief of the Nakshabandi
order, Khw&jah T^baid UUah Ahrar (see
p. 353 h). He is the author of the Silsilat
ul-'Arifin (see Ilaj. Khal., vol. iii. p. 607),
in which he gave an account of his own life.
Having left Bukhara at the time of the Per-
sian conquest, A.H. 916, he settled in Anda-
jan, and died A.H. 921. See Tarikh i Rashidi
{mpra, p. 167 b), and Tabakat i Shahjahani,
fol. 145.
Tlje author of the notice, whose name does
not appear, had received his information from
the disciples of Muhammad Kazi.
Add. 26,273.
Foil. 143; 8 in. by 4^; 15 lines, 3 in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik, about the
beginning of the 19th century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
I. Foil. 2—109. History of the Deccan
firom the rise of the Bahmani dynasty to
A.H. 1203.
Beg. \jL^^\ ^\> J ^'J2» JW« j'jjLj ^J^^»^'\J)\^^J
3 I 2
860
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
This work, which has neither title nor pre-
face, was written, as appears from a reference
to the current year, fol. 15 a, in A.H. 1203,
The substantial agreement of the chapter
relating to the Marattas with the Bisat ul-
Ghana'im of Lachhmi Narayan Shaflk (see
p. 328 b) leads to the inference that it is due
to the aame author. It is probably a later
edition or abridgment of the history of the
Deccan which Lachhmi Narayan is known to
have written A.H. 1200, a date expressed by
its title uJ/i> ,jt^ (see p. 238 b).
Contents: — Introduction treating of the
wealth of the Deccan, the manners and cha-
racter of its inhabitants, and their mode of
warfare, fol. 2 a. The Bahmanis from their
origin to the rise of Amir Barid, fol. 3 a.
The kings of Bijiinagar from the accession of
Tamraj to the death of his son Riimraj, in
A.H. 972, fol. 6 a. The 'AdilshahTs of Bijapur
down to the capture of Sikandar, A.H. 1097,
fol. 16 b. The Nizamshahis of Daulatabad
down to their extinction, A.H. 1040, fol. 43 b.
The Kutubshahis down to the capture of Gol-
conda, A.H. 1098, fol. 64 b. Some chiefs
who attained a short lived independency, viz.
Bahadur Gilani, in Kokan, Dastur Dinar, an
Abyssinian eunuch, in Hasanabad and Sa-
ghar, Fathullah 'Imad ul-Mulk in Berar,
Amir Kasim Barid in Bedar, fol. 67 a.
Asafjah Nizam ul-Mulk, and his successors,
the Nizams of Haidarabad, down to the peace
made by Nizam *AH with Nana Pharnavis,
fol. 68 b. The Marattas from the rise of the
Bhoslah family to the battle of Panipat,
A.H. 1161, which is described at great length,
fol. 74 a. Here the copy breaks oflF, the
death of Jankoji being the last event re-
corded.
II. Foil. 110—136. »U. ijliilj »JUj, an ac-
count of the Sikhs from their origin to A.H.
1178.
Author: Budh Singh, of the Khatri caste,
sumamed Arurah, ij<)j\ s^^ ijji^ ^y «^ ts^.
Beg. US j^ d^jls. »r ^^j^ J i\^\ yljl^y^ J6
The author, who describes himself as a
servant of the Dehli Court and an inhabitant
of Lahore, states in the preface that he had
written this work by desire of Major James
Mordaunt, jj«-»9.^j^ uiiUSl^^^jboJ *)j^\ ^jj^ t-»\y
cdi?- c^'^i^jcA^ y>.^\ t_-«>.Uiibj*, who had ar-
rived at the capital A.H. 1197, and to whose
service he was attached. He adds that he
had been assisted in its composition by La-
lah ^Aja'ib Singh, of the Suraj tribe, »!^
The narrative, beginning with a short
notice on Nanak and a meagre enumeration
of his successors, becomes fuller for the time
of Guru Gobind, and still more so for the
subsequent period, in which transactions are
recorded year by year, from A.H. 1131 to
1178. The last event mentioned is the attack
of the Sikhs on Ahmad Shah Durrani, during
his retreat across the Satlaj, A.H. 1178. The
author adds that from that time to the date
of composition the Sikhs had remained in un-
disturbed possession of their territories.
III. Foil. 137—143. Fragment of a
chronicle written in the reign of Farrukh-
siyar. It contains an account of that em-
peror's accession in Dehli, and of the expedi-
tion of 'Abd us-Samad Khan, Subadiir of La-
hore, against the Sikhs, which ended in the
capture and execution of their chief Banda
(A.H. 1126. See Khaf i Khan, vol. ii. p. 761).
It begins with the heading: i.l*l»-« u^^
The author, whose name does not appear,
states incidentally, fol. 141 6, that he served
at that time as Na'ib under *Arif Beg Khan,
governor of Lahore.
On the fly-leaf of the MS. is written,
"From Gen. Malcolm to Wm. Erskine,
Nov. 1811."
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861
Add. 26,275.
Foil. 49 ; 8 in. by 6 ; from 10 to 20 lines;
written by several hands, apparently in the
19th century. [Wm. Ebskine.]
I. Foil. 1 — 13. A short account of the
Marattas from the rise of Sivaji to the death
of Narayan (A.H. 1188).
Author: Munshi Husi!m ud-Din, ^JiU
Beg. ji^ J j^^ *:»;- (.y j-^ •^ ix^ Jj'
As the son of Narayan, Madhu Rao, who
was bom A.H. 1188 (see Grant Duflf, vol. ii.,
p. 264), is spoken of as a child of two years;
the work must have been written A.H. 1190.
It concludes with a description of the Marat-
tah country, its produce, trade, and customs.
II. FoU.14— 26. Extract from the Mathi'
na-Sa'dain (see p. 181 6), relating to the
embassies sent by Shahrukh to China. See
Journal des Savants, vol. xiv. p. 308.
III. FoU. 26—31. J.vr ^^ ci-Ul
i^j^^^, a versified treatise on the law of in-
heritance, in Arabic.
rV. Foil. 33 — 36. An account of the
incursions of the Vahhabis into Hijaz and
Yaman, A.H. 1217 and 1218, by Munshi
^aji 'Abd Ullah Makki.
V. Foil. 35 — i4. Preface of the Divan df
|j[afiz, with some Kasidahs.
VI. Foil. 4A — i9. A fragment of Fava'id
Ziya'iyyah. See the Arabic Catalogue,
p. 232 b.
Add. 26,292.
Foil. 114; 8in.by4i; 15 lines, 3 in. long;
written in cursive Shikastah-amlz, apparently
in India, in the 17th century.
[Wm. Erskcte.]
I. Foil. 2—86. Nuzhat ul-Arvalj. See
p. 40 a.
n. Foil. 86 6—94. Risalah i Khwajah 'Abd
Ullah Ansari. See p. 35 a.
III. FoU. 94 6—114. The Lavfi'ih of
Jami. See p. 44 a.
Add. 26,293.
Foil. 105 ; 7 in. by 4 ; 14 lines, 2 J in. long ;
written in fair Shikastah-amiz ; dated Sha'-
ban, A.n. 1079 (A.D. 1669).
[Wm. Erskine.]
I. Foil. 2 — 86. jx;^\ -y-, a collection
of moral anecdotes.
Beg. \s.,s^jy>j (jtdi- ft-l»- »r ]; (j^j^ cri^
The author describes in a fanciful prologue,
evidently imitated from Sa'di's Gulistan, an
enchanted garden in which he culled these
flowers for his friends. The work is written
in ornate prose, interspersed with verses, and
is divided into twenty sections called Lam'ah,
a table of which is given in the preface.
They treat of good manners, modesty, meek-
ness, justice, liberality, patience, and other
virtues, or of passions and vices, each of
which is illustrated by the precepts of Mu-
hammad and by anecdotes, chiefly relating
to prophets and saints.
The author gives his name at the begin-
ning of the epilogue, fol. 85 b. Although
it has been purposely obliterated in the
present MS., it appears, from the faint lines
still visible, to be Ibn Shams ud-Din Muham-
mad Sharif Uiij^ .y^ t;i^^ u-»^ ij^^ as in
two other copies noticed in Mi^langes Asia-
tiques, vol. ii. p. 58, and vol. iv. p. 498.
Before the epilogue is found the statement
that " the book was finished " at the end of
Rabi' I., A.H. 1030. Whether that date
refers to the composition of the work, or to
the transcription of some earlier copy, re-
mains doubtful: the fact that the second of
the MSS. above mentioned is said to bear a
862
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
still earlier date, viz. A.H. 1024, favours the
latter alternative.
11. Foil. 88 — 103; about 30 lines in a page,
written diagonally, in minute Nestalik.
The preface of Nauras, Gulzar i Ibrahim,
and Khwan i Khalil, by Zuhuri (see p. 741 b,
I.— III.), and a letter to Shaikh Abul-Fazl
by the same.
Add. 26,294.
Foil. 124 ; G| in. by 4^ ; 13 lines, 2| in.
long ; written partly in Nestalik, apparently
in the 17th century, partly (foil. 94 — 124)
in cursive Shikastah-amiz, in the 18th cen-
tury. [Wm. Eeskine.]
I. Foil. 2 — 18. Notice on the life and
miracles of Khwajah 'Abd ul-KhaUk Ghuj-
davani, ^\j>i^ J^^ <^
Beg. ^ J^^y^ ^j* i^Vjl J J[ij ^ ^\j\
This celebrated saint, son of Shaikh *Abd
ul-Jamil of Malatiyah, and one of the four
Khallfahs of Khwajah Yusuf Hamadani, who
died A.H. 535 (Nafahat, p. 428), was born in
Ghujdavan, near Bukhara, and died there,
according to the Riyaz ul-Auliya, fol. 62, A.H.
575, leaving a book of precepts, Vasiyyat
Namah, to his disciples (Haj. Khal., vol. vi.
p. 444). See Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 431, Rasha-
hat, foil. 6 and 12,'and Haft Iklim, fol. 582.
II. Foil. 19—50. Sayings of Khwajah
Baha ud-Din Nakshaband, collected by Mu-
hammad B. Muhammad Haiizi Bukharl.
Beg. ;_)«lj»'» J J^ J l.jli* J 0.3. 1^ ^US J jkv>-
The subject of the notice, the founder of
the order called after him Nakshabandi, was
born in Bukhara A.H. 728, and died A.H.
791. See Nafehat, p. 439, Rashahat, fol. 31,
and Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz. 3, p. 87.
The work was written, as stated in the
preface, at the request of 'Ala ud-Din Mu-
hammad Bukhari, surnamed 'Attar, one of
the leading disciples of Baha ud-Din (who
died A.H. 802 ; See Nafahat, p. 445).
The writer of the notice, better known as
Khwajah Muhammad Parsa, an eminent fol-
lower of the same master, died in Medina^
A.H. 822. See Nafahat, p. 448, Rashahat,
fol. 33, and Habib us-Siyar, vol. iii., Juz 3,
p. 142.
The work, which is endorsed a*-^^ e_jUla*
^Ji,^\ *l^» is described in Krafft's Catalogue,
p. 113, under the title w>Ja.iiLJul aa«>jiJ\ jJL«,.
Compare Stewart's Catalogue, p. 28.
III. Foil. 51 — 71. Sayings and miracles
of Khwajah 'Ala ud-Din Bukhari CAttar; see
the preceding art.), imperfect at the end.
Beg. »^-. (_v»jj' ^^jJlj jU ^^U &»\ji. JJ<i/ Jiii
IV. Foil. 72—76. Comments on a Ruba I
of Abu Sa'id B. Abil-Khair (seep. 738 b), be-
ginning lij u_a<o j,j\^ PiJ^) \j^, and supposed
to possess a healing virtue.
Beg. t_>*^l J J^ u^LJ iSi ^U
V. Foil. 77—78. Observations of Jami
on the hidden meanings of the Kalimah, or
Creed.
Beg.
s^},^ ibj^ C
\ »j^ t^\ ii
VI. Foil. 79-86. Teachings of Khwajah
'Abd ush-Shahid aa^^ ^^ *?-^^ O^a- jo.ly
on the rules and observances of religious
life.
Beg. u:,^-.* Li^lj c.»yj e:,^y\ ^jj>i ^^\
VII. Foil. 87—93. Comments on this
Hadls, i_>li' ^j*^. (J^j ^Jl^^'iij ^Ji (J^-i'ii
^^^S ijSiS-, by Farld Mas ud Abu Bakr 'Umar
Salah Bukhari.
Reg. (_rijj<> ^jioL* • • • • a:ilW\ l-»j <iM ^
VIII. Foil. 94—96. Explanation of Mu-
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863
hammad's answer to the question, U^ Ji ^Ji^
Beg. ^\^ J lj-.j jyi^j ^b ^\
EX. Foil. 97 — 100. Jami's comments on
a mystic couplet of Amir Khusrau, beginning:
X. FoU. 102—104.
of art. V.
Another recension
XI. Foil. 105—112. Sufi notes of Khwajah
Muhammad ParsTi (see art. ii.) found in the
margins of some of his books.
Beg. JU mL^ i^S>-^ J^ {^)^ ^ J**^
The title t^^\ t^'il is found in the
subscription.
XII. Foil. 113—116. A tract on the
road leading to communion with God, '«3L«,
*».y Jiji*, by Jami.
Beg. jT yj^ j5^ J^ siJj^ ^Z^j y^
XIII. Foil. 117—124. A tract in prose
and verse, by Jami, on the mystic meaning
of the plaintive flute mentioned in the first
line of the Ma^navi.
Beg- ^1 *i J> t.j i^Gj^ ji*
Add. 26,295.
FoU. 128; 7 in. by 4^ ; 17 lines, 2| in.
long; written in Naskhi, with two 'Unvans
and gold-ruled margins, apparently in the
18th century. [Wm. Ebskinb.]
I. Foil. 2-51. o5i?>3' ^* i Ji/> ^,
a treatise showing that Sufism may be brought
into harmony with orthodoxy.
Author: *Abd ul-Hakk B. Saif ud-Din
Dihlavi (see p. 14 a).
Beg. j^ jM M^^ jju U\ . . . uJj ill Jm»U
II. Foil. 52 — 86. j^\ liJjs-J^, comments
of the same upon the Coranic verse .y ai\
^\ u^j% cy^^^ (Sur. xxiv., v. 35).
Beg. SjyJ Ui>P^J C^\y^\jy> fjji\ jii ^1
It is an enlarged edition of a previous
tract of the author, based upon Ghazali's
j\^'^\ ilsCl- (Hig. Khal., vol. v. p. 558).
III. Foil. 86—95. A treatise by the same
on the practice observed by Muhammad with
regard to dress, ;_^U L->bT ^L>_ jj j-^-j^ aJL-,
Beg. c^td , vj:^ ,j-> j ^\ ^jtj.li-. J j^ j«^
The author refers occasionally to his Per-
sian translation of the ^.l^l^ ijijL» (see
p. 14 a).
IV. Foil. 97—128. A description of the
personal appearance of Muhammad mU «jJi».
jj;Ju^\ ,^^ «-^^r^> ^y *^® same.
Beg. i^\j ii\yj i>y^ J* 4U ^^j iii\ ^
It is extracted from the work entitled
iujjl ».jU«, which the author had just com-
pleted. The Madarij has been printed in
Lucknow, A.H. 1283.
Add. 26,296.
Foil. 99 ; 7 in. by 4i ; 9 and 13 Unes,
about 3 in. long ; written in Shikastah-amiz,
and Nestalik, apparently in the 18th cen-
tury. [Wm. Erskine.]
I. Foil. 2—17. ^\ J^S a tract on
the character of Muhammad, without author's
name.
Beg. *^ Jmj^ c-wjJ «)Uj ^^\...^ sJ^
«j>)\-»j c^jjo^ Ji^'j^
II. Foil. 19 — 99. A new recension of the
Fasl ul-Ehitab, in which the Arabic texts
are translated into Persian.
Beg. J.« \jS^ t^\j oFj^ J>?yT v)m\ ^ ^'>x-
864
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The author of the original work, who is
not named by the translator, is Khwajah
Muhammad Parsa, who has been already
mentioned, p. 862 b. The Fasl ul-Khitab
contains an account of the lives of the twelve
Imams, based upon the most authentic Sunni
records, to the exclusion of Shi'ah traditions,
which are rejected as arrant heresies. Its
contents have been stated in the Jahrbiicher,
vol. 84, Anzeigeblatt, p. 37, and in the
Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 421. Compare
Rauzat ush-Shuhada, fol. 123, Haj. Khal.,
vol. iv. p. 422, Stewart's Catalogue, p. 29,
and the St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 215.
The date of the present recension, A.H.
1010, is expressed by the versified chrono-
gram :
Add. 26,297.
Foil. 19 ; 6f in. by 4| ; 12 and 16 lines ;
written in Naskhi, in the 18tli century.
[Wm. Erskinb.]
I. Foil. 2 — 14. A metaphysical tract on
the various degrees of existence, <-.*>|;* ^^.
\,s^_;iy»-yi> ji, Cj\^^yc, ascribed in the endorse-
ment to Mir Sayyid Sharif (see p. 622 a).
Beg. U^'^ *s= Ub^j JU> «13\ tilSij ^^U
II. Foil. 15 — 19. A short treatise on
Physiognomy, XjUS
Author : Muhazzib ud-Din Ahmad B.
'Abd ur-Eiza, l«pi »u& ^^, j-^\ ^^J^\ i—^j^*
Beg. j^\ iij ^ ^)\ ^lii J^ j*)_,
Add. 26,299.
Foil. 116; 8^ in. by 5|; 17 lines, 3f in.
long; written in cursive Nestalik, in India,
A.H. 1159 (A.D. 1746). [Wm. Erskine.]
I. FoU. 1—84. Favatih i Maibudi. See
p. 19 h.
II. Foil. 85 — 95. A tract on the soul.
Beg. ^fii Vsl J* b y Sii)\ jju- ^^i jjo U^
The author, whose name does not appear,
states the opinions of various schools, such as
the Ash'aris, Mu'tazilahs, Sufis, the Greek
philosophers, etc., as to the nature of the
human soul.
III. Foil. 105 J— 111 b. SJi-^U^l *s^\
A rational demonstration of the Sunni
Creed, in Arabic, by 'Abd ul-Hamid B. Za-
kariyyii B. Muhammad ul-Kufi.
The rest of the volume contains short
notes and extracts on religious and meta-
physical subjects.
Add. 26,301.
Foil. 30 ; 8^ in. by 7 ; 11 lines, about 4| in.
long; written in Nestalik, in the early part
of the 19th century. [Wm. Eeskine.]
I. Foil. 2 — 14. An account of some natu-
ral curiosities in the Maghrib, Spain, and
other countries, translated from the Arabic
of Sayyid 'Abd ul-Vahhab.
Beg. J (_^.& jbii >jjjj!j\j (_.>U^\ lU^ ,jju<* *So»«
It is stated that 'Abd ul-Vahhab had
written it at the request of his friend, Haj
Muhammad Ibrahim Parkar. The translator
says at the end that he had received it fronj
the author.
It is endorsed (_->yu ^\ ^Sj<iU cjljl^i-l ^&^~>
and described on the fly-leaf by Mr. Erskine
as " written originally in Arabic by Syud
Abdul Wahab of Bushire, about A.D. 1803."
II. Poll. 15—23. A sketch of the poli-
tical situation of Turkey, Arabia, Berbera,
and the Somali coast, about A.D. 1803.
Beg. *L«j,j jy^i jyU*. pjj ^ib ^^b/ jU-^ j\
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865
The author, who does not give his name,
had visited Medina under the Vahhahi rule.
The tract, which appears to have been writ-
ten in Mocha, is endorsed ■'aa**?^ C^'i^^\ *«ic~*
III. FoU. 24—30. The Vahhahi creed,
^\»>j ijoa* , apparently translated from the
Arabic.
On the fly-leaf is written in Mr. Erskine's
hand : " The above three tracts were trans-
lated into Persian by Kazee Shahaboodeen
Muhuree of Bombay."
Add. 26,303.
FoU. 49; 12^ in. by 7i; 15 and 11 lines;
written in Nestalik, the first part, foil. 1 — 37,
dated Surat, A.H. 1267 (A.D. 1841), the
second A.H. 1219 (A.D. 1804).
[Wif. Ebseine.]
I. Foil. 1—30. *iji^ j^^, a treatise
on ethics and politics.
Beg. «^ J^ J* ^j>^^^ J* (jS^L^— * J t_>i«lxi*
The author is named in the present MS.
Fath Ullah B. Ahmad B. Muhammad Shiruzi,
and in another copy noticed in Mt^langes Asia-
tiques, vol. iii. p. 493, Fath Ullah B. Ahmad
B. Mahmud Shahristani, called Sabzavari.
He says in his preface that the two best
works on ethics, viz. the Akhliik i Nasiri (see
p. 441 &), and the Akhkk i Sultani, written in
India for Sultan Muhammad Junah (A.H.
725 — 752 ; see p. 73 a), had from their pro-
lixity fallen with the lapse of time into
neglect. The present treatise, abridged from
those two works, is dedicated to Zahir ud-
Dln Amir Ibrahim Shah, whose enlightened
rule is said to have given peace and security
to the people of Yazd.
No notice of that prince has been found.
The work is apparently earlier than the Akh-
liik i Jalali and the Akhlak i Mubsini (see
pp. 442, 443), both written at the close of
the ninth century of the Hijrah.
VOL. n.
Contents : — Mukaddimah. Classification of
the sciences, translated from Abii *Ali Ibn
Sina, fol. 2 b. Makalah i. Ethics proper,
fol. 7 o. Makalah ii. Duties of man to-
wards his family and fellow men, fol. 10 b.
Makalah ni. Duties of rulers, fol. 17 J.
II. Foil. 31— 37. RisalahiKhwajah'Abd
Ullah Ansarl. See p. 35 a.
HI. Foil. 38 — 49. The moral poem known
as Pand Namah i Sa'di.
Beg. V- JW^ ^U*. »j Ui/
This poem, which contains in its last line
the name of Sa'dl, is of doubtful authen-
ticity : it is not found in the KuUiyat of
that poet. It is ascribed, however, to Sa'di
in the l^rikh i Muhammadi (see p. 84 a),
a work written A.H. 842, fol. 134, and has
been included in the Calcutta edition of the
Kulliyat. An English translation has been
published in Calcutta, 1788. A French
version has been given by G. de Tassy
in his Exposition de la foi musulmano, Paris,
1822. The text has been edited with a
Latin version by G. Geitlin, Helsingfors,
1836.
Add. 26,318.
Miscellaneous Oriental papers, written
about the beginning of the 19th century.
[Wm. Eeskine.]
The following are Persian : —
A. Two sheets, 17^ in. by 12. A table of
the Divfin of I^afiz, made, as stated in Mr.
Erskine's Catalogue, on the copy kept at the
poet's tomb, and giving the first line of each
Ghazal.
B. Three leaves, 8 in. by 6, 12 lines. A
panegyric on a Mr. Skene ^j^^, by Safdar
'Ali Shah Munsif (see p. 725 «)•
C. A single leaf, 19 in. by 8^, with flowery
designs in gold and silver. Application of a
8 K
866
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
musician called Pirt'hashankar J^\^j)^ to
the governor of Surat for permission to per-
form in his presence.
D. A single leaf, 13 in. by 8|. Letter of a
Persian official to a Turkish Vazir, acknow-
ledging the receipt of a letter through Ah-
mad Chalabi, and informing him of the lat-
ter's gracious reception by the Shah. It
bears a stamp with the name 'Abd ul-Vahhab
ul-Musavi.
Add. 26,319.
Poll. 30 ; 9 in. by 5|. [Wm. Eeskine.]
I. Poll. 1 — 4. A vocabulary of familiar
words and phrases in Laki ^Ji, a Kurdish
dialect, with the Persian equivalents.
Beg. jjTj^ ^J:^J^J l1*m>1»a«T s^U ^T tuls)
IT. Poll. 5 — 7. A similar vocabulary of
the Kurdish dialect of Ardalan, ^^j,) *i-» ij'i/
Beg. '^J ,j> ,J^.<^ e:,^*J^»J-•T sy\* iX«T »j,j
It appears from a short preamble, dated
Bushire^py^ April 12, 1811, that both the
above vocabularies were compUed by Mu-
hammad Husain Khan for General Sir John
Malcolm.
in. Poll. 9, 10. A short English-Kurdish
vocabulary, containing a few common words
of the latter language in the Roman cha-
racter.
IV. Poll. 11—16. "A Glossary of Turki
and other uncommon words in the Memoirs
of Baber," giving the words in the order in
which they occur in the text, with their Per-
sian equivalents.
. V. Poll. 18—30. t^Ui yl^ |.U, a meta-
physical tract on the various degrees of
existence or seK-consciousness jy^j •-r'^lr*'
with two circular diagrams; without author's
name.
Beg. (_r)J*-j w ^^i t^<;-» ^n^i ^ j ^•
This copy is dated Rajah, A.H. 1141 (A.D.
1729).
Add. 26,320.
Poll. 22 ; 11^ in. by 4i ; about 12 lines ;.
written in rude Naskhi and Nestalik, ap-
parently in India, in the 18th century.
[Wm. Erskine.]
A scrap-book containing invocations to
Muhammad, and poems in his praise, in
Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani.
Add. 26,322.
Miscellaneous Oriental papers collected
by CI. J. Rich in Baghdad, early in the 19th
century. [Wm. Euskine.]
The following contain Persian texts :—
I. Specimens of penmanship in various
characters, with dates ranging from A.H.
1098 to 1229, on 31 leaves of various sizes.
III. Porms of official letters, dated Bagh-
dad, A.H. 1213 (A.D. 1798) ; endorsed by
Mr. Rich : " The writing of Mirza Reza, Per-
sian secretary to the Pasha of Baghdad.
The character is Teressul."
V. A Kasidah in praise of Mr. Rich, by
Sayyid Katib.
YIII. A circular table of the musical
moods, with some Persian verses relating to
the subject.
Add. 27,259.
Poll. 544 ; 11 in. by 7; 27 lines, 2 in. long,
with 42 lines in the margins ; written in a
minute and neat Nestalik, with eleven highly
finished 'Unvans and gilt headings; dated
Zulhijjah, A.H. 821 (A.D. 1419).
[Sir John Malcolm.]
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
867
I. The Khamsah, or five poems, of Nizami
(see p. 564), viz. : —
1. Makhzan ul-Asrar, fol. 1. The date of
composition, A.H. 559, is found in the fol-
lowing line, fol. 44 h :
^L-J y-jj U
o"-^
JO UlJla-,
The first page has been supplied by a later
hand.
2. Khusrau u Shirin, fol. 46. Dated A.H.
576 (see fol. 160 a), as noticed above,
p. 566 b.
3. Lailil u Majnun, fol. 162. The date of
composition, A.H. 584, is found on fol. 1706.
4. Haft Paikar, fol. 248. The poem is
dated, as above, p. 567 a, A.H. 593 (see fol.
343 b). The name of the king to whom it
is dedicated is written, fol. 253 b, Arslan,
5. Iskandar Namah. First part with the
heading ^^jjili^ 'mU <_>«!, fol. 345. Second
part with the heading ^jjiC«) »m'j JVJI, fol.
476. In the latter both prolc^ue and epi«
logue are addressed to Nusrat ud-Din, and
the date of composition, A. II. 592, is found
in the following lines, fol. 544 6 :
J^^ j^ •>?? J3J ^^ J-> u\T
llie record of Nizaml's death mentioned
p. 564 b is not found in this copy.
The margins contain the following : —
II. The Khamsah, or five poems, of Amir
Khusrau (see p. 611 a), viz., Matia* ul-
Anvar (wanting the first page), fol. 2 a.
Shirln u Khusrau, fol. 66 b. Majnun u
Lailil, fol. 165 b. Ilasht Bihisht, ful. 228 b.
A'inah i Sikandari, fol. 310 b.
III. j)jy> J jS, the love-adventures of
priuce Nauruz and princess Gul, in Ma^navi
rhyme, by Jalal J^, fol. 416 b.
Beg.
Jalal ud-Din Ahmad, commonly called
Jalfil Tabib, is described in a contemporary
work. Or. 165, fol. 107 (see p. 873 a), as a
skilled physician and elegant writer, who
left, besides the present poem, treatises on
Arabic and Persian prosody, a work en-
titled Nuzhat ul-Arvah, and an extensive
Divan. He was much in favour with the
princes of the Muzaflar dynasty, Shah Mah-
mud and Shah Shujil', and died, according to
Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 18, A.H. 795. See
Daulatshah, V. 11, Haft Iklim, fol. 315, and
Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 109.
The poem, the subject of which is stated
in the prologue to be a story of the author's
invention, is dedicated to a prince called in
the text Ghiya^ ud-Din, and in the heading
Ghiyas ud-Din Kaikhusrau. The date of
composition, A.H. 734, is stated at the end.
fol. 448 a :
Ohiya§ ud-Din Kaikhusrau, son of Sharaf
ud-Din Mahmud Shah InjQ, held some pro-
vincial government under his father. He
established himself in Shiraz A.H. 735, but
was overpowered and thrown into prison by
his brother Jalal ud-Din Mas'ud Shah A.H.
738. See Shiraz Namah, fol. 89.
A copy is noticed in the Upsala Catalogue,
p. 103.
IV. Gul u Nauruz, by KhwajQ (see
p. 622 a), fol. 449 b. It wants the latter part,
corresponding to foil. 103 — 117 of Add.
7758.
Copyist: lUJl^y
On the first page of the MS. is a note dated
A.H. 1225, stating that it was then the pro-
perty of an Amir of the Kachar family, Mu-
l^ammad I^iasan Khan, Ishik-Akusi-Bashi.
3 E 2
868
MANUSCEIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Add. 27,261.
Foil. 546; 7i in. by 5; 25 lines, 3 in.
long, and about 60 in the margins ; written
in minute Naskhi and Nestalik, and richly
ornamented with *Unvans, gilt headings,
illuminated borders, twenty-one whole-page
miniatures, and some coloured drawings of
smaller size, the whole of the finest work ;
dated from Jumada I., A.H. 813 (fol. 110 b)
to Jumada II., A.H. 814 (A.D. 1410—1411).
[Sir John Malcolm.]
This curious volume, which from its com-
pactness and the great variety of its contents
may be called a pocket-library, was written
for a grandson of Timur, Jalal ud-Din Iskan-
dar B. 'TJmar Shaikh, who was at that time
ruling over the province of Pars as a vassal
of his uncle Shahrukh, and who, having
rebelled against his suzerain, was vanquished
and put to death in A.H. 817.
The following inscription, written in the
Sul§i and Kufi characters, and enclosed in a
rich border, at the beginning of the volume,
contains the name and titles of its princely
owner : Jj*^^ ^^^^ ^'^^ j^UaU5\ sJjiS :>S\ ^\
Li^^ jiU j/!j\ ddib jSv^\ ^^ij >i;\ ^^^j^
Jli aU^I tj-_jj J* c^^i ft^ ^^. A*^^ jjj^j »j3j.i
The first portion of the volume was written
by Muhammad ul-Halva'i, who calls himself,
from the name of his royal patron, al-Jalali
ul-IskandarT, and the latter portion, foil. 372
—542, by Nasir ul-Katib.
A page of the MS., fol. 340 J, has been
reproduced by photography in the Oriental
Series of the Palseographical Society, No. 49.
The contents are as follows :
I. The Khamsah, or five poems, of Nizami,
viz., 1. Makhzan ul-Asrar, fol. 3. — 2. Khus-
rau II Shlrin, fol. 28. — 3. Laila u Majnun,
The king
fol. 90.— 4. Haft Paikar, fol. 138
for whom the poem was written (see p. 567 a)
is thus designated, fol. 141 a :
j^j^) ^^ u^-K^
^J\j\^
Jj
j\ ,i^_y« ^jj,. 'ii.A...v\ ,_y-»j
i} ^^ J^/ ^ ^r i^'^
5. Iskandar Namah.
sA
jJi:-\ &*U, fol. 190.
Part I., headed i
Part II., with
the
heading, ^j^:iL^\ wli JlfJ^ fol. 259. The
prologue of the latter contains the dedication
to the king of Mausil, 'Izz ud-Din Abul-
Fath Mas'iid, which has been noticed p. 569 a.
Towards the end of the same part there is a
lacune corresponding to pp. 174 — 187 of the
Calcutta edition. The next leaf, fol. 294 a,
contains the last lines of an epilogue addressed
to the same king Mas'ud.
II. Poll. 294 i— 301. Three episodes from
the Shahnamah of Firdusi. They relate to
Siyavush and Sudabah,BTzhan and Manizhah,
and Bizhan's rescue from the well by Rus-
tam. See Macan's edition, pp. 396 — 399,
755—760, and 795—799. To the above is
subjoined, without any apparent break, an
extract from the Humai Humayun of Khwaju
(see p. 620 5), in which it is related how
Humiii slew the demon Rand and released
Parizad from captivity. See Add. 18,113,
foil. 16, 17.
III. Poll. 301 6— 309. KasTdahs in praise
of Muhammad and the Imams, by the follow-
ing poets: — Anvarl (see p. 554a). SOzani
(died A.H. 569; see Daulatshah, ii. 10, and
TakI, Oude Catalogue, p. 16). Sharaf ud-
Din Shafruh (died about A.H. 600 ; see Dau-
latshah, iii. 6, and the Oude Catalogue,
p. 17). Fakhr ud-Din 'Iraki (see p. 593 h).
Nasir Bajja'i (of Bajjah, near Ramjird, Pars.
He died A.H. 715 ; see the Oude Catalogue,
pp. 17, 85, Guzidah, fol. 243, and Haft Iklim,
fol. 96). Kisa'i (he was born in Marv, A.H
391, and addressed a poem to Sultan Mah-
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
869
mud Ghaznavi; see Riyiiz ush-Shu'ara, fol.
374, Haft Iklim, fol. 221, and the Oude Cata-
logue, p. 3). Hamzah KQchak. Futuhl (of
Marv, a contemporary of Adib Sabirand An-
vari; see Haft Iklim, fol. 224, and the Oude
Catalogue, p. 4).
Kasidahs displaying artifices of composi-
tion, by Eashid ud-Din Yatvat (see p. 553 a)
and Shihab ud-Dln. Tarji's by Fakhr ud-
Din 'Iraki (see p. 593 b).
TV. Foil. 309 A— 313. ^1j- J ^^^ ^\i«
J;!)'. A Kasidali ingeniously contrived so as
to offer examples of all the Persian metres. •
Author: Kivam
ud-Din Zul-Fakar, JyJ
JJLa:\ ji ^^_^\
Beg. Jjjtii tjM sj}j) j^ JJj\ ji»
This poet, T?hose proper name was Sayyid
Kiram ud-Din Husain B. Sadr ud-Din "Ali,
left his native country Shirvan for Irak, and,
having been recommended by the Vazir Mu-
hammad Masari to the Atiibak of Lur, Ytisuf
Shuh, attached himself to that prince, in
whose praise he composed many poems. He
died A.H. 689. See the Atashkadah, fol. 26,
and Taki, Oude Catalogue, p. 17. Yusuf
Shah, who ruled as a vassal of the Moghuls,
lived under Aboka Khan and Arghiin, and
died, according to the Guzidah, A.H. 680.
An earlier date is assigned to Zul-Fakar
by Daulatshah, iii. 2, and by the author of the
Haft Iklim, fol. 638, according to whom he
lived under Sultan Muhammad B. Tukush
Khwurazmshah (A.H. 596 — 617), and wrote
a poetical history of his reign in the measure
of the Shahnumah.
The Kasidah is addressed to the Vazlr
Fakhr ud-Din Muhammad ul-Masari, and
forms an acrostich containing his names and
titles. It is quoted by Daulatshah as the
prototype of the artificial Kasidah of Salman
Suvaji.
V. Foil. 314—340. Select Ghazals, about
200 in number, by various poets, among
whom the most frequently quoted are the
following: — Sa'di. Fakhr ud-Diu 'Iraki (see
p. 593 b). Nusir Bukhari (p. 735 a). Nizari
Kuhistani (died, according to Taki, Oude
Catalogue, p. 18, A.H. 720. He is stated in
the Riyaz, fol. 452, to have been a friend of
Sa'di ; see also Daulatshah, iv. 14, and Haft
Iklim, fol. 335. His Kulliyat are noticed in
the St. Petersburg Catalogue, p. 365). Sal-
man (p. 624 b). 'Imad Fakih (a holy Shaikh
who lived in Kirman in the time of Shah
Shuja', and died, according to Daulatshah,
V. 1, and Riyjiz ush-Shu'ara, fol. 298, A.H.
773. See the Oude Catalogue, p. 436, and
Haft Asmiin, p. 77). Amir Kirmani, who
uses Mir for his takhallus (according to Dau-
latshfih, iv. 20, a contemporary of Khwaju).
Sayyid Ni'mat UUah (p. 634 b). Sayyid Ja-
lal (son of 'Azud ud-Din, of Yazd, Vazir of
Muhammad Muzaffar. See Daulatshah, v. 9.
Ho died, according to Taki, Oude Cata-
logue, p. 18, A.H. 793). ^afiz. Khusrau
Dihkvi (p. 609 o). Hasan Dihlavi (p. 018 a).
VI. Foil. 340 6—342. A manual of astro-
nomy, with the heading ol* ^ j^ j,o:^
Author : Jamshid B. Mas ud B. Mahmud,
sumamcd Ghiya^, iy^ ^. j^iu^ ^J>, J. >*.«•»•
Beg- \a^)^^i C^y^\ jli- ^'^\ All j^
The author states in a short preamble that
he had written this treatise by order of Sul-
tan Jalal ud-Dunya vad-Din Amirzadah Is-
kandar Bahadur Khan (the royal owner of
the MS.).
He was subsequently employed by Mirza
Ulugh Beg, as has been above stated, p. 456,
in the astronomical observations commenced
atSamarkand A.H. 823,and died shortly after.
The work is divided into twenty Babs; but
the present copy breaks off in the sixth. Six
leaves, which probably completed it, are lost.
VII. FoU. 343—341. o->^^ r^j^ j-"^^
elements of geometry, consisting of a few
870
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
theorems from the first book of Euclid, with
diagrams.
Beg, Jii> •yiy- j> <>s.-^\ JJLirt JLj, f^\ s*i Ul
VIII. Foil. 344, 345. j^\ o^^ *5^,
an alchemical treatise, written for Sultan Ja-
lal ud-Din Iskandar.
Beg. j^ t^ji ^il\i- &> \,jjoU> (_jjIj5 ^ (_)JV"
IX. Foil. 345 b — 348. «»jui. i-_*fc^j<i &Hj, a
manual of Shi'ah law, according to Imam
'AH B. Musa ar-Riza.
Beg. ijyaij» OU5^-.ji'j3 CI**-*! JJa.&«K ^\ JjO U\
X. Foil. 348—364. *i-i:^ ^\ »si, a treatise
on the law of religious observances accord-
ing to Abu Hanifah.
Beg. ^^T ^.ii\ \^\ b Jl^ 4J11 J\5 i}^\ via'
XI. Foil. 365—372. Ui}xJ\ j ^.^ ^j>ijx^
a treatise on the computation of the calendar
and the use of the astrolabe, with tables of
the conjunctions of the planets.
Beg. ^;j2-> C:^V« j^ C^^j^al^ ^Ji;^ Sxi \t\
• -•
It consists of two Babs, each of which is
divided into ten Fasls.
XII. Foil. 372 S— 542. \^ii^^ hijj, an
extensive treatise on astrology, in fifteen
Makalahs.
Beg. JiJ^ii t/Jjj J C^\^J^M.ji\ ii \;>}>^ o^V"
The author, who does not give his name,
states in the preface that, although astrology
was not his profession (O&'j^ #i *i ^j^ jb
e:.n i-n^ he had availed himself of a period of
leisure to write this treatise for the use of
beginners, and he dwells at some length on
the manifold difficulties which former works
presented to the student. He had submitted
it, as he says at the end, fol. 542 b, for ap-
proval to his master Abul-Hasan 'AH B.
Ibrahim un-Nasavi ; and it appears from
another passage, fol. 531 b, tliat the last
named astronomer lived in the fifth century
s2^y> J^\ jd ir •
of theHijrah; for he had dedicated his abridg-
ment of the Suvar ul-Kavakib of 'Abd ur-Rah-
man Siifi to Sayyid Murtaza, who died A.H.
436. "
The years 442 and 443 of Yazdagird which
are given as examples of calculations, foil.
444 b and 479 b, and correspond with A.H.
465, 466, were probably the current years
at the time of composition ; and it must be
noticed that in the chapter on eras, fol. 383,
no mention is made of the Tarikh i Jalali
instituted by Malak Shah A.H. 471. The
archaic character of the language and spel-
ling is quite in keeping with that early date.
The work is divided into fifteen Makalahs,
variously subdivided into Babs, with the
following headings : • :>j^\ i_-»L.*- <s^jm i
* L-j\iJi\ J JU\ J Jj.L-« 6 * *^:^^ JS. J\ Ji>-4^ •*
• ^^^^'j^y^j^l A » c^ljULi-^ll V * L_.^"^jliJ^\ (JL*ijM 1
jJl^ JUffl 1 1 ♦ ^U31 ,_^ Jis-\ I . * »^.^\ ^J 1
The margins, which form a distinct series,
contain : —
XIH. FoU. 3—112. The Ilahi Namah of
Farid ud-Din 'Attar. See p. 576 a, art. ii.
XIV. Foil. 111—142. Mantik ut-Tair, by
the same. See ib., art. i. It breaks ofi" in
the beginning of Makalah II.
XV. Foil. 142 6—287. An anthology con-
taining select pieces of upwards of three hun-
dred poets, from the fifth to the ninth century,
classed according to their subjects or metrical
forms under the following headings ; Praise
of God, jj»-y. Praise of the Prophet, 1.2-^.
Exhortation and advice, c^itf^ j sias-^.
Praise of 'All, i^ c^j.aj^. Forms of adju-
ration, oUw". Retirement and virtues,
J^U-^ AjlS^ J taJft. Complaints of fortune
and the world. Descriptions of the four
seasons. Bacchic poems, cj'jW-. Petitions,
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
871
and various descriptions, u-il-oj^ j oU-^.
Laudatory poems. Artifices of versification,
ti*j«Lo. Miscellaneous subjects. Ghazals.
Tarji's. Mukattaat. Mutafarrikat. Ruba*is.
In some of the first of the above divisions
are found select verses ascribed to poets of
the earliest period, as Firdusi, Kisa'i, fol.
144 J, Asadi, 146 a, Farrukhl, 147 b, 'Asjadi,
150 o, Minuchihri, 146 a, 'Umar Khayyam,
148 b, Nasir Khusrau, 116 a, and Azrakl,
148 a. '
The section of Ghazals, by far the most
extensive, contains alphabetical series from
the Divans of the following poets : — Salman
(see p. 624 b). Kamal Khujandi (p. 632 b).
AuhadI (p. 619 b), Sayyid Jalal ud-D'm
*Azud (see ari v.). Jalal ud-Din 'Atiki (who
died A.H. 744 ; see Taki, Oude Catalogue,
p. 18). Maulana Jalal ud-Din Khwufi. Ja-
lal Tabib (see p. 867 b). Hafiz. Nizari Ku-
histani (see art. v.). 'Imad Fakih {ib.).
Khusrau Dihkvi (p. 609 a). Fakhr ud-Din
'Iraki (p. 593 b). Niisir Bukhfiri (p. 735 a).
Ibn Yamin (p. 825 b). Bisati (p. 735 a).
XVI. Foil, 294—302. An abridgment of
the Nizam ut-Tavfirikh (see p. 823 b), brought
down to the reign of Abu Sa'id, son of Ulja'itu.
XVII. FoU. 302 6—332. wJ>J^ liJ, an
anonymous compilation, in twenty-eight Bubs,
treating of the properties and hidden virtues
of natural substances, of various magical and
cabalistic operations, and of ingenious devices
and recipes for purposes of utility or amuse-
ment.
Beg. j^ ^J-« *--iW^ *^ ]) g^^'^V u-V* i '^■•^
XVIII. Foil. 332 6—338. Madkhal Man-
zum. See p. 801 a.
XIX. FoU. 345—396. Khaf i 'Alal. See
p. 475 a.
XX. Foil. 396 6—398. An anonymous
treatise, in nine chapters (asl), on the diseases
of the horse.
XXI. FoU. 398 o— 403. ^j^:L, '^\, a
treatise on alchemy, compiled by order of
Sultan Jalal ud-Din Iskandar, by Ghiya§
KirmanI, j_^\^tl>Uc
Beg. lS^\i j.V:^' ^^^ o-j'i^^ ^ J^^
XXII. Foil. 420—504.
Auhadi. See p. 619 6.
Jam i Jam, by
XXIII. Foil. 504 6—539. *-U OaU-,, a
theological treatise in Masaavi rhyme, con-
taining an exposition of the Sunni creed,
with Sufi comments and a refutation of here-
tical doctrines.
jyjl
\ (JJJ
J
The writer, who in the prologue designates
himself only by the patronymic Ibn Karira,
is no other than the weU-known author of
Gulshan i Raz, Mahmild Ibn 'Abd ul-Kariiu
Shabistari. See p. 608 6, and Haj. Khal.,
vol. iii. p. 598.
He explains how he had been reluctantly
induced by the prevaUing taste of the age to
stoop down to rhyming, although derogatory
from his high station, in order the better to
maintain the true doctrine in the midst of
the ever increasing number of heresies. The
work consists, he says, of eight Babs, sub-
divided into Fasls. The latter comprise sec-
tions (asl) alternately headed f^f^\ Js-
> ti«ff
JL»
^^fJL^^, y-5J^ j»., or ^Ji^ J^. according as
they treat of the knowledge of the true doc-
trine, its essence, its spiritual significance, or
the false doctrines opposed to it.
The present copy contains only three Biibs,
viz. : — I. Knowledge of the nature of God, in
three Fasls, ful. 506. ii. Attributes of God,
in seven Fasls, fol. 616. in. God's actions,
in eight Fasls, fol. 525.
872
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
Add. 27,317.
Foil. 173 ; 9^ in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, S^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, early in the 18th
century. [Duncan Forbes.]
I. Foil. 1—134. The Divan of Shi-
kuh, ijijl,.
Beg. ' \jVW^ <y>aAt ^Jli^a) iji^ ^jts- i> J\
No record has been found of the author.
His period is approximately indicated by a
reference (fol. 49 b) to Sa'iba, who died A.H.
1088 (see p. 693 a),
while, on the other hand, an autograph poem
written by *Abd ul-Husain on fol. 135, and
dated A.H. 1177, shows that the present
copy cannot be later than that date. From
another passage, fol. 133 a,
it appears that the poet lived in Irak.
Contents : — Ghazals alphabetically ar-
ranged, fol. 2 b. Ruba'is in the same order,
fol. 128 a. Blank spaces of a page or two
have been left at the end of every letter of
the alphabetical series, apparently for further
additions.
II. Foil. 135—171. The Divan of Ghani.
See p. 692 a.
Or. 165.
Foil. 113 ; 9 in. by 6^; from 27 to 32 lines,
44 in. long ; written in small Nestalik, in the
18th century. From the royal library of
Oude. [Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
I. Foil. 2 — 9. A fragment treating of the
life and precepts of Plato and Aristotle.
Beg. f:,^^ c^iJ^^ ^ j^
A^\ J ^.>^1
j1 Cwolo^ J*jL«j, ^b yU_jj.
It breaks off in the section headed, t_jbT
II. Foil. 10—77. ^Ju^\ fcaiJ*-, a work on
general history, relating more especially to
India, and brought down to A.H. 1173.
The present copy contains only the last of
three volumes (Jild) of which the work con-
sists ; it begins with the following rubric :
The arrangement and even the headings
are borrowed from the work of Firishtah,
which the author, while abridging it, closely
follows, and, to some extent, textually tran-
scribes.
Contents : — Mukaddimah. Belief of the
Hindus ; war of the Kauravas and Pan-
davas. — Early Rajas. — Fa'idah. First ap-
pearance of Islamism. — Rauzah i. Sultans of
Lahoi'e, or Ghaznavis. — Rauzah n. Sultans
of Dehli from Mulzz ud-Din Sam to the
downfall of Iskandar Shah Sur (for the his-
tory of the Timurides the reader is referred
to the second volume). — Rauzah iii. Sultans
of Deccan, in six dynasties. — Rauzah iv. Sul-
tans of Gujrat, and so on, as with Firishtah,
down to Rauzah xiii., and last, which treats
of the rulers of Malabar.
The third volume was to be followed, as
stated in the subscription, by the Khatimah.
In the Mukaddimah, fol. 10 b, the author
refers to A.H. 1173 as the current year at
the time of writing.
The Hadikat us-Safa is mentioned in the
list of general histories prefixed to Elliot's
Bibliographical Index, but it is not noticed
in the same author's History of India. An
extract relating to the conquest of Assam
has been published in the Quarterly Oriental
Magazine, vol. iii. pp. 267 — 285.
III. Foil. 78—79. A fragment, probably
a part of the above mentioned Khatimah,
with the heading :
\
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
873
It consists of the first and second Fasls of
Bab I. They treat of philosophical schools
and of Logic.
rV. Foil. 80—113. A work treating of
the lives and sayings of philosophers, without
preface or title, beginning with the heading :
The author, whose name is written, fol.
108 b, ^^.ji\ JUr ^^ uf ^ u> M •>-»► ^
^^Jl^\ (;;*—»• I probably for Haji Ahmad B.
'Ali B. ul-Haj Jamal ud-Din Husain ul-An-
Bfirl, was a son of Zain ud-DIn 'All, the author
of the Uchtiyarat i Badi'i (see p. 469 a). In
the notice devoted to his father, the last of
the work, he gives some account of himself.
He was bom in Shiraz A.H. 760, and had
spent forty years of his life in attendance
upon his father, who died A.H. 806. He had
written the following works : Mifliih ul-Ku-
nuz on the names of medicaments, Dastur ul-
Mutaakkilln on sweetmeats, Tuhfat ul-Muluk
on intoxicating drinks, Dastur uz-Zira'at on
agriculture, Dastur us-Su'adii on the sayings
of sages, and some shorter treatises.
The first Kism, the only complete portion
of the work, is divided into two parts, called
Harf, as follows : — i. On the value of learn-
ing. Notices on ancient pliilosophers, fol.
80 b. 11. Lives and sayings of Muslim philo-
sophers, fol. 94 b.
The last section, beginning with Muham-
mad and 'AH, ends, according to the list
given at the beginning, with Maulana *Ala
ud-Din MansOr, a physician who lived about
A.H. 800. A brother of the above, 'Izz ud-
Din Mas'Qd, is stated, fol. 107 b, to have died
A.U. 813. and one of his nephews A.H. 817,
the latest date mentioned in the work. The
biographies are meagre and the text extremely
incorrect.
Spaces, probably reserved for portraits of the
subjects of the notices, have not been filled.
Foil. 109 — 113 contain a fragment, ap-
A TOL. II.
parently belonging to the same work. It is
a chapter, imperfect at the end, on the
structure of the human frame, with the head-
ing t)^^ wV ^j^ / Jj^ i>*» J^ fj^ (^
Or. 207.
Foil. 106; 8i in. by 4| ; 13 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik and Shikastah-
amiz, before A.H. 1182 (A.D. 1768). From
the royal library of Lucknow,
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
I. Foil. 3—69. Ta^kirat ul-Mu'fisirin, by
Shaikh 'All Hazin. See p. 372 6.
n. Foil. 70—106. A treatise on the chase,
designated in the endorsement as wj-^ j/jj,
by the same author.
Beg. ^\.cscJ\j\ |,^»j^ liJj^j- t^^jJJLf ij-U-.
It is divided into two Mukaddimahs, three
Babs, and a Khatimah, as follows: — Legal
prescriptions relating to the hunting and
killing of animals, and to those which it is
lawful or unlawful to eat. Bab i., which
forms the main bulk of the work. Notices
on wild animals, arranged in alphabetical
order according to their Arabic names, fol.
78 a. Bab ii. Origin of animals, and their
nature, fol. 103 a. Bab iii. Faculties of ani-
mals, fol. 105 a. Kh&timah. Legitimate ob-
ject of the chase, fol. 106 b.
The MS. bears the seal of Sayyid Sibghat
Ullah Khan, with the date A.H. 1182.
Or. 248.
Foil. 316; 8f in.by5; 19 lines, 3 in. long;
written in small Naskhi ; dated Muharram,
A.H. 1130 (A.D. 1717).
(Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
I. Foil. 2—72. Takmll ul-Imiln, by 'Abd
ul-Hakk Dihlavi. See p. 827 b, i.
II. Foil. 72 — 77. Ui^^ iij»^, a tract on
the love of worldly goods, by *Ali B. Husam
8 L
874
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
ud-Din, known as al-Muttaki (see p. 356 a).
Beg. S^^l Ijoji Uj^^ J«»- ^ii\ jH .J-»*^
III. Foil. 77 — 81. A Masnavi, in ten
Fasls, on ascetic life, headed i^^\ ^jf-j*
Beg. \f ^^;_jJV»Jl ^j ,}-»»• ^.jio
In tlie last line the author, who calls
himself Shams, gives to the tract the title
of ^-»JS/> ti^Mj, and states that it was com-
posed A.H. 757 :
If that date is correct, the work cannot be
ascribed, as has been done by Fliigel, Vienna
Catalogue, vol. i. p. 626, to the great mystic
Shams i Tabriz!, who died A.H. 645. See
p. 585 a, and Nafahat ul-Uns, p. 535.
IV. Foil. 81—87. The story of Shaikh
Mansur Hallaj, from the Magnavi of Jalrd
ud-Din Rumi.
V. Foil. 87 — 89. An Arabic poem on
wine as a symbol of mystic love, ascribed to
Ghaus ul-A'zam, i.e. 'Abd ul-Kadir ul- Jilani,
with a metrical paraphrase in Persian.
Beg. Jlc^^ oUiVT (_>5i' ij^sua
At the end is a shoi-t fragment ot the
Vaslat Namah of 'Attar. See p. 579 a.
VI. Foil. 91—114. An Arabic Kasidah
entitled &iJ-»«J^ o\^5U)^ by the same *Abd ul-
Kadir, with a paraphrase in Persian verse.
Beg. ^Ui iL*r^' (J— ti w i>^y
VII. Foil. 114— 121. Miscellaneous verses
on religious subjects, including pieces as-
cribed to 'Abd ul-Kadir JilanT, or addressed
to him, and a Kasidah in praise of Sayyid
Shah Muhammad Muklm.
VIII. FoU. 121—316. *-^;^UJ^ ^^jLs^, a
defence of *Abd ul-Kadir Jilani and of the
practices introduced by him.
Author: Shaikh Shams ud-Din B. Vali
Ullah Shaikh Ishak B. Kutb ul-Anam Abil-
Fath Shams ud-Din Muhammad ul-Kadu'i
ul-Multanl, yj-m iii\ jjj ^J> ^^.^^ (j-vi» ^
(X^ ^^_^\ fj.^ AflJ^ j,\ (.Vi^\ ^^ ^^ J-*^
An attack upon the Kadiri order having
been brought under the notice of Shaikh
Badr ud-Din B. Kutb ul-Anam, a paternaL
uncle of the author, the latter was desired
by him to write the present work in reply.
He states that he had drawn largely from
the Futuhat i Makkiyyah of Muhyi ud-Din
Ibn ul-*Arabi, and from the Insan i Kamil
of 'Abd ul-Karim ul-Gilani.
The work is divided into eleven Makhzans,
subdivided into Makams, and treating of the
following subjects : 1. Superiority of 'Abdul-
Kadir to all other saints. 2. Dates of
his birth and death. 3. Genuineness of his
pedigree. 4. His holiness and his austerities.
5. His Zikrs. 6. His contemplation, oUi^^.
7. His prayers. 8. His litanies, .iljj^. 9. His
spiritual concerts, cU-». 10. His visions.
11. His teachings on Tauhid.
Or. 282.
Foil. 95; 8f in. by 5^ ; 15 lines, 3 in.
long; written in Nestalik and Shikastah-
amiz, apparently in India, in the 18th
century. From the royal library of Lucknow.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
I. Foil. 2—81. The Divan of Hairati,
Beg. to sImw j ^iJki-* CJ^ «JJo j^U: ^j)
Hairati, who called himself a native of Tun,
but was brought up in Marv, became known
by his panegyrics on the Imams and his
pungent satires. The former won for him
the favour of Shah Tahmasp, whose dis-
pleasure, however, he frequently incurred by
his dissolute habits. He spent the latter
part of his life in Kashan, where he died
A.H. 961 by a faU from a roof. The date
MAITOSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
875
is fixed by the chronogram i3* C*&^i^, due
to his contemporary Muhtashim. See Sam
Mirza, fol. 98, Haft Iklim, fol. 333, Riyaz
ush-Shu'ara, fol. 125, Atashkadah, fol. 36,
and Dr. Sprenger, Oude Catalogue, p. 424.
The Divan, which consists of Ghazals
alphabetically arranged, breaks oflF before
the end of the letter ("•
II. Foil. 82— 95. Two detached fragments
of the Divan of Niyazi, ^J;j^ oSi**
Beg. ^jif^ J» ^^ j3^ 5 ^^ *'^^'*
U y^ aL\x) Jift jki J j^j^
The author says, fol. 92 o, that he had
received his poetical surname from his
master Hazin (who died AH. 1180; see
p. 715 b).
k1^ i^y. yj^ \Ju Jl^ J5\i\.> j->
He relates, in a marginal addition, fol. 95,
a poetical encounter in which he silenced
some soi-disant poets in Ilahabiid.
This poet is not to be confounded with
another Niyazi, who lived in Persia, and
whose proper name was Ahmad Mirza. Sec
p. 718 a.
Contents: Ghazals in O, foil. 82 — 89.
Ghazals in \, foil. 90 — 95.
Or. 319.
Foil. 101; 7i in. by 4; 9 lines, 2} in. long,
with 26 lines in the margins; written in
Nestalik and Shikastah-araiz, with *Unvan
and gold-ruled margins ; dated Shavval,
A.n. 1222 (A.D. 1807).
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
I. Foil. 2—101. e,^ JJ, Laila and
Majniin, a Ma^navi by Hilrdi (see p. 650 a).
Beg. u)jj^. cJam> j\ y ^^;.^ i^\
The epilogue contains a reference to the
author's former poems, Shah u Darvish and
Sifat i 'Ashikin, and eulogies upon his great
predecessors and models, Nizami, Khusrau,
and Jami.
II. Foil. 2 — 57, margins. The following
prose pieces by Tughra : — Taj ul-Mada'ih (see
p. 743 o, xi.). Firdausiyyah (p. 742 b, ii.),
fol. 16 b. Tazkirat ul-Atkiya (p. 743 a, viii.),
fol. 39 a. Mushiibahat i Rabi'i (p. 743 b,
xii.), fol. 43 a. Mi'nlj ul-Fasahat (p. 744 J,
xxviii.), fol. 49 b.
The margins of foil. 57 — 79 contain mis-
cellaneous short pieces and letters by Mirza
Muhammad Sharif and others.
Or. 320.
Foil. 129; 8 in. by 5; 15 lines, 3 J in.
long; written in Nestalik, apparently in
India, about the close of the 17th century.
[Geo. Wm. Hamilton.]
I. Foil. 2—69. A Sufi Ma§navi consisting
of detached anecdotes.
Author : Ahl i Baiti, ^J^ J»V
Beg. j\j\ J>f. ^j.j^ ^%:^
XJ
%i
y. J
J jj;^
r^/
The poet says in the prologue that he had
written in his youth many Ghazals and
Kasidahs, but had put off till his old age the
composition of a Ma^navl. Further on,
fol. 6, he addresses a panegyric to the holy
Shaiklj, Muhammad B. Shaikh Ahmad,
" whose presence filled Dehli with joy," and
in another passage, fol. 40 i, referring to Au-
rangzib as the reigning sovereign, he declares
his intention of devoting a poem to his
praise.
The present copy was written during the
reign of Aurangzib, for it bears a stamp
dated A.H. 1109.
The poet concludes with an appeal to the
liberality of the illustrious £han, not named,
in whose service he had spent his life, and
with moral counsels addressed to his own son.
3 L 2
876
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
II. Foil. 69 6—129. The Divan of Hilali
(see p. 656 a), wanting the latter part of the
letter t/.
Or. 1164.
Foil. 87 ; 8 in. by 6 ; about 20 lines in a
page ; written in small Nestalik, apparently
in the i7th century. [Alex. Jaba,]
A volume containing Turkish poems, and
the following Persian tracts : —
I. Foil. 57 — 63. cLj'ji,** *«5^^, a treatise
in verse on riddles, by Jami.
Beg. [read ^^} *^ j::ib c:-^i^J "^"^J^^
In the Vienna Catalogue, vol. iii. p. 542,
three tracts of Jiimi on the same subject are
noticed, but all with diflPerent beginnings.
II. FoU. 64^73. The Lava'ih. See
p. 44 a.
III. Foil. 75—78. *iJliJ\ *!U;i, a tract by
Jami on the mystic sense of the reed men-
tioned in the first verse of the Maf navi. See
p. 863 a, xiii.
IV. FoU. 79—81. cJ^j^ iij^ J *5'^j,
a tract on the various degrees of existence,
5^y\ i_.^y.. This tract, attributed in the
heading to Jami, is ascribed in another copy
to Sayyid Sharif. See p. 864 a, i.
V. Foil. 83, 84. On the meaning of the
Hadls, tjj i_J;C oi-i *—« <—ij^ cr*
Beg. jj;a2 ^^ (_-«»■]; 1^1 J iJ-9-y J* t_JU» ;^I
VI. FoU. 85 a, 86 a. **^y- j^^ J SJUj
jJ.fS.fl".> ^^l.ii\ fi\>, a tract on the rule of Baha
ud-Din Nakshaband, by Jami.
Beg.
J I {.JSj jli\ji ^] iS^Jli ftXui.jMl
Or. 1226.
FoU. 107 ; 6i in. by 3|; 12 lines, 2^ in.
long ; written in Nestalik, with two 'Unvans
and gold-ruled margins ; dated Rajab, A.H.
877 (A.D. 1472). [Alex. Jaba.]
I. FoU. 2 — 46. Gulshan i Raz, by Mah-
mud Shabistari; see p. 608 b.
II. FoU. 47—107. Zad ul-Musafirin, i\j
^^Ji\Ji,\, by Amir Husaini ; see p. 608 a.
Or. 1286.
Foil. 343; 12 in. by 6^; 17 Unes, 4 in.
long ; written in Nestalik, in the latter part
of the 18th century.
I. Foil. 1—309. Tazkirat ul-Umara, by
Kevalram (see p. 339 a), wanting the first
page.
II. FoU. 310—343. An account of the
area, divisions, and revenue of the Subahs of
Hindustan.
Beg. *-.jj** ciiJVv" pip J-e^ J^ J J ij'^^
It is stated to have been taken from the
note-book of Rae Nundah, ,j]j (^lo c?jj j<
»jjy. Historical notices of each Subah are
prefixed to tabulated accounts. The work
was written after the death of Aurangzib,
who is designated by his posthumous title,
Khuld-Makan.
Or. 1410.
FoU. 102 ; 9 in. by 8; 15 lines, 4^ in. long;
written in Nestalik, in the 18th century.
I. Foil. 1 — 51. A collection of letters
written by, or to, the Timurides of India
from Humayun to Bahadur Shah. It is de-
signated in the title prefixed to the table of
contents as the first third of the first volume
of the 'Inayat Namah : l^ ^^jS *15^) o-rv»
In a contemporary endorsement it is caUed
Ruka'at 'Inayat Khani, ^li- C*J.'-ifr cyU5,,
from which it seems probable that 'Inayat
Khan was the name of the author of the com-
MANUSCRIPTS OF MIXED CONTENTS.
877
pilation. He appears to have been a son of
Lutf Ullah Khan Sadik, whom he calls, fol.
40 b, ^j^*" ji> J-iy* J ji-j, and to whom he
gives the titles of Shams ud-DauIah Bahfidur
Tahavvur Jang, conferred upon that Amir
by Muhammad Shah.
Lutf Ullah Khan Sadik died, according to
Maa§ir id-Umara, fol. 435, under Ahmad
Shah, Two of his sons are mentioned, viz.
Inayat Khan Basikh, apparently the author
of the present work, and Shakir Khun (see
p. 279 b).
The letters of Aurangzib, which form the
larger portion of the collection, are in part'
taken from two earlier compilations already
mentioned, the Eaka'im Karu'im and Ka-
limat Tayyibat. See pp. 400 b, 401 a.
II. Foil. 62— 102. yU j^j«W ^UliMetters
and other prose pieces of Amiln Ullah Khfi-
nah-zad Khan Firuz Jang, son of Mahfibat
Khan Sipahsular, collected by himself. See
p. 509 b.
Beg. j\f-iffji »^ tA\JU ^J>.J^ *•'•" <.s-~l.y^
w.
The work is divided into the following
four Fa«ls: — 1. Letters to superiors and
equals, vj:^U\U j ^/i^^i fol. 53 a. 2. Fami-
liar notes, s::Jjij, ful. 94 a. 3. Marginal notes,
^^^1 fol. 99 a. 4. Prefaces and mis-
cellaneous pieces, lI^IS^ami fol. 101 a.
The Ruka'at of Aman Ulhih have been
lithographed in Lucknow, and printed in
Calcutta, without date. See Biblioth. Spren-
ger., No. 1593.
Or. 1433.
FoU. 253; 9 in. by 5 J ; 12 and 11 lines, 3|
in. long ; written in fair Nestalik, in two
gold-ruled columns ; dated Safar, A,H. 1147
(A.D. 1734).
L Foil. 1—202. Yusuf u Zulaikha, by
Jami. See p. 645 a.
II. Foil. 203—253. ^U1 J^ j ^.V^, the
story of Bahram and 6ul-andam, in Maguavi
rhyme.
Beg. jyV >t^jj j-xj Ji? pU_j
After a few verses in praise of God and
the Prophet, the author enters at once upon
the story, which he tells in very plain and
familiar language. The hero's adventures
turn mostly on encounters with various
Divs, and Gul-andam is not, as in the usual
version, a Chinese princess, but a Peri.
In the concluding lines the poet addresses
himself by the poetical surname of Amin.
J'\J ^ i^ ^H Jj^ us
There are forty-one miniatures in the
Indian style in the first poem, and twenty-
seven of inferior execution in the second.
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
P. 440 a. Add. 25,869, read : Commentary
upon the Kubru, a treatise on Logic, by
Sharif Jurjani. See p. 812 a.
P. 441 b, 1. 12, read : Nasir ud-Din Tusi was
born A.H, 597, and died A.H. 072.
P. 651 b, 1. 35, read : A poem entitled Suz
u Gudaz, by Nau*i. See p. 074 a.
P. 722 a, 1. 34, add : Saba's proper name
was Fath *Ali Khan Kashi. See p.
850 6.
P. 768 a, 1. 28, add: Minuchihr Khan sue
ceeded his father Karchaghai Khfin
in the government of Mashhad, A.H.
1034. See the 'Alam-arai, fol. 570.
The Mahbub ul-Kulub cannot have
been written very much later.
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